box electrical

My '83 X1/9 has a single spare green connector sized to plug into the Bertone-style switches. The two wires currently in place in the connector are for lighting and ground. Is there a standard terminal size that fits in the connector, please? TIA! Martin

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...

In replacing the carpet in my '78 X I've found one of the toggle switches has had a Fiberoptic Line severed at sometime. Are these able to be repaired? Cheers.

Is there a definitive writeup on trouble shooting the headlight motor control? Both headlights come up, I have high and low beams, but only the driver side goes down when I turn them off. At one time or another we all have trouble with X headlights and I assume by now someone has printed a...

Note that this is for a '74 - '76 Assembly - newer ones may be different. I have 2 of these Switch Assemblies, one had a broken stalk and the other would not let the low beams operate due to the connection being gummed up - the low/high beam switch sends power out for either low beam or high...

so I went to the store this morning, short drive, left to head home sitting at light looked down and my temp gauge was at the very top.. but then I noticed my fuel ga was completely at the top also- haha. There is nothing like that feeling...whipped across 3 lanes before I noticed the fuel...

I thought there was a old thread that discussed basic maintenance for the headlight motors. I'm not referring to replacing diodes, or fixing wiring problems, or diagnosing improperly working ones. But just maintenance, like cleaning and lubing the mechanisms attached to the end of the motor or...

This guide has good instructions for getting to and taking apart the ignition switch, but the picture links are dead. https://xwebforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ignition_Switch I'm hoping to give some detailed pictures and some notes on what I did to fix my ignition switch. My symptoms were...

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...

I must be blind, I thought we had the wire diagrams for later "Bertone" X's (with the ATC fuse box) in the Wiki but I cannot find them. Anyone?

I changed my clutch and cleaned the transmission last summer but didn't foud time to put back everything together last year. So I just did recently. Coudn't get the battery to start the car. I found my door lights were always opened and drained my battery. I tried to clean the switches with no...

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...

Checked fuses, grounds, etc and they still don't open up. I think the switch on the dash may be bad. Previous owner told me he had to play with from time to time. Switch does work in the the first position - parking lights, side markers come on. Can I put a jumper wire between two of the wires...

The cancel feature of the indicator lights on the steering wheel is not working. The small tab that fits in the hole to cancel the indicator is not reaching the hole and therefore not cancelling the indicator when the steering wheel is retruned to straight ahead position. I am using an X19 wheel...

Hi. I’ve searched here and elsewhere using the term ‘center console removal’ and have found nothing. Even tried spelling center ‘centre’. There were some old threads, but most of the links in those threads are dead, pictures gone, etc. Nothing in the service manual either. Is it simpler than...

I'm taking a brake from the brakes to address my power windows. Right hand side works, left does not. I took a meter to the circuit and I'm getting power all the way to where the black and white wires connect to the motor (picture below). It's a 1986. I've read threads where sometimes the...

When I did my '81 K20 swap project, I created a custom wiring harness, utilizing the '85-88 Bertone fuse panel and a mostly complete wiring harness. I was fascinated by it as it was more than just a fuse panel. Many of the circuits that come from the front and back of the car just pass through...

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...

Hi all-- Ran into some fun electrical issues today. Voltage gauge was reading sub-12 and going lower while driving, which seemed like an obvious alternator issue. But the idiot light underneath the gauge would also start to glow as revs increased, leading me to suspect voltage-regulator...