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Good story. I've been running HEIs for a long time because they are great. BUT...I have always made it home with points and with HEI not so much. No warning, just works fine, then POOP!...nothing. points let you know and if they leave you sitting it's your fault for ignoring the warnings. Easy (and cheap) enough to keep your next tune-up in the glovebox,too. Better check those wires from the base to the cap for splits in the insulation. I once got left high and dry by a bad module, fix it, then the next week same thing again. I replaced the pickup, no dice. got to looking at those wires and I could see the tiniest hint of patina green looking back. This was a rebuilt HEI I had installed in a '71. There was a '78 crewcab sitting there that parts were coming off of, so I grabbed the little harness and put it on with yet another module...good to go!