>Any advice on how one attempts to track down an apparent short in the
>Lucas electrical system?
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>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 . . .
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>Patrick Wheeler
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