General Uno Speedometer sender

[carlx19]

Hi all...X1/9 owner from the US here and I am working on retroroding a 82 X1/9 and I have my eye on some custom gauges I like, but the speedo requires an electronic sender. The X1/9 is a cable speedometer, but a member on the Seattle X1/9 boards told me a Uno has a electronic sender that will fit my X, but I am having a heck of a time finding a part number or anyone who stocks them. Can any of you give me a hand locating one or a dealer who sells them (preferably will ship to the US)?

Thanks

 

[alexGS]

Hello - sorry to be the bearer of bad news and cut you short after your first post, but as far as I know, the Uno didn't come with an electronic speedometer (someone, please correct me if I'm wrong). Even the Uno Turbo with optional digital instruments had - believe it or not - a normal old speedometer cable going to the cluster!

There are other FIATs the same age as the Uno that did have electronic speedometers. The most common is probably all models of the FIAT Tipo. I think the sender should fit an X1/9 gearbox - the gearbox is different, but the sender is the same shape and size (from memory). I've also fixed electronic senders in the FIAT Croma (really thin on the ground these days) and I think they're again the same, because I swapped a drivegear and collar from an old 128 gearbox into a Croma gearbox. The reverse would therefore likely be possible as well. Other cars with the same gearbox as the Croma include the Lancia Thema... and the Alfa 164. You have a lot of 164s in the USA, so maybe that's a good place to start looking? Has to be a manual transmission 164 though - auto is made in Germany and completely different.

-Alex

 

[Chas Uno]

I agree with all Alex says and would add that another common (in the UK) Fiat model with an electronic speedo is the Punto. A '97 Punto 75 SX that I scrapped had a little device that plugged/ screwed on top of the gearbox where the speedo cable would normally go.

Plenty of Puntos being scrapped so even with shipping to the US you should be able to get the sender for not a lot.

Hope this helps!