Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to
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new site updates – 21 years of blogging
moving the domains around and cloning the blog from place to place the blog should now be at https://blog.akciddento.com and live there for the time being – looking back i’ve been cleaning and fixing some broken image links for the 21 years of blogging that has been going on at akciddento !
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tuning trouble with the EFI on the T3 double slider
The grey double slider bus has been sat in the darkness in secure parking for a while while other projects and travel have taken a priority. now seemed the time to revisit – the last time i drove it was to move it from MAD-Workshop where we had done a weekend engine and gearbox swap…
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Moving day in the T3 doka
A helping family move day in the doka. When I got it I was convincing myself that somehow it would be ‘useful’ that I ‘needed’ it…Actually is superuseful all the time… Filled the thing to the top three times over and then took it for a wash… A fun day driving old junk and helping…
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3D print door protectors for T3
3d printing door protectors for the T3 Doka. Printed in Blue PLA, not sure if I like them, or if they’ll work…. I got the set up with tape and everything but after offering them up to the doka it just doesnt seem to fit right ? maybe the colour – maybe the fact that…
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New designs – Zündfolge
firing order !1-4-3-2 new designs in the shop, that tiny little piece of text on the engine block casting that you’ve seen every week for thirty years – oh – so that’s what it means ! get them in the shop right now 🙂
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3D print coolant pipe clips for T3
in the doka there are no upper coolant ring clips for the water system bleed drain – on the late WBX water system a metal ring goes arounf the top opf the engine bay as a bleed space for air in the system and also to allow bleed down of coolant into the various stupidly…
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The elusive relay 99 – intermittent programmable windscreen wipers on the DOKA
After the hack and wiring install to modify the T3 double cab – its a 1983 so has the early style fusebox – and also the simple wirinng options- I cut and spliced the loom from the steering column switches – with very helpful info, wiring diagrams and a step by step from the tech…
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Fixing the earth leak in the Double Cab?
Since I got the T3 double cab it has flattened the battery if left alone – some previous owner actually put in a battery isolator switch by the seatbelt stalk for the drive seat – they bypassd the original battery early strat and ran the earth via a chunky Hella switch – presumably rather than…
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Borescope arrives to check inside the T3 WBX racemotor
So, since the WBX race motor was built it never came up to expectations and I had a sudden question come to mind – it’s a 2.1l WBX motor and was originally a DJ code motor that has high compression (10.5:1) pistons in making 82kW – 112bhp DIN @ 4800RPM- this was a European only…
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new merch arrives
been trying out a new source for Akciddento merch – sourcing organic garments with supply chain certification, fair pay and proper quality.Super nice to see the details and fabric –
what’s up? let us know….