My toilet cistern fairly recently started getting quite annoying. You go to flush and the handle just goes down but not a lot happens flushing wise. You have to "pump" the handle half way down and slowly two or three times and then it will flush.
I had to replace the tie rod from the handle to the plunger a few years back as it rusted through and I wonder if this might be relevant to my current problem. Getting in to the cistern workings is a PITA as it has been boxed in and is only accessible through a small hatch at the top about 15 inches wide and four inches deep. This has put me off looking again. Any ideas?