great to see the alternator was diagnosed earlier... obvious 1st problem... i had a similar situation with the same symptoms in my gti-r... eveything starts ok then while your driving no juice, then slowly all the electrics start dying down and then the car finally switches off...

stranded... ...

non the less i identified the problem was that all nissan/datsuns seem to have limited alternators aka they are never going to last as long as u expect...

change the alternator and watch the wiring koz sometimes the shut off causes a load of short circuiting in the systems such as all the electric prollems you described after the alternator change...

my advise is to get a trusted guy in to do ur electrics koz they are pretty complicated... i have resigned to the fact that i can handle mech work but elec needs a specialist...

non the less good luck and just thought i d give me 2cents worth...

ps - try and get a works alternator - i managed to get a sweet works alternator and running my cibie's and everything with no hickups...

take it easy...

Well she's driving great now. I just need a temporary solution for the brake lights. I have the switch and some wires. I'm really worried some girl will crush me with her giant SUV.

Well she's driving great now. I just need a temporary solution for the brake lights. I have the switch and some wires. I'm really worried some girl will crush me with her giant SUV.

the brakelight switch went out on my mom's civic many years ago. my dad duct taped a line lock switch to her shifter, and attached it to the brake light circuit, so when she pressed the button, the light would come on. maybe something like that could work.

Oh great, then all you have to do is remember to hit that button when you step on the brakes. Fix it right or it's really not much better that not fixing it at all.