Well at least I'm not alone, Mrs Mustard has now put me under curfew for the night so i cant find out till the morning but it sounds plausible....(I'm just glad i didn't buy a car that was easy to fix or my life would be very boring)

Many thanks bigeee, i am planning on jacking the rear up in the morning as you mentioned to see if it fires up, i pressed the raise button which initiates the yellow flashing raise button but no pump or raising...

I'll give anyone a shout ....lol the car is rock solid on its bump stops which i have never experienced before, i cant recall if i did check the fusebox, i will check it in the morning, if that fuse is okay then would there be any others? (my grammer & spelling is appalling)

yes thats correct, sat at the right height and jacked up from the front, seems to have dropped down over the course of the day onto the bump stops, just been out and tried again to no avail, i dont get the triple chiming sound when you first start and it is rock solid

Yes..

I have replaced the steering box on my Discovery 2 TD5 today, and after releasing the front back down i now cannot get the suspension to work, that includes no pump noise or pressure into the rear, i have checked all the connections and relays but it is sitting rock solid on the ground, it used...