Hi again all interested in this saga.
After posting that the engine top end rebuild was all in order except that there was evidence of slight coolant leak in the V which will be sorted shortly by Russell. I now have an oil leak which appears to be from the gearbox and not the engine but will not know for certain until Monday at the earliest when I just might be able to have my local garage get the car up on the ramp and look at the issue and assuming it is the gearbox give me a date for the fix as it is a gearbox issue and not a KV6 engine issue which would require such as Russell Walsh to sort it.
I may have to consider replacing the auto box but we will see.
Strangely I am now accepting that these things happen and am just eager to get all this work out of the way. Once again "eternal optimist" kicks in to play.
So sourcing the auto box is my weekend task.
Cheers Rick'