Well............
Got the old girl running.
BUT its never as simple as that is it. After ordering the new seal and a couple of other bits off of RCM I got around to getting the beast running. As I wasn't 100% where to start looking given the injectors had a pulse signal. SO I pulled them out and ran them through the injector cleaner. Remade some of the earthing points on the chassis and engine. Re checked earths on the ECU and AEM unit along with power supplies. Changed the battery for a new larger item. Refitted it all and pressed the button. She tried so hard to fire it was agitating. So. Swapped the plugs from 8's to 6's. And turn the fuel pressure down on the FPR. Pressed the button again and she fired up a treat
Happy days.
Having had the car the fired it was time to replace the oil seal. Personally I find it quicker to pull the motor than drop the gearbox. Undo the bolts unplug the wiring harness and bosch, out. Anyway before that, oil out. Aweful lot of debris. Turns out the crank ate the rear thrust bearing. Long story short when the 2.1 engine let go the crank went off to a specialist to be analysed, checked and all that. It came back with the ok to be reused in the new build. Cranking the motor over and running it proved other wise.
Absolutely everything has been scrutinised at the end of which a new EJ257 crank/big end and main bearings has been ordered from RCM and should be with me in the next couple of days so I can rebuild the old girl again. Hopefully this time to a more positive out come.
On we go.....