Anyone knows what this is?

cos · Post by **cos** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:48 am

During my restoration work and when the wirring loom was removed i tried to be very methodical and photographed as well as marked all the connections. This one though seems it was never connected and would like to know what is for! Can anyone help? It's made of glass with a threaded nut. Wirring loom diagram did not seem to help.

divace73 · Post by **divace73** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:21 am

that is the aux power socket, there was an option to get a portable light kit that plugged into that socket

cos · Post by **cos** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:14 am

thanks mate, so was this mounted on the dash or somewhere else? The locking nut seem to indicate that.

BEEK · Post by **BEEK** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:26 am

it was mounted on a bracket from the pedal assembly

cos · Post by **cos** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:48 am

Thank you, i'll have a look, but if anyone has a photo they can post.....it will be of help.

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:04 pm

There should be a horizontal tab with a hole coming off the pedal box, it mounts there.
Sorry, I am not near my Spider, so I can't take a pic.

cos · Post by **cos** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:06 am

found it, many thanks

80spiddy · Post by **80spiddy** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:48 pm

I found it amazing that this was actually a fiber optic lighting to my center counsel. Four wires plug into it.

divace73 · Post by **divace73** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:39 pm

80spiddy wrote:I found it amazing that this was actually a fiber optic lighting to my center counsel. Four wires plug into it.

that is a different part, similar looking from memory

DieselSpider · Post by **DieselSpider** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:03 pm

divace73 wrote:
80spiddy wrote:I found it amazing that this was actually a fiber optic lighting to my center counsel. Four wires plug into it.
that is a different part, similar looking from memory

Look at early 1960's GM products. Many of the accent lights on the dashboards were from a single lamp distributed by a loom of fiber optics.

Then there was GM Vigilight in the mid to late 60's which used fiber optics to light up indicators showing that head, running and signal lamps were operational. It was around a $25 option when they introduced it.

80spiddy · Post by **80spiddy** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:40 pm

Very interesting. I didn't know fiber optics were around then.

DieselSpider · Post by **DieselSpider** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:05 am

80spiddy wrote:Very interesting. I didn't know fiber optics were around then.

Mostly as a novelty lamp or artwork and not in the context that we see them today as data or communications conductors.

In 1870 I believe Tyndale was experimenting with water as the medium in a tube to transfer light and later Alexander Bell was transmitting voice communications over short distances of about 200 feet using light without the use of a pipe or optical cable. Some toys in the 60's I recall used lucite rods as an optic to transfer light to various points from a single lamp too.

braca23 · Post by **braca23** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:13 am

Does anyone have a pic of that portable light kit? I have never seen one. Gess that was piece of equipment which didnt came with a new car?

DieselSpider · Post by **DieselSpider** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:38 am

Posted here in 2011:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12953

braca23 · Post by **braca23** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:17 pm

WOW, of course, I am one of those who, have never seen this mistic piece of equipment. In my owner manual, they have mantioned it, but no other informations about lamp itself. They havent inform reader, is it coming with car, or You are buyin it at dealers place, or just praying for lamp to fall from sky ...

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