ok update and i know most of you guys do not approve of the old guys work on this motor and not everyones cup of tea and too be honest i just want this shafted thing fixed so i can sell it on. :D Update: So the mechanic disconnected all the auxilary items and ICE system and it started...

Good way to warm up on a cold frosty morning!!!!!

lol cheers guys and he says it is a one off thats why he wants it and has loads of cars, just wants this to add to his collection. I ain't bothered, i want the paper! :D

lol cheers not bothered, doubt he will find out.

Everybody is entitled to there opinion and i don't knock anyone's opinion and each to there own i suppose. I stress i did not kit this rangie like this the previous owner did and i bought this as an investment and once it is all fixed up it is being shipped to the middle east to an Arab lol :D

lol yep apologies for that, in the height of excitement at having this fixed i did not clarify the post! Where can i find the current drain figures?

He says after disconnecting the main feed to the ice install the battery drain is 0.6amps but with the main feed to ice connected the drain is 17amps!

lol cheers Dopes and i suppose credit goes to Speedculture the people who designed this car and i bought it is an investment as this is being exported once fixed to a rich arab sheikh! :D

lol apologies and i am a noob and was told by the auto electricains that it was not an auxillary issue but to do with the main circuit on motor hence why it was not mentioned! Still have another issue though as the monitors don't work - ohh well at least without a battery drain i can take it...

a very complicated one consisting off: 1. 15 tv monitors including one in dashboard etc 2. Updated Cd/dvd player install 3. subwoofers 4. Blue led lighting inside vehicle 5. Updated rear lights all plumbed in with original lenses to prevent bulb failures. Here are some pics and please don't...

Further update from mechanic is he says he has found the drain and it is the main feed to the ICE install and drain is at 0.6amp.

Mechanic has got back to me and said following has been done: 1. Alternator is off 2. Fuses are pulled from interior fusebox 3. Blue wire from Rf receiver is disconnected 4. BECM from under seat is completly unplugged and there is still a 17amp drain? Stumped??? any further ideas?

Any ideas on how to find out if it is an alternator issue?

Cheers and Mechanic has said Alternator seems to work fine but i ask him to try what you have suggested.

ok an update on this is my mechanic has disconnected the blue wire for the RF receiver and has told me there is still a 17amp drain? Any further ideas anyone? The offer of anyone wanting to take a look at this is still there! :)

thanks guys and show all this to my mechanic who has the rangie at the mo and pm'd Eight. What exactly is the function of this RF receiver? If it is just a Aerial receiver then i could disconnect it as hardly listen to the radio but if it is an integral part of the car then i think i will...

Not sure about voguese39 all i know is his name is stuart and seems a nice chap and good mechanics are always busy i know but i am in a situation where i would like this fixed by the 20th jan 2012. It seems to me that the route i am going to take if no one can fit me in to do the job is to...

Just bumping this to see if there is any more interest in anyone to do the job. I have someone but he can't fit me in till the 30th Jan and would ideally like someone who does mobile work and before that date.

It shows as 240,000 miles on the speedometer but been assured it had an engine change at 150,000 so i suppose 90,000 miles and assume the engines on these just go on and on and mileage is nothing but a number in P38's case - right or wrong?