●●● 33 issues to handle: White smoke and wiping

Well, today I found out my checklist wasn't complete. The window wiper did not work at all. Since working on the SW I always thouhgt, that this would be a job for when the important things were done. Well, today this was such a day.

Starting was eventually no success, the battery I got from my neighbour who I lent some stuff earlier, wasn't good anymore. Charging didn't work anymore. So I purchased a new 12v 50 Ah battery at APR's. I had a hinch why the wipermotor didn't work, so I also bought electric protection spray. Any 33-driver knows about the electrical problems that occur in combination with moist and successively corrosion. I read in a motorcyclemagazine about nano protection sprays, but this I had to fetch in an shop in about 20 km from my home. So I decided to buy the APR-stuff for cars. Motip make, can't be bad.
After putting the new battery in the car I tried to start the engine. After some sputter, it ran. I forgot to open the gate, so in a few seconds my garage was filled with white smoke. Pip, our Bracco was barking in the hallway. So I opened the gate quicly and the back door too. Very happy I turned off the engine: it runs and rather good also. I guess some adjustment of the CO2 level is due.

The disassembling of the wiper motor out of the engine compartment was rather easy. Only the little nut by the center wiper arm wouldn't release. When I turned the upper bolt, the nut also turned and no movement was achieved. The nut was behind a panel and I couldn't get in with any wrernch or a pair of pliers. Lots of penetrating oil, and some handling with an oversize wrench, it moved only a little. After some serious cursing and a calming coffee, I mange to loosen it and remove the motor. This is the problem with this part of the blue one, the corrosion on nuts and bolts. I wanted to give it a good inspection to find the malfunction. But then it struck to me that I had a spare wipermotor from my former 33's. But where did I put it. Not in my cellar, not in the garage? In the cellar I saw a box under the closet, 'electrics' written on it. And yes, there were even two spare motors for the wipers in it. And working also. The best one with the least corrosion I kept and cleaned an greased it. In Oldtimer Markt, a german magazine about oldtimer restoration I read an ad about some guy who could repair board instruments of Alfa Spiders. These instruments look almost the same as my 33 instrument panel. I always kept the QV-panel because it is different from the 1,3 and 1,5 panels. The QV tacho scale reaches 240 km/h, the others reach 220 km/h. So I mailed the man in Germany and asked him wether he would be abel to repair my original QV instrument panel. Im curious wether he can help me.