My X19 For Sale £375 - Now no longer for sale

Please note that the MOT has now expired, and the tax runs out in September. I paid £565 for it off Ebay, but I would not have bought it if I knew how much was wrong with it. I have always had Citroens up until now, and have never had any problems doing all the DIY jobs myslef, but electrics are not my forte, so an X19 is not for me.

Adam, whereabouts are you?

Hi Rachael

I am in Golders Green in London. Its on Ebay but I will end the auction if it sells on here.

Thanks,

Adam

PS:If you have any questions please feel free to call anytime on 07866760509.

I was going to say don't sell it as it would be a shame for you to lose out. I was going to offer to fix the electrics for you.

Hi Rachael

That is very kind of you indeed, but you must be a genius to fix the electrics! Here is what I have worked out so far:

The radiator fan is down to the sender which I have a spare for
The interior lights, I guess is down to split wires in the door hinges as the bulbs are OK.
The hazard lights: I have no idea.
The indicators: I broke these somehow when I removed the plug from the hazard light switch.
The carb fan: I am not too worried about.
The hot starting problem: I think has something to do with the ballast resistor but I dont know. I guess the carb cooler not working is not helping.
The headlamp motors: Did work briefly, a bit (like, both would come up and only one would come down, but now, notning happens.
The horn: The relay clicks but only when the steering wheel is at certain angles, and a new horn is still not working at all even when relay clicks.

All the best, and if you did want to help out I would happily pay you for your troubles!

Adam

Ok, well first things first - take it off eBay! I guess it's best for me to fetch the car back to my house, unless you have a good space to work on the car. I prefer at my house so I can grab any spares I need easily.

PS - I don't want paying.

Your too kind! I can't beleive what a lovely gesture this is. I would AT LEAST pay your expenses and be around to help out and press buttons! (If you wanted me around of course!) If you one ring me or text me I will call you tomorrow to discuss if that suits you. I could always book it in for an MOT in your area and drive it up to you...

Many thanks again,

Adam

You're welcome! I'll text you and think of a plan to get your car up to Northampton. We can discuss tomorrow.

Fantastic, thankyou! Realistically I guess its just the horn, indicators and hazards that are preventing an MOT.

Adam, please let me know when your car is fixed so I can take mine in! LOL!


In all seriousness though, doesnt this thread show how valuable owners clubs are? How many people would have just sold the car, like Adam was going to when there are genuinely decent people out there willing to help.

On that note, if anyone near Ayr needs a hand with their X1/9 give me a shout!

Thank you for the compliment and thank you for offering your help to owners north of the border! Once upon a time we did have a very good couple of technical guys in Scotland but they seem to have been driven away

Sadly this too will be my swansong as far as the club is concerned, my membership expires in a few days. If anyone would like my assistance in future, make a note of my telephone number on the Contacts page; it won't be there much longer.

Cheers R

It is very kind of Rachael to be helping me with this. In fact, the very boost and incentive it gave me was enough for me to tackle what I could before Rachael helps out - The horn, hazards, indicartors and interior lamps (with courtessy delay) are now all working . The only thing I have left to tackle is the headlamp raise and lower now.

I cleaned up all earth trees on the car. Changed the flasher unit, changed the redundant plug to be the plug that goes into the hazard light button (I have no idea how the indicators ever worked with the wrong connector plugged in!) I guess the now redundant connector would be for front fog lamps if it had them...

I guess the headlamp raise and lower is not MOT important but it would be very nice to have them working as they look cool and would save petrol on a long run in the day. I have got it so the right hand side one goes up when you turn the lights on, but neither come down. I know both motors work as when wired up incorrectly they just continually go up and down.

I will be taking it for an MOT early August, and look forward to many happy miles to come! I think I was in a bad mood last night when everything seemed to go wrong and I felt quite disheartened.

Its easy to let things get ontop of you with an old car!

Headlamps will need to be up so they can check the alignment.

If they are going up and down I'd try swapping the relays about. Electric windows aircon etc. have the same relay.

Failing that, disconnect the motor relays and manually wind them to the 'up' position.

The MOT tester has to test the car in the condition it is presented so if the lights are permenantly up as long as they switch on and off and point the right way its a pass!

Have a look at my X1/9 project thread here...
retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?actio...thread=129759&page=1

Plenty messing about with wiring there! LOL!

It sure is. Literally too! I had already read your thread about your bargain X19. You are brave to have replaced the fuse box and wiring like that. I am not sure I would trust a Haynes manual and wire colours to do that, as no doubt Fiat chopped and changed wire colours all the time.

The way I got my indicators to work today was to remove the flasher unit, wire up one of the interior lamps to the radio earth, and check for a positive at the flasher unit...Nothing, and it was at this point that I noted the colours of wires going to the flasher unit corresponded to the "redunadant" connector that was not connected to the hazard light switch. Sure enough when plugging that in instead, I had a live. Plugged in flasher - Hazards