firstly id like 2 thank everybody for there help, secondly id like 2 go and take my block buster and smash something, would you belive it, got the regulater, spent ages making bracket, hooked it up, and then started it, looked at guage, still 7 psi, had a fiddle with adjuster on reg, nothing, still 7 psi, took guage of the ute , and had it by itself, still 7 psi, nothing, the guage is stuffed nothing else. . oww well, so now i have a new reg, and have spent a few hours trying 2 figure the problem out. anywayz thanks for all your help guys, much appreciated