sounds like a short in the wiring harness.
if one of the wires gets hot it makes the insulation soft. once the insulation gets soft it's very easy to develop an intermittent or partial short between various wires and/or the the sheet metal.
you could chase this with an ohm meter but it will probably be a much easier fix to simply try to source a new or NOS wiring harness.
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