Fiat Bravo User Manual

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How to change the in car light bulbs and access the aerial base

screw and take it off.

First thing you got to do is take off the plastic covers on the ceiling light. (circled red)

You do it by taking a knife or a small flat screwdriver and you pull it off by pushing the knife in the arrow direction.

Then after you have removed the plastic covers off, you will see two screws in the holes. Unscrew these out and pull the light will fall off like in the pic. Then just pull it off.

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After the light is off, unplug these connector – it may be more in your case.

After you have the light free. Take off the white plastic lid by pressing the red circled point in the arrow direction and pulling it upwards.

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After that, you have the access to the bulbs. They are 5W bulbs.

After you change the bulbs do the reverse to get the light back

Aerial base – taking off After you have removed the light off the ceiling. You will see a nut that holds the aerial base to the cars roof.

Unscrew the nut and take off all contacts off the screw. (arrows yellow)

To get the base off, press it from inside the car upwards and it will pop out.(blue arrow)

And that is it, now put the new base in. put all the contacts on the new base screw and tighten the nut again

All done 

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Cleaning the EGR valve – the vacuum type

First you will need to take off the plastic cover of the engine, if you have one.

The second step is to remove the rubber hose that goes on the EGR valve. After you have done that, you need to unscrew this screws (circled red) WARNING – unscrew them when the engine is warm and spray some WD40 before unscrewing. If the screws don’t turn after a few tugs, leave them in – you don’t want to break them.

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After you have taken the screws out, it will look like this:

Now take the EGR and soak it in some carb cleaner like so:

Fill the hole pointed with a yellow arrow and leave it to soak about an hour.

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After it was soaking for an hour, dry it with a cloth or a towel. And it will look like this, if not do the above again.

Now take the hose and attach it on the EGR valve. And with your mouth suck in the air out of it. When you sucked enough the valve will open. Do it a few times so the valve can work it self in.

After you have done that, take the EGR valve back to the car and put it back on its place. And you are done.

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As you can see the hand brake has 3 cables. The one that goes in the in car lever (2) with a distributor on the end and 2 cables to the drums (discs) (3).

The most common cable stick appears on the drum cables (3). So to stop it from doing it, you must get some kind of spray, either WD40, silicone spray, graphite oil spray, or use fine mechanic oil, the second thing you will need is any type of grease that can handle low temperatures and is water resistant.

The process:

1. First you have to remove the wheel and the drum. If you have calipers, you will only have to remove the wheel.

2. Clean the places where the steal cable goes out of the grommet*(circled red), you don’t need to do the one in the car, because it isn’t on a place that can get dirty. To clean the places on either exits, you may need to remove the rubber(yellow arrows) that protects it off.

3. If you have the rubber ends, and they are still intact, you will just need to pour/spray some lubricant in the cable. If the rubber is broken/missing, then do all steps.

4. After you cleaned the exits, you first spray in the cable with some spray (mentioned above) or fill it with some fine mechanical oil. Apply it a lot.

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5. After you have done that – fill the cable inside, you need to find someone to work in the cable, by pulling the lever in the car up/down. If all works (no sticking) and you have the rubber covers that are intact, just reposition them and you done. If not go to next step

6. When you see that the cable is returning to its place (the drum shoe should back its self in the neutral/un braked place) get the grease and grease the place where the cable exits the cable grommet* (red circled). Use a lot of grease so it fills the exit place. If it doesn’t return, spray a bit more and work it in with pulling the in car lever up/down till it starts to return back normal and then grease it.

7. When that is done, try the handbrake once more. If all works, put the drum and the wheel back on.

8. All done 

*grommet in this case refers to the metal, coated with plastic

tube in witch the steel cable is positioned. Or better said in what it slides back/forth.

Fitting Seat Heaters into your Fiat Bravo

This guide shows you how to fit the ‘Waeco Magic Comfort MSH50’ seat heaters into

your Fiat Bravo whether your car comes equipped with them as standard (HLX/HGT)

or not (S, SX). Please read this guide over once before installation.

Do not attempt this guide if you have side airbags and/or passenger front airbag.

Your first step is to purchase the Waeco MSH50 seat heaters which can be found at

www.waeco.co.uk for £39.94.

Step1. How to Remove the Seat from the Car

Tilt and Slide the seat all the way forward to gain access to the screws at the rear of

the seat. Unscrew the two mounting bolts as shown. (Alan Key Fitment)

Now put the seat back into its normal position and slide the seat all the way back.

Unscrew the two forward mounting bolts as shown. (Alan Key Fitment)

Note: On models fitted with Heated Seats you will need to disconnect the

wiring from under the seat before it can be removed.

Step2. How to Remove the Plastic Trim from around the Seat

Remove the plastic cap from the seat

adjuster handle by carefully prising it out

with a small screw driver. Then extract

the handle from the seat.

Next unscrew the two remaining self-

tapers from the plastic trim. If you have

heated seats then disconnect the LED

plug under the seat. Now carefully remove the plastic trim. The height adjustment handle does not require

removing.

To remove the trim on the opposite side

of the seat requires you to remove the

plastic cap by prising it out with a small

screw driver. Then unscrew the self-

taper from the plastic trim.

Before the plastic trim can be removed

totally you need to carefully place a

large flat headed screw driver behind the

plastic trim to help push out the metal

retaining washer by pushing the trim

away from the seat.

Step3. How to Remove the Seat Lever

Prise the flap out of the lever using a

small screw driver as shown.

Pull the flap back from the lever to gain

access to a hidden screw. Unscrew the

screw as shown and withdraw the lever.

To remove the lever, pull the lever

sideways. It will then slide off the metal

arm.

