You know what - I actually thought I was wasting his time. I’ve used him before and he seemed ok but this time I had a negative feeling if you know what I mean.
I left him to it but he was only here 40 mins and he was fannying around with the ignition switch and whatever but I did see that his diagnostic did not communicate with the abs but it did with everything else. If I was the sparky I would have probed the abs module connections and done a thorough job to confirm but that’s just me. It only cost me £60 so it’s not the end of the world.
All the evidence points to the abs module and it’s off now and being collected tomorrow to be tested (£45) and if it’s faulty then it’s £200 to be repaired with a lifetime warranty.
Do they just say it’s faulty? Who knows.. Problem is that I don’t want to just keep chucking cash at it to find the fault - the wife is already questioning my logic. Her opinion is that if a car has a problem just sell it and buy a new one..