i recently aquired a 1998 406TD 1.9 it also was a poor starter, i recalled we had the same problem at work with our LDV pick up truck. Changing the heat plugs solved it. With this knowledge in mind, i bought four heat plugs and waited until the next morning to fit them. Now a LDV pick up truck has got a lot of room in the engine bay, so much that you could actually have a party in there. I haven't worked on cars for over twenty years, haven't had to, been fortunate enough to have a car with the job. So you can imagine my shock and horror when i opened the bonnet and gazed despairingly at the engine. What i want to know is, has anyone actually managed to successfully change all four plugs? and if so how? Did they use a trained bionic mouse? and if they did use their hands, have they got any skin left on them. i only managed to change two, and those two made me cry like a new born baby, God knows what state i'd be in if i tried to change the other two. Does anyone know how the the professionals do it?
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20 years ago