MSD Pro Billet ignition- are these unusually "voltage sensitive?" Got stranded, looking for ideas

As mentioned, the filter element was rattling loose in the metal canister allowing anything and everything to get past.

This waxy adhesive(?) appears to be the culprit. Some of the cracking in this material is from opening it up to look at the pleats (which had some debris).

Emptying the gas from the filter into a cup showed quite a bit of debris swirling around.

A small amount of silty brown material was in the bottom of the bowls.

I filled a jug with gasoline straight out of the fuel line (pre filter) which came out perfectly clean.

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