2001 4.4i Crank no start....yeah I know..its old

[tasmania68]

G'DAy everyone!!


So I am working on this freakin pile of...s.......for quite some time...
Had the engine and tranny out and replaced all the gaskets, O-Rings, Crush washers and the head gasket and heaps of coolant hoses, new vacuum hoses, too
Engine back in.....started up....cranks but does not want to start.
Check the usual suspects....fuel pump, fuel fuse (#47) fuel relay, fuel filter is less than 1000ks old and worked fine before I took engine out. Everthing mentioned before works fine and I checked it. There is no 12 Volt at the connector for the fuel pump and there is no spark.......
I had the tone wheel (I reckon you call it reluctor wheel) bend when I removed the jesus bolt and had that tone wheel replaced.......still no start....INPA keeps telling me 111 No crank sensor signal......Well I checked the wiring from the DME coming down to the sensor. That is all good. Sensor generates 2Volts when cranking and the resistance is 629 ohms so sensor itself is good, too. Now I start to think it could be the EWS.......Is that a typical EWS action?? It does not give power to the crank sensor when its damaged or so?? I also replaced the timing chain guides and had to retime the engine but I was told that it is not a timing issue when there is no signal at all?? Any ideas?? Please.....if you say now....."it could be this..." I will always ask why do you think so.......please give me a reason for you suggestion......very much appreciated. Cheers