Just spoke to ap racing, they say the clutch fault could b the oil made the centre plate stick to the flywheel, so might just need to be freed off, but might need to be removed and cleaned with brake cleaner.
So will take a look at that tonight.

Does that sound right?

And I spoke to the firm that made the cam cover gasket, they offered me a STD paper 1 for free or pay the extra couple of quid for their version of the cometic gasket, a thin layer of steel coated with foam/rubber.
Being delivered to me tomorow.

So there's hope for me yet.

Thanks for the offer dave, I'll let u know if I get stuck.