Did a bit more today, The adaptors turned up that you put between the spark plugs and the HT lead and light when your cranking the engine over. I confirmed 2+3 are definetly getting no power. I traced both outer negative wires on the coil pack plug back to the ECU and did a continuity test on them. Both come back fine so it's either ECU or coil pack I'm guessing.

I removed the ECU and god Ford really don't want you to remove this!! that security nut was a bugger to get off! Once I removed the ECU i took the lid off and everything looks mint inside. I can't see any burnt chips or resistors etc. I traced both coil pack pins on the ECU back to where they are soldered on the board and did a continuity test and both are fine. It could still be a component on the ECU that has failed but not blown which makes it difficult to troubleshoot.

Does anyone know which resistors and other components relate to the coil circuit on the board ?

There's loads of ECU repair places but they want a minimum of £160 which winds me up when it's such a common fault and probably a £0.55p resistor or something similiar that's a 10 minute solder job.

Last resort, I can pick up a complete ECU kit for £60 with door locks, boot lock, ignition barell and central locking ECU but how much hassle is it fitting all the locks ?

Cheers
Shayne