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Andrew. Alarm fitting sounds suspect. Did they use Scotchlocks or solder the wiring?

Liberal use of Armourall or similar dash treatment will foul things up in there. CRC Contact Cleaner may be the go.

I wonder what happened to the girl that started the topic?

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Could be the potentiometer on the dash, used to control the brightness.
(Sometimes turned down by small children)