The only thing that has left me stranded in my D90 has been failures with the HEI distributor. First time was the ignition module on the LIE during rush hour. Fortunately that was an easy fix and got the part from autozone. Second time was a bad pickup coil which meant pulling the distributor to replace. When doing that I found all of the wiring attached the the distributor falling apart.
They work great out of the box for a few years, but the quality just isn’t there in my opinion. I know of others that have had issues with them as well.
I also just hate opening the hood and looking at that monstrosity.