Thanks for the info Jim. Yes, I do have dim-dip and this is a place where ignition 12v and battery 12v come close. Somehow Ford managed to spread the system across a selection of relays, which makes working through it a bit difficult. As it's now Sunday afternoon, I've had time to work on the car and, after cleaning the main earth connections with no effect (always a good place to start when something weird is happening), I set about checking the fuse/relay box. The picture shows the dip beam relay, it's got a bit warm and so has the housing below it. I've also had occasional problems with the side light fuses 'getting a bit warm' over the years. The relay works perfectly but it looks like there has been an intermittent disconnect where it plugs in. As I'm not about to replace the fuse/relay box, there followed a bit of careful cleaning up of the connections and then I fitted a replacement relay culled from an XR2 that I used to sort out the wife's saloon a few years ago. This relay has a metal cover so it may be a bit more resilient. The blade contacts on the relay were adjusted slightly to ensure a better connection and after putting it back together and reconnecting the battery, everything was working normally again. How the power was getting to the ignition side I'm not sure, the earth side of the relay does use the same common earth point as the ignition switch but that doesn't mean much. Anyway, an acceptable result, and if your engine doesn't turn off when your headlights are on, look at the relays first.
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