So Pete fixed the corolla in a few mins...

I had inserted the wire into port 8 instead of 9!

It does actually have the code printed on the back of the poetry wheel so I should have been a bit more methodical and stop the blind panic that I found myself in though I'm sure I did that too in desperation after recutting the wires as I could see that some of the ends had broken off whilst twisting them around, I thought maybe the thread bare state of the wired was effecting the power travelling to the servo motor because it did start up when I inserted the wire in the whole but then stopped....

anyway, it works very well and I'm pleased with it.