I think I will try the same. The connection does look a little questionable. It would be easy to make a direct soldered connection and redroute the wires. I will give that a try. I'm starting to think that maybe the issue. I'll try it tonight and write back tomorrow. Ho can I tell if the stock Magnetic Pickup is any good or needs to be replaced? I just talked to MSD and they think it maybe a cranking voltage problem. I'll check that as well.
--Mike