(G) My MK1 Uno SX

nice looker! don't worry about the paint, mines far worse, watch the rust though, keep on top of it or you'll come out one morning to a pile of brown ash....

that white 45 looks nice....i could do with a decent white bumper, is that a turbo bumper on your sx?

edit: by the way, don't be shy, use the full size image,

Nice project
I like those side decals and the alloy wheels - rare!


3-door too - another plus, I've only seen or heard of five-door SXs, so a great find there! Can't see any rust in the pics either



I love the headlight wipers (or wiper in this case), I reckon very few Unos in the world have that feature. I also like the way your engine temperature is nice and warm, thermostat must have been replaced? Usually they're stuck open and the temperature never gets over 70. It's better for the engine oil to have the temperature high - helps to get rid of fuel and water in the oil - and the heater works better.



You might like to consider painting the bottom part of the bumper in body-colour as I think that helps to make the front look lower and wider. But equally there are people who prefer the all-black look, so that's up to you. I noticed that your 'spare' 45 has an all-white bumper and I quite like that as well



Check panel bulb failure warnings are often because of poor front sidelight contacts or incorrect wattage bulbs (replace in pairs!)

In the rear light cluster, you may like to solder all bulbholders to the central baseplate - you need extra flux to solder the galvanised steel - and add an extra earth wire if needed. The poor earthing could be 'tricking' the check computer by making it think that bulbs are not dropping the correct voltage. This is especially if the bulb-failure light comes on when you select reverse, put your foot on the brake, etc. as that means the extra load of the reverse/brake lights overloads the earth and some of the current flows back through the sidelight circuit - confusing the computer. 'Strengthen' the earth connection and you fix the fault - maybe



Cheers,
-Alex

the sx had a controll panel in the dashboard, where I got some problems

you see
I have figured out 3 of them, it's only the one who controlls the lights I can't understand

Nice project
I like those side decals and the alloy wheels - rare!

3-door too - another plus, I've only seen or heard of five-door SXs, so a great find there! Can't see any rust in the pics either

The early SX models had this 'check panel' and it was notorious for giving faulty information. Fiat discontinued it on later SX models as they were known for going wrong. I have a magazine review somewhere of a new Uno SX and it had faulty warning lights on the check panel!

Your best bet is to disconnect it

Congratulations on your car, the SX has to be the rarest of the mk1 Unos now

Yup, very rare. I've never actually seen any in the flesh, only in pictures!



Three door SX models were offered in the first two years of production (1985/ 86 in the UK), but from 1986 onwards only in five door form.

Here's a brochure on EBay showing a new 3 door SX:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FIAT-UNO-SX-BROCHURE_W0QQitemZ300240906356QQcmdZViewItem?hash= item300240906356&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

And two more showing 5 door SX's:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-FIAT-UNO-BROCHURE-INC-70SX-TURBO-i-e_W0QQitemZ300240317688QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300 240317688&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/rare-FIAT-UNO-SX-period-CAR-sales-BROCHURE-1985_W0QQitemZ380007247320QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 380007247320&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

BTW, I have all three of those brochures in my collection

I wished i had a car for spares. My car doesn't have a tachometer, wonder if they fit straight in

I assume the 2 dr and 5 dr had different door handles?

Can the dials be split up? I want to replace the clock for a tacho and leave the rest as is.

The rear spoiler, well i like the top part, not so keen on the bottom part.

Shame the door handles don't interchange, mine stick out like a sore thumb