About to check under dash but all under bonnet stuff done. Removed some old wires to nowhere who knows what they were for one looked live for old anti dieseling solenoid. Other 2 who knows. They were live too to the pos coil.

Cleaned earths and ready yo cut and fix top alt bracket tomorrow. Lights and starts stil. Also cleaned bat posts and terminals. Nothing like 180 grit sand paper and time
Replaced bottom engine earth as chasis end had melted plastic over the connecting bolt to chasis- sanded to clean earth and rebooted down other earth cable I had - black with yellow trace.

I read and re read wiring diagrams for 1200 and 160-180b manuals I had to get hold on l series elecs. Wish I knew elecs more to make a simplified loom.

Let's see what fuse box and tomorrow brings. Fingers crossed- ps it's almost 1 am lol and I want to finish to have a beer

Well checked under dash, resanded contact point for earth in boot to body.

Pulled out fuse box- I hate there's no give in the wires almost. Back was fine. Made sure all connectors on. All under dash connectors ok. Was bed time 330am. All lights etc work horn and car started. Just need to remake or weld broken alt top mount as a temp fix till I remake one.

Hopefully by sanding bottom earth chasis point, it wont melt the plastic sheathing as it earths again now properly. If it does I guess problem is else where.

Oh and headlight cuircit looks bypassed from fuse box, must be just through relays and fuses in the bay.

Thought all fixed til after market temp guage sweeps on and off and it's light turns on and off... Need to trace the circuit. What a pita!

Moving to my build thread now- made new alt top bracket from 6mm steel plate and welded and plated broken mount. Neither are the pretiest by work and fit nice.
Pics later.

So will paint them then install. All seems ok now except after market temp gauge. Willard if I can do that tonight or tomorrow.

Might make hh if I sort that and fire extinguisher mounting.

Retrorallys old mig worked charm on the thicker stuff- glad I forked out for gas not gassless mig.
Cranked it up and made some nice welds and some crap ones- getting better.

Now this might ne simple gir some but for a tool like me that didn't really mod a car til 21 and 24 actually fixing stuff, cutting disks, miging and sorting out problems is a big deal. Learning elecs us good too now, and with help of members here, info is being learnt and retained.

Now to get thus sht sorted!