Thanks heller44!
No HICAS globe in the dash as it was taken out when I removed the HICAS system many years ago (rack, oil lines to front etc).
Now that I think about it I'm sure my speedo stopped working at the same time. Would it be fair to say this could be my problem seeing as the steering appears to be speed sensitive? Honestly was not aware of speed sensitive steering in R32 and thought that as the R32 uses a speedo cable it would not be able to have a speed input to anything else on the car. Would be awsome if I'm wrong and my inoperative speedo could be causing my dramas!?!