Hi Edgarpole, welcome to the forum and thanks for the information. Since my last posting I'm having more problems and now I can't open the boot without the alarm going off and the boot light doesn't work so it looks like more wires in the loom have broken. I was going to have a look at it myself and try to fix them because I didn't know that you could replace the loom so easy, so after reading your comments I rang my local garage and booked it in. That should keep me going for another 8yrs or so, providing I keep the car that long!