Styling headlamp adjuster

[JonnyBoy]

My Mk1 Punto 55SX has a little wheel type thing on the dash for adjusting the headlights; should this be illuminated when the headlights are on? Mine doesn't light up although it works OK.

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Fart In A Tin

 

[pritch]

Hello there me fellow 55sx matey[8D]

Heh, yeah mine is lit as soon as the lights go on. The bad news is, as far as I can work out from my Haynes manual, the bulb is integral with the switch and cannot be renewed seperately. So you'd have to change the switchB)

I guess it's one of those things you change if it annoys you sufficiently. I have a dead spider in my dashboard which is beginning to annoy me now. And somewhere down the bottom of my windscreen are some small pliers - long story.

Spirito di Punto | M-reg 55SX, black, 5dr.

 

[Lampredi]

Yeah I think it should light up. On my R Reg punto the illumination disappears when main beam is selected - presumably to indicate that the electric adjustment facility is deactivated when main beam is used - safety(?) feature to ensure you can't raise the beam level while you are on main beam?!?

Here come da judge...

 

[pritch]

That might be what I call a Fiat moment(tm)

At night, with the lights on, if I operate the driver's side electric windows, the passengers side window switch, which is usually lit, goes out. The operation is not affected at all though. Bizarre. I will test this on mine though and if it's the same we'll call it a design feature

Spirito di Punto | M-reg 55SX, black, 5dr.

 

[JonnyBoy]

Hey Pritch, seems we're both plagued with the same 55SX problems...I've got the same thing with the window switches on my SX! Never had any other trouble with the 'leccy windows on my Punto (surprisingly!), it's got to be one of those design features that only appear on FIATs [^]
As for the headlamp adjuster light, I think I'll pull it out (assuming the haynes tells me how) and see if I can bodge a blue LED in there somewhere in place of the bulb [8D]

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Fart In A Tin

 

[pritch]

Heh. Checked the headlight adjuster switch on main beam. It stays lit, just

Spirito di Punto | M-reg 55SX, black, 5dr.

 

[Evil-Punto]

The headlight adjusters only adjust the light down.


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Evil-Punto AKA Evilution.

 

[flecski]

The bad news is, as far as I can work out from my Haynes manual, the bulb is integral with the switch and cannot be renewed seperately. So you'd have to change the switch

First up, I'm a long time reader, first time poster.
Second, I know this thread is over a year old, but when I searched for information on this subject there was no definitive answer.

Third, you can fix the light:

You need a small flathead screwdriver (or a small prising tool)
A soldering iron
A new bulb - Maplin have them: BT43W

You need to unplug and take the unit out of the car.
Remove the front face plate (the bit with the picture of a light going up and down)
Now take the outer sleeve off. This is held on by a sort of snap-fit.
You will now see the wheel, a green bit of plastic, and the light.
Don't bother trying to take the wheel out completely. Instead, just lift up one of the clamps that hold it in place (only one side will move easily - where the wheel is hollow).
With some manouvering you can now remove the green plastic. This will allow access to the light.
Prise the light out of its holder.
You have two choices - 1) neatly unsolder the wires, or 2) snip the wires as close to where they are soldered as possible. It all depends how many hands you have.
As in the best Haynes tradition, refitting is the reversal of removal.
Take care not to melt too much plastic when soldering in the new bulb.

I guess you could change the colour of the display by fitting a LED as JonnyBoy suggests. You would need to leave out the green plastic though, and make sure the LED is 12v.

Cheers

Flec


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