Thanks guys!
haha hey ryan, your lovely gf told me to come here, finally made it!
the fuel/temp gauge crapped out a while back, went to e.parrot & sons, they fixed it, few days later i took it to work for the first time, on the way home, i lost fuel/temp/oil press/speedo/rev gauges.. it had been suggested by someone else it may be a wiring fault somewhere, figured maybe even if it's not, that new wiring wouldn't be a bad idea for the wee min.
needs the gearbox fixed too, (among other things lol) mechanic in chch said at least $2k, mechanic in hinds, just about choked on his cuppa, and said "oh bollocks to $2k" bugger tho, cos he's just up and left
edit to add: sorry... i did edit original post.. i'm in christchurch but happy to travel to a degree