Finally had to reinstall SH4
 

Finally had to reinstall SH4 and upgraded to the gold edition. I have 64 bit vista home premium and everything went smoothly, without any problems. Except......When I play the pacific campaign I have Uboat looking gauges. If I remember correctly this is somekind of patch 1.5 default but we did something or used a mod to return to the Fleet Boat gauges way back in the beginning. Does anyone remember how to get rid of the black gauges and get rid of the Uboat captains cabin and sound station? Just a minor irritation but it helps my immersion.

Something is buggered with your install. There was never a patch for that. I suggest you reinstall the game. Follow these instructions:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=150997

Ah, but there were Uboats in the Pacific.

You've been abducted by aliens and interfered with and then put back carelessly. Happens all the time.