Two further hidden screws will now be

revealed, use a screw driver to remove

them and then carefully remove the

handle surround away from the seat.

Step4. How to Remove the Upper Seat Cover

At the rear of the seat at the base you will

notice a flap of material.

Lift the flap up to reveal a plastic clip.

This clip hooks onto another clip. This is

where the back facing of the cover meets

the front facing cover and is held in place.

Use a screw driver to prise apart the two

plastic clips. Once unclipped it will

reveal the following. You will notice two

strings in either corner.

You need to detach the string shown by

the yellow arrow by pulling it out of its

current holding position.

Next you can see a metal ring shown by

the red arrow. Use wire cutters to cut the

ring off and remove.

Repeat this operation for the other side of

the seat.

Carefully lift up the cover on the back of the seat to reveal the backrest springs. If

you look up you will notice one or two

elastic bands. Carefully detach the elastic

bands, DO NOT

spring back up the seat.

Now push the cover and clip between the

upper and lower cushions. Until it is

fully seen on the front side of the seat.

cut them off. Let them

Start by lifting one corner up a little at a time while constantly swapping sides so

it evenly starts to rise up the seat.

Compress the bolsters to help lift up the

cover. The cover will only go approx 2/3

of the way up until the internal seat hooks

prevent it from going any further. That is

okay, we do not need to go any further.

The white part on my seat is the old

heating elements. S and SX owners won’t

have this.

For those with the heated seats you may

want to remove this. Whilst I was

removing mine, it was lifting off a small

layer of the cushion as well, so make sure

this is kept to a minimum. Take your time

and be patient. Use a hair dryer to soften

the glue and/or use a sharp knife.

Disconnect the backrest heating element

from the lower heating element to aid

removal.

Step5. How to Remove the Lower Seat Cover

The lower cushion cover is clipped onto a

metal ridge at the rear of seat similar to

the upper cushion, but this time to the

seats frame. Gently use a screw driver to

prise it off the frame.

Push the cover from the rear of the seat through the gap between the upper and

lower cushions.

Starting at one corner, as shown by the

yellow arrow in the previous photograph;

lift this corner up to find a hidden metal ring clip. Be very careful, that you only

cut off the metal ring clip and not the

metal rod and remove it. Repeat for the

other corner.

Now the hard part before you can begin to start removing the cushion cover you

need to unhook the cover from the sides

of the seats. This can be tricky, so again

be patient and don’t butcher anything.

Use a screw driver to unhook the plastic

edging on the cover from the frame.

Work from the back to the front along the

side. Do not carry on unclipping the

front, it is not required. Repeat for the

other side.

The following will look something like

this.

You may now have noticed that there are

three metal rods running the whole length

of the lower cushion and a strut rod near

the front of the cushion (Shown as red

lines). The yellow arrows point to metal

ring clips that need to be removed. These

ring clips hold the rods within the cover

to a metal rod within the foam cushion.

Whatever you do, do not cut the metal

rods. Only the metal ring clips. Work

your way left to right in a row removing

the clips, try not to bend the metal rods in

the cover.

Once you’ve cut away ‘ALL’ the metal

ring clips and removed them you can then

fold over the cover. Those with heated

seats, I have removed the heating

elements and removed all the old wiring

and connectors as shown.

Step6. How to Fit the New Seat Heater to the Lower Cushion

The design of all heating elements are to have all the wires leading to the rear of the seat as most cars are designed with the strut rod near the rear of the cushion. Due to the Bravo seats design this cannot work as the elements will get broken the other way round as the strut rod will crush the elements. Unfortunately the wiring for the lower cushion must go to the front. This is no problem and cannot be noticed once fitted.

Remove the film at the back of the pads

and stick it down as shown. Make sure

the crevice for the strut rod can be seen

through the gap in the elements indicated

by the yellow arrow.

Once you are happy with the way the

element is seated, get a screw driver and

push a hole through the cushion directly

where the wires exit the heating elements

at an angle to the thinnest part of the

foam cushion. Then use a sharp knife to

make a 1.5cm gap then carefully feed the

wiring through the hole. As can be seen

in the photograph.

Step7. How to Fit the New Seat Heater to the Upper Cushion

Remove the film from the rear of the seat

heating element and carefully position the

heater element to the upper cushion.

Remember your back doesn’t touch the

bottom of the seat so it can be positioned

10cm higher from the bottom of the cushion. Carefully tuck the wires under the seat to the right corner leaving some

slack.

Make sure the upper heating pad has

some slack when it is tucked to the right

corner, then pull it gently through under

the lower foam cushion and connect it to

the lower heating element. Feed the

power cables through the hole in the seat.

Cars fitted with heated seats will have a

rubber ring around the hole; if yours does not, then try using some insulation tape to prevent the cable rubbing the sharp edges.

Step8. How to Recover the Upper Seat Cushion

Carefully ensure that the heater element is firmly stuck to the cushion.

Make sure the elastic bands that you originally detached from the springs in the seat can still be located at the rear under the cover.

Now carefully and slowly, start to pull the cover down over the seat little by little swapping sides. Again compress the bolsters should the cover get tight. Once the cover is all the way down, tuck the cover back under the seat to the rear of the seat through the gap between the upper and lower cushions.

Now carefully pluck at the seat and pull it at the edges and sides so that the seat forms its original shape.

Reattach the elastic bands to the springs at the rear of the seats.

The two strings you originally unhooked will require hooking back; I used a pair of pliers to pull the strings back into their original position.

The excess beading at the edges of the

cover that originally had a metal clip will

now need securing. Do this using cable

ties.

Now clip the two plastic clips from both ends of the cover (front and rear), so that

they are perfectly reattached.

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