Inliners International Forums General Discussion Electrical Points to HEI Conversion on a 250

X2 - using the points as a switch (instead of current transfer) makes them last far longer and gets you home if the black box takes a nap.
My usual luck is to use an "every store on the planet carries this" universal part, and to have it fail at Sunday 3 AM on a holiday weekend. The best spare is the one in your trunk.