Ok making progress.
Not sure in what order but all have got the car runing again or for now.
Put in new battery,
pulled out the center instrument cluster and re-alligned the gold filaments which the harness clips into some might have been out of allignment. in working on the radio might have squished the harness and its attachment????
Alternator is good, and the gen light is out for now and we will check on it tomorrow.
only thing is the water temp gage is pegged to the right??? Maybe another gold filament with the harness attachment or maybe the wirew swender unit is loose or sender bad for some reason, was working before but I think it is a combination of all. With multiple restarts to test lights sytems etc, might have drawn the battery down and not able to recharge with alt sort runnings , don't know but did read a post about the center instrument cluster and gold filaments getting out of allignment or touching, just took a while to get to it.
Again thanks for your posts and until the next mystery, which down to one right now the water temp gage????
BB78 Going for a ong drive tomorrow and see how she does!
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