Good auto electrician in Melb?

Alex Auto Electrical - cochranes road moorabbin

Hi Eric. Thanks mate. Is that the guy you mentioned once before to me? Great mechanic. From memory was on Malvern rd, or is this a different bloke?

Thats Anthony at Mobil Prahran, Yes he is a great mechanic , trained by the best lol Me

The Auto elec , is another bloke , works out of Clayleigh motors , a very good auto elec. Con is his partner , but give him a call and he will get you sorted , good mate of mine also .

cool mate, thanks

Thanks Marty

Thanks annez

Got my ongoing issue with the radiator. Toyota told me to go to hell, which has yet to be settled, cause I don't know the way. Want to see if there is indeed an elec prob in the car, and also get the old one tested. Away over the last 3 weeks I had to put 3 full cups of water in the reserve, there is a leak still.

im confused , you need a auto elec , becase your loosing water ?

Overheated badly a week prior to xmas, no radiator water. I posted some stuff on this then, cause when Toyota "fixed" it a day later, they said the cause was electrolosys in the radiator causing the hole.

Over xmas in the Otways, I was keeping an eye on the newby radiator, and the fluid in the reserve kept dropping away, and I could see dribbles occasionally underneath.

Back to Toyota yesterday when we got back from hols and got them to check the new install and fix the leak whatever it was. Which they did for free - replaced the three clamps, 2 top and 1 bottom, and full flush of the fluid again.

However, back to the old radiator that got replaced, it was only 22mths old and had sprung a leak - few leaks actually. My understanding is that the radiator can die from external abuse/rust, internal wrong fluid, or stray current.

Toyota after some serious "discussion" with them tell me it was external abuse from mud, and that is what their radiator specialists had said. I separately took the old radiator to Toyotas own specialist and asked them to pressure test and comment. They said it is very likely an incorrect fluid or stray current issue due to where the leaks were appearing - so different story to what Toyota are saying.

Now, I got a statement from their radiator specialist saying it is unlikely mud. So I need to get stray current and earthing check to rule out that problem (last I looked there was 200mV potential b/w the radiator fluid and the battery terminal, so it is possible). If it checks out ok, that leaves a fluid issue so I can go Toyota for the cost (the aim of the game here, its near $800) since they are the ones who fully maintained the vehicle for the last 2.5 yrs.

Bottom line also, if I got an elect prob, the new radiator apparently will suffer the same fate just as quick anyway.

Earth the radiator out , no more problem

Sorry Eric, earthing the radiator is exactly the wrong way to go. Have a look at all modern cars and the way the radiators are fitted and you will see there is no earthing to the radiator at all.
On the custom radiator I built for Mike next door on his 460 cube F100 he had a stray current problem we couldn't find. We tried everything and then I suggested he independently mount the radiator with rubber grommets so there was no earth pathway to the radiator at all and the problem was solved.
Regards Andrew.

mmm. all this stuff is beyond me. Is why I want to get a good auto elect to have a look.

Thanks John