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The latest is that the gear box went back in this morning after being completely disassembled, cleaned, new bearings, oil, etc. we had everything running for a while and when all looked to be good we once more upped anchor and then all ok ish, revs begin to build as the gearbox slowly disengages and the engine comes off load. This is able to happen because it is a hydraulic box that applies pressure to a series of friction plates and when the pressure fails the plates disengage. We are still waiting for the mechanic to return after we diagnosed the oil pump to be faulty and hopefully not completely knackered