Thanks for in put guys will try a jury rigged earth wire with a couple of alligator clips and see what happens
did a 50 mile trip today just to see what happened.......basically nothing everything held together
50 miles being quiet a chunk of the trip to Cooma coming up, gunna stretch it a bit weather permitting (no roof[bighmmm]but my wipers work[bigsmile])next Friday by driving to Orbost as I go there every Friday anyway. Will try and tee it up with local tyre joint for a wheel alignment while I'm there.
Cheers Paul

