1999 406 1.8 Petrol clutch

Hi all,

Just a quick question about the clutch on my 406.

Far too often at the moment I'm finding it difficult to engage second when
changing down. I press in the clutch, come out of gear just dandy
(anywhere between 2k and 4k rpm) and be unable to engage second without
fully releasing the clutch with the box in neutral, pressing the clutch
again and engaging second.

No big deal, just a bit of double declutching you say. Bit of an annoyance
when the syncromesh should be doing that for me. Talking of syncromeshes -
it's not just the case of having to match revs to engage second - if I
leave the clutch down (without releasing) until the revs drop I'll still
be unable to engage.

I've got 135k on the clock, so it's probably time for a new box anyway,
but I'm hoping it might be something relatively straight forward like
needing to tighten the clutch cable.

Any advice welcomed.

John