Thanks for the offer, however I scrapped the car in the end -- the old sensor had seized in the bellhousing and I just couldn't get it out.
Cheers,
Neil
When I probe it (cranksharft sensor) with a multimeter it appears to be completely open circuit. When I probe the camshaft sensor (which looks to be identical), I see some resistance between two of the contacts. Suggests the crankshaft sensor is duff.
Looks like I have the same problem with starting as described here. No spark, no fuel but fuses/relays ok. Car is a 1.0 SE from 2001 (coilpacks not distributor). Looks like it may be the ecu then? I am able to connect to ecu via the obd port -- no fault codes are recorded. Interestingly...