I was having trouble with gold and time displaying in the save menu too, and I'm not sure where the problem came from. What was showing up for you? Mine was an odd value for both that didn't seem to be stored anywhere.
When I messed with the byte that got the hands, it was with displaying 8th in battle. I wasn't sure what Vehek had altered to get it working, so I did things randomly.
My computer just recovered from a major problem (C: Drive unreadable), so it might be a bit before I get back to working on this. It depends on what, if anything, remains damaged.