box electrical mods

Shortly after I got my X1/9 I added power door locks and keyless entry. At the time I also put in wiring for remote trunk release for a potential future upgrade. Well, the future is now; I completed the trunk release install in August. Several people here have added remote trunk release, and...

So last time I tried to drive my X (weeks ago) the starter was weak and felt like it was grinding, and eventually it just stopped working altogether and the car wouldn’t start. So I bought a new starter and replaced that last night, easy peasy other than working in the tight confines under the...

I intended to post this a couple days ago when I first saw it. Adding a delay mechanism to the X's wipers has been discussed several times. There are a few approaches to it. One that has been suggested is the possibility of a unit sold for Lada's. It is a kit from the online Lada parts source...

I'll try to save time and guts, if somebody have a tutorial will be welcome how to replace / take out stater on a 1500 tutorial? After many years of electrical bliss I am about to start repairing the following. Starting the car I heard strange sounds while turning the key to start it, I...

In order to tidy up the wiring for my hard-start relay, I made drawings for a relay bracket and had a few made. The bracket mounts to the factory studs for the dual relay and for the injector cooling fan relay and provide mount points for additional relays. I'm using a factory style...

I figured that while I had the motor on the stand I would figure out my alternator bracket for the 1 wire GM powermaster alternator I picked up for this project. Heres some pictures of the bracket mods needed to fit it. As you can see I had to file a slight hollow in the alternator to allow...

After a few false starts I now have a motorized antenna on my car. The car came to me with what I believe is the original manually retractable antenna. I first bought a fairly cheap antenna on eBay (reccomended by someone here, can’t remember who). It would always extend, but only occasionaly...

This is a tutorial to improve low beam light output and reduce the load on the light switch, column switch and the ignition switch by adding a relay to supply power to fuses 3 and 4 with minimal wiring changes or additions. This modification will compliment the existing high beam relay which...

Found this at MWB: https://www.midwest-bayless.com/p-5082-5936319-u8-courtesy-light-delay-relay-fiat-bertone-x19-1986-88-u8.aspx After checking what I could find on the Wiki, which stopped with the '81 electrical diagrams, I couldn't see where this relay was inserted into the schematic chain...

On X's with the ceramic "bullet" ("Euro style") fuses, there are two short ones for the headlight pods: They have not been available for a long time so getting replacements is difficult at best. There have been a few ideas how to substitute, modify, or otherwise get around them. But I may...

By "alternator identity reassignment surgery" I mean has anyone removed all of the internals of a late model Bosch alternator originally configured for installation in an A/C car, and grafted them into an alternator body that was originally configured for installation in a non-A/C car? Are the...

Euro spec carb 1500 (late) car. After some success fitting the Panda light switch and 4-relay set up and putting a relay in to the electric fuel pump circuit (instead of the mechanical pump), I had a failure relating to the fitting of an ignition relay, with which I’d like some help. I wanted...

I remember seeing a image someone had made of a digital display for the x19 and would like to chat with the person who made it but i can't remember where it was located. can someone point me in the right direction thanks Ross

I have been working my way through upgrading the lighting on my 85X. This past week I installed LEDs in the tail lights, front and rear turn signals and reverse lights. I put the proper LED flasher in the relay tray. Somehow, I forgot to order the marker LEDs and license plate LEDs. I will get...

I saw the following comment by @Bobkat in another thread, "I wired the Italian right out of it and did every mod possible." He was referring to doing some electrical mods to his X, which brought this subject to my mind. Over the years we've discussed lots of excellent ways to improve the X1/9's...

Ciao Amici, This is probably sacrilege for some of you purists out there, but I am continuing work on the dashboard of my '74 with K20 conversion and decided to modernize it. I am so grateful to Rodger for documenting and posting so many details about his build, and to Bob Brown for his...

EDIT - My apologies for the confusion - I meant sweep, not speed. I revised the text. EDIT - final wiring diagram post#61 Modded Fiat Diagram post#68 EDIT 1HM 955 531 B (marked 198) should work the same - it has the timer arrow on the schematic. VW 196 will NOT provide the variable timer. I...

So I decided to see if I could replace the guts on a 124 Veglia clock since I’ve never seen one that works. I thought I’d buy one of the Luch 12v quartz car clocks off eBay for $12 as a starting point. It turns out that the works are an updated version of the veglia and all the mounting studs...

Hi all-- Yesterday, I installed a second radiator fan on my '81 non-AC X. Both fans are "stock"-style. They both work, but I'm not entirely convinced I have enough power running to them, given the way I installed the second fan. Pre-install, it seemed like the single fan was super-loud...

As part of the ever-ongoing rebuild of my 850 Sport Coupe, I'm converting the fuel delivery system from a mechanical pump to an electric pump. When I've done this on my 850's in the past, I simply ran a wire from the "+" terminal on the ignition coil to the electric pump in order to power the...