Just had the complete tune-up with valve adjust. Could I get some pointers on where to start troubleshooting and eliminating variables, and your opinions on my search results?

The car was missing significantly when cold and in lower gears, so I had th mechanic do a full tune and asked him to DX the miss. He did a complete tune, valve adjust, new wires and plugs, etc etc.

I am getting a somewhat noticeable fluctation or surging in power when accelerating, and the car feels like it drags - sorta slow to get up to speed. (could be a new surge, but not sure as the car was missing so much before)

I also get a miss inconsistently throughout the powerband. More frequently when cruising around 3k rpm.

THe miss is much improved from before. It would happen every 10 seconds or so. Now it occurs once or twice in every 7 minutes - more when it's cold.

Distro is stock 02.

Anyway, thoughts on where to begin?

Search revealed:
1. A bad Tachometer (bouncing is the symptom here)
I do have some fluctuation. It occurs when I shift or rev, the tach will go up as I rev. When I let off, it will come down, dip below the engine rpm level, (the engine will not dip) then the tach will come back up and rest on the true rpms. I attribute this to loose gears inside the tach as it doesn't "seem" to have an effect on the engine, or be a result of the engine. No jump or bounce when a miss happens.

2. Timing.
I asked the mechanic to check the timing as a possible cause of the missing, he just looked at me funny and said he'd do the tune up.

3. Points.
I'd imagine this is something he'd check though as a request to fix the miss? I will examine in the day tomorrow.

4. COnnections on coil, condensor, tach.
This is my first priority. I know I have connection problems somewhere, would not be surprised at all if this is the cause.

What have I missed? Any thoughts on the above?

Thanks for your help