'35 cigar lighter short/falure?

[Steve Fehniger]

Ford Barn members,
I would greatly appreciate your experience and input on an issue I had this morning when waking up the '35 Tudor Touring Sedan from winter sleep.

After running the engine just over 10 minutes at or slightly above idle to mix up the new coolant, I noticed the amp gauge was reading unusually low (about -15 Amps draw on the system). I had no accessories on and even when rev'd the engine I could not bring amp gauge back to even. I then smelled something burning and saw smoke rising from behind the dash. I shut engine down and disconnected battery. Then cigar lighter handle then fell off and I could see cigar lighter was red hot. Nasty smell. I was able to remove cigar lighter mechanism with a pick and it cooled down in a can.
QUESTIONS: Has anyone had the cigar lighter, which is original, fail or short out when not pushed in? Any thoughts on what happened and what I should check on the electrical system as a result of this failure?
Your input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
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