Originally Posted by dieseldan44

Today driving home from Maine in the 85 the tape deck started to make a clicking sound and the entire dash power went flaky. Gauges, hazard lights, etc. These episodes would last for a few seconds and then go away.

Loose connection or ground possibly...needs to be check for sure.

But...

Is this a failmode or symptom of some other component on that circuit failing like the ACC, radio, a relay, etc?

thanks,
dd