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How do you remove fiat brava ignition barrel?

1- remove ignition cowling. The housing is held in place by three screws located on the underside of the cowling. Remove the three screws and the plastic cowling.

2. You now have the ignition barrel holder exposed which is a long plastic cylinder running across the underside of the steering column. Looking at the underside of the cylinder you will see a small cut out in the cylinder. If you look in this cut out you will see a metal lug protruding into the cut out from the inside of the cylinder. Using a flat bladed screwdriver try pushing the lug towards the centre of the cylinder. If it moves inwards move to step 3. If it does not move turn the key in the ignition barrel and then retry pusing the metal lug inwards.

3. With the metal lug pushed in lever the ignition barrel out. The barrel should slide out easily.

4. If you are replacing the barrel with a second hand one please bear in mind that your ignition system will still require the transponder located in the key from the original ignition barrel.

There are two ways of overcoming this the first is to strap the original key towards the outer edge of the ignition barrel either using electrical tape or a tie wrap. The second method is to obtain a transponder key with replacement barrel and remove the transponder out of this key and replace it with the transponder from your original key. The transponder looks like a black piece of metal which is wedge shaped. It is quite small and be careful not to drop it when taking the keys apart.