AFAIK, It's not possible to turn off the Servotronic anywhere in the system - inadvertently or not.
If there's no voltage at the valve, it's possibly a connector fault at the BCM or Servotronic, a wiring fault or the BCM has become faulty.
The variable assistance from the Servotronic is created by varying the voltage to the valve by the BCM (Strictly speaking it's not a varying voltage, but a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal).
If measured via a digital voltmeter, you should see upto approx. 7.5V at zero speed, reducing to 2.5V or so at 50 mph plus.
I've not heard of wiring or connector problems (yet) via the forums, but Servotronic valves & BCMs are known to become faulty.
The faulty BCMs usually give other symptoms such as locking issues & I think window operation faults.
To test / eliminate the Servotronic valve you can feed it 12V via a separate feed while disconnected from the BCM / standard wiring loom (being very careful not to damage the valve connector pins !). You should get full assistance permanently to confirm the valve is working OK (I ran for a couple of months like that while waiting to fix other problems on our 3.6 TDV8)
Do you know the Indie did to resolve your original problem ?
What was done / changed ? Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk
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