I finally at flippin last have the car working.
I changed the ECU, nothing much happened, only now I can smell fuel more. The sparkplugs were producing a weak spark now, previously the other ECU it wasnt sparking.
I went and buy a set of new ignition leads, still no avial. Last resort before taking the sledge hammer to the car. I went out and buy some spark plugs. Some decent Ford Motorcraft ones. I also bought a ignition lead spark plug tester light, connected it up to the old plugs on the engine and not all of them were flashing.
Put the new plugs on the testers and leads, but not into the engine and they were all sparking and lights flashing.
Take out the old plugs (not that old, they have only had 3 months use and not much miles to them!) and they were covered in fuel - this wasnt happening previously with the other ECU.
THe only one that appeared to have been working was number 1 plug, which I changed a few weeks ago, due to the previous one breaking in the cylinder head.
After fitting the new plugs in, leads on, fired it up, it hesitated then started to run, AT LAST!!!
I am pissed off, as I have spent a lot of money,not to mention time, doing this car; and for what reason, because the prats at the motor facts supplied me the wrong spark plugs.
When I went back to them about it saying that it was the wrong type from what I saw in the Haynes manual, they were like it doesnt matter, it shows in their book that the 1.4 and the HCS engine has the same plugs (they supplies me HCS plugs). They were bollocking saying, that even if it were the wrong type iit would still run but weak.
But no I know better that,it DOES matter,because they would burn themselfs out and last a bare 3 months with the wrong ones in.
They gave me Champion RS9YCC which Haynes lists for HCS engines.
Haynes list RC7YCC4 for the 1.4 PTE, which I asked them for and they told me that it was wrong.
Needless to say this time I went elsewhere to a Ford specialist that supplies mainly Ford parts.
In the end, I believe the wrong plugs partly damaged my old ECU. And spent £30 fuel pump, £50 ECU, £40 ignition coil pack, £10 spark plugs, £15 ignition leads, £3 fuel filter, £10 used crank sensor, £22 new crank sensor. Total of £180 
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