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Ok thanks I will look into that. The gears are very stiff also have been since I've owned the car.

Where would I locate the gear linkage rods?

Thanks

So I was driving to work this morning when after going over a slight bump and having to hit my brakes quite firmly there was a constant grinding noise coming from below the gear stick, if I pushed the stick down and wobbled it the noise got quieter then dissapeared and came back again after a few mo...

I was also having trouble starting in the cold mornings, cranking was very slow compared to warmer days above 5C. I did a lot of research and ended up purchasing a bosch uprated starter motor 1.7kw from ebay as apposed to the 1.4kw Mitsubishi that's fitted as standard. The car now starts in an insta...

Thanks guys for the help I managed to get it started!!

Got the wife to crank it over whilst I primed the hand pump she fired up after about 10 seconds, well happy now thanks again!

The cars currently on level ground if anything the rears slightly down slope, would it help to jack the rear up a bit? And ill prime the hand pump whilst trying to start hopefully this works! Will give it a go once the battery's charged cheers!

Thanks for the reply I have just tried that got a nice squirt of diesel when releasing my finger but the car still wouldn't start just keeps turning over, and occasionally sounds like its going to start for a second then nothing, now ive drained the battery again for the 3rd time arghh this is getti...

Hi, thanks for that but turning on my ignition doesn't seem to do anything cant see any fuel moving through the pipes or hear the pump going, it must be different on my model hence the manual hand pump bulb thingy to self prime.

Hello all been browsing the forums for a few days some very useful reads! Thought id best register and say hi, this is the first 406 ive owned, had a couple of 306 d turbos in the past must say the 406 is a nicer drive :) Up until I decided to do a service anyway! I now have a problem with my 406 HD...