my nightmere (msd)

Matt rather than buy an old used mostly used up junkyard part why don't you buy a BRAND NEW pickup coil at your auto supply store. It probably won't cost more and it'll be new. It's not hard to change and will surely out last the junkyard item with Lord knows how many miles on it.

BTW: I'd say it was just it's time to go. I doubt the MSD took it out.

Oh Yeah if you do decide to change the pickup yourself just note the reluctor position. The reluctor is the thing with 8 points on it that spins to make the pickup coil fire. It goes on 2 ways. One way is for a big block and one way is for a small block. If you put it on wrong it will put the rotor out of phase.