Bought my first car this week!

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The fuel pump is mechanical, mounted on the lower front of the engine.

Is there a recommended procedure for testing the duraspark module short of replacing it?

I changed the fuel filter today. All they had was a Fram made part, which I'm not keen on. The replacement is like a cheap joke compared to the original. It is literally just a pipe with a dome of fine window screen pushed into it (and when I got it the screen was loose). Only reason I installed it is because checking it's connection point showed that if the screen comes loose it is not possible for it to get sucked into the carb...It does flow better than the old one so hopefully that did some good.

It was balking and running ruff for a spell today early on (at low speed), but after a few minutes I was able to get it over 65 on an uphill. And faster on level ground (I had to speed to test it so I did not try to keep that speed long).