Hi guys
Thanks for your help so far.
The car is a 1999 T reg, which now has 85000 miles. I've bought it very cheap, since it was a stolen recovered vehicle (vintags copied and everything). It has a few light scrapes around all panels, and pretty dirty inside, so I can presume its been unloved for a few months ! Other than that, eveything else appears to work just fine.
I have a friend of a friend who believes he has a computer it can be plugged into to get fault codes and thats where it will go in the next couple of weeks, after it gets a couple of new number plates, some tyres etc.
The ABS light has went out a couple of times for a few minutes, but of late now stays on.
Thanks again