On a recent rainy early morning commute my gauge lights started dimming with each beat of the wiper, then the tach maxed out, and all was dark across the dash, the pitch black interior of my 1967 Alpine Series V was relieved only by my high beam indicator which was now flashing and keeping time to the slap of the wiper blades. My apologies to Bulwer-Lytton (sp?) of "It was a dark and stormy night" fame, but I am quite at a loss as to how to even try and track this little fiend down. To make it worse, if I accidentally leave the panel light switch on, after a period of time, the temp and fuel gauges will drop to zero, causing momentary cardiac arrest. The remainder of the electrical system seems to work ok. The electrical system appears relatively in good shape (or at least orginal shape) with things all nice and tidily wrapped up and terribly confusing. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated . . .
Patrick Wheeler