Well i had a bit more of a tinker today, got it running a bit better, hopefully good enough to make it to the mechanic for a tune..

im pretty sure the tacho is correct, you can hear that its reving hard lol, i changed a few of the pollution hoses around and sorted some vac leaks.. didnt think of the torque convertor, only just finished putting the tranny back in and i really dont want to take it back out!

and in regards to not being welcome, its just from a few replys in some posts that i got the impression...

Cheers, Mark