.....kinda! finally figured the oil gauge probs, its a phase 1 phase 2 thing!

my phase 1 clocks on my phase 2 valver didnt keep showing the oil level after the engine starts, on second ignition click the level displays then as soon as the engine starts it drops. i put my old phase 2 clocks in today and it stays up after engine start. so phase 1 valvers only display oil level under ignition

trying to be clever i then cracked open both sets and switched the pcb on the back of the gauges, it worked.....kinda! the resistant values for the phase 1 dials must be different as the needles are sluggish when they are operated by the phase 2 pcb! and the oil level does stay up after engine start but its reading way too high and blips up a little bit under ignition, so am going back to phase 1 again and i'll pick up a full set of phase 2's when i can be arsed!