I need to replace the ignition control module on my "87 GT TODAY! The AC/Declo unit not available for a few days. This is what is available:

O'Reilly's - BDW CBE28P $44.99
O'Reilly's - DDW CBE28 $49.99 ( a "Select" product with of supposed higher quality.)
O'Reilly's - Master Pro Ignition Igniter $61.99
AutoZone - Duralast DR140 $41.99

Any recommendation greatly appreciated.

If you need it RIGHT NOW, just get the cheap one, it should last at least a few days. Order the good one, and put it in when it comes, and save the cheapo as an emergency spare.

Did you check your pick up coil also?

Did not check the coil. Will do so before I buy anything. Thanks.

Bring the old ICM into the parts store for checking. They will have a tester there and you can check it out.

If the pick up coil is bad the distributor needs to be taken out to replace the coil. You will also need an O-ring for the distributor if you take it out. Post back here if that's where this takes you and we can give you links to how to do it.

I got the BW premium module 5 years ago and it's still running. Don't know if they are the same as back then. The premium are tested to a higher tolerance.

The lower cost, lower quality modules of Chinese manufacture won't last in the hostile environment of the Fiero engine compartment. Those modules often seem to burn out when you are far from home in a rural dark area at 1 AM in the pouring rain and where there is no cell service.

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Look for the STANDARD MOTORS PRODUCT red box product at an independent auto parts store - better than OE --- OR order from ROCK AUTO = right to your door.

Before you buy anything read the file below:

Your’s could be a common problem and don’t cost anything to check.
Try this:
Watch the tach when cranking if it don’t move you're not getting pulses from the distributor. If so, it could be a faulty module in it or more likely simply corroded connectors at the base of the distributor. Reseating those connectors a few times could clean the pins some and also do the same to the connectors on the coil etc. These cars are old, and old connectors corrode. Such can also manifest itself as intermittent misfires, and engine cutouts.

BTW: lots of folks keep replacing modules and coils thinking they are bad because the new ones FIX the problem, when in actuality the fact that they simply unpluged the connectors and repluged them into the new unit cleaned the contacts enough to make it work again, at least for a while. It's smart, to replace those old connectors with new ones.
BTW: Cliphouse has those connectors

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