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Handbrake adjustment on fiat punto

zoe 3619 · 2015-09-27 21:26:59

Hi guys.Thanks in advance for any advice. Have a 2000 fiat punto,and although it's passed a test not long ago,the handbrake seems very ineffective. Google tells me I can adjust it by tightening something behind the ashtray. Not very mechanically minded,but prepared to give it a try,except I don't know how to remove the…

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Hi guys.Thanks in advance for any advice.
Have a 2000 fiat punto,and although it's passed a test not long ago,the handbrake seems very ineffective.
Google tells me I can adjust it by tightening something behind the ashtray.
Not very mechanically minded,but prepared to give it a try,except I don't know how to remove the ashtray to allow access.
Don't want to have to use the crowbar..must be something simple I'm missing.

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