SOLVED ...?? 1983 fiat bertone x19 headlights pop up but wont light up
Hi Mark, I have exactly the same problem on my X1/9, have you managed to solve the issue on your friends because I'm totally stuck?
Mine is 1989, looks like your friends has an earlier fusebox and an earlier type switch?
My headlights also pop up, side lights come on but no dipped beam or main beam, but main beams flash ok. Tried fitting a new column switch and ignition switch but still the same and tried two different headlight switches. I've now bought a Fiat Panda headlight switch which involves fitting four relays, so that's my next step....
hi, well, just a few days ago i`m pretty sure i fixed it ... since there was no power going to the thik green wire on the colum switch 8 pin connector , i ran a decent thick wire with a fuse from the battery straight to that green wire. that got the head lights working good.
but i also had a problem with the tail lights only working when the ign was OFF !!
LOOK AT BOTH diagrams ( one i posted and also one in the workshop repair manual) and i seen there a wire goin from the N fuse to the G fuse .
had a pretty good look at the actual fiat fuse block and couldnt see that wire....
so i made a jumper wire with two insulated female spade terminals, and put one on the back of the g fuse and other on back of n fuse.
that fixed that problem.!!
the only thing that happens is that when i switch the pods down with the head lights still on, they still stay on ( not sure if that normal...) untill i put the colum switch up( headlights turned off)
lookin back now i maybe could have wired that wire straight to the ign switch , or maybe thru a relay, so the head lights turn off when ign is off.
let me know if this helps !!!
oh , took apart the switch that raises the headlights and that was good, contacts clean and no burning.
the new factory fiat headlight colum switch i bought , had thinner wires than what was fitted on the original factory loom which i`m a little concerned about , also the actual area at the contacts on both sets of colum switches i tried gets pretty darn warm , is this normal ? i presume this is due to reading about them always failing..?
thanks, mark