anyone know any mobile auto electricians near nottingham

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got a small problemette with the ginetta, the cooling fans are not cutting in as a result of a failed connection or switch somewhere and apparently there are no mobile auto electricians in the nottingham area according to yell.com, 192.com and touchnottingham...:rolleyes:

bloody hell.

can anyone help?

it's only a simple 10 minute job but i'm a numpty with electrics..

[V8 OHV]

The guy who wired the Trabant is very handy, but he lives in Birmingham.

[chassis 33]

Tom,
Have a blast over here, I'll sort it!

Regards
Iain

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chassis 33 said:

Tom, Have a blast over here, I'll sort it! Regards Iain

the radiator cannot cope on it's own without the fans unless I do over 90mph for a steady distance..

the first traffic jam or set of lights and it's warped cylinder head time

otherwise I would!

I need a mechanic to come out to the car ideally but there still seems to be none in nottingham! why? seems very odd.

[V8 OHV]

That's the V8 Range Rover engine Tom, right?

There must be any number of people who know that motor inside out?

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V8 OHV said:

That's the V8 Range Rover engine Tom, right? There must be any number of people who know that motor inside out?

quite possibly, but none of them want to come out and fix the damn thing!

got two garages working out the trade in value because i've almost decided to take the plunge (after some handy advice) and get an elise instead, not a good idea having 5,4 or even 3 cars really at the moment so I thought i'd combine a few of them into a practical reliable little screamer...

...got to decide whether I want the basic one or the toyota engined one

[chassis 33]

If it's just fans that need sorting, they're a piece of pi$$ to sort Tom

If you want i'll make up a little loom for you so alls you have to do is connect to the positive and negative on the battery, hook up the fans and cable tie back the extra wiring. It will be a little on/off switch that you hide under the dash, a bit heath robinson but will do the job till the next midlands meet when i'll do it properly for you. All you'll need is a 10 or 13mm spanner for the battery terminals and a pair of pliers to cut the exisiting terminals off the fans.

Regards
Iain

[V8 OHV]

On the subject of the Elise, get the later engine if you can. I reckon they're worth the extra.

[Boosted LS1]

Where are you Tom? I can take a look for you and I'm at Long Eaton so not far away.

Boosted.

[chassis 33]

Boosted LS1 said:

Where are you Tom? I can take a look for you and I'm at Long Eaton so not far away. Boosted.

Notts city centre, if its at his house.

Regards
Iain

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Boosted LS1 said:

Where are you Tom? I can take a look for you and I'm at Long Eaton so not far away. Boosted.

off alfreton road a mile from the city, beer tokens available!

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chassis 33 said:

If it's just fans that need sorting, they're a piece of pi$$ to sort Tom If you want i'll make up a little loom for you so alls you have to do is connect to the positive and negative on the battery, hook up the fans and cable tie back the extra wiring. It will be a little on/off switch that you hide under the dash, a bit heath robinson but will do the job till the next midlands meet when i'll do it properly for you. All you'll need is a 10 or 13mm spanner for the battery terminals and a pair of pliers to cut the exisiting terminals off the fans. Regards Iain

that sounds v. interesting, would be good!

[chassis 33]

let me know how you get on with boosted and i'll do what i can.

Regards
Iain

[williamp]

Moving the question on, I have a 1971 negative earth car, which has many electrocia problems.

1) The ammeter, when the car is running flickers from full -ve to full +ve. battery fine, always starts etc.

The passenger door is "dead" electrically
The rear radio aerial does not go up/down
Various other strange electronic things

The thing is, I cannot check these things on my own- I need two hands to hold the two prongs of the multimeter, and two hands on the other end of the car to seitch the switch.

So, is there an electric specialist near leiceter?

Will