Category: restoration
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Speedo repair for the doka
Cleaning an old spare km Speedo because it has a trip Meter and I’d like one in the doka – trouble is it has much more km that the doka one – clocking that with a reversible drill … A while later with the reversible drill and the cleaned trip meter Speedo has the same…
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New gear shifter for the T3 black westfalia
New gear stick in the black westfalia – no more punching the stereo when changing gear …the old gearstick was so bent it appeared to be an incorrectly fitted RHD one – replaced with a new LHD solid stick from Brickwerks along with new bushes, springs and bellows. It goes in here – under the…
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Steering wheel swap Doka
Steering wheel in the Doka … out with the new and in with the old – returning to original (and larger) #vwt3 truck wheel rather than the smaller scirocco type… top tip – when taking out the existing wheel, loosen the centre nut all the way then put back on a few turns so that…
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Arrived from brickwerks and put in these black anodised cargo eyes in the back of the Doka decorative and functional – dunctional? Also fitted an oil extension and t piece into the sump fitting for oil pressure switch – now with temp and pressure sensors wired in… The joy of proper crimpers finishes off the…
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Taking the very pretty campervanculture headlamp upgrade loom and sleeving it to run power under the chassis rather than under the carpet – more DOKA upgrades in progress – the one I installed in the black westie last year was worth every penny Also Trying cheap windscreen fix fluid on the numerous cracks and chips…
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‘what does that wire even do?’ doka edition
Having a fun game of ‘what does that wire even do?’ . Each player picks a non-factory previous owner’s wiring loom addition and removes it at random – if the vehicle still starts you stay in the game … after 45 minutes of tracing and cutting i’m still in the game ! The winner gets…
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Seat belts for the doka arrive
The correct seat belt ends for the t3 doka rear seats turn up from the nice people at #tristarconnection , ie Lars Neuffer in Germany, who @rainking_78 may not know – but I bought the #sambasaurus splitscreen race bus from 20 years ago… small world – and a t-adapter for oil gauges !!!
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T3 doka mods continue
removed all the DIY bike racks and steel angle irons from the load bed – many kilos lighter now – maybe one day the DOKA with get a fresh set of wood load-bed slats….
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cooling system upgrades in the doka
swapping the #t3 doka cooling system from the butchered early style to factory fresh late style … pulled out this much piping from the engine bay so far … the doka is ‘early style’ but has a later MV installed and the old and new style has been butchered together – meaning that both sides…
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t25 wishbone rebuild
after a fun day yesterday pulling the passenger side wishbone off the front of hubbs’ wedge van we’ve got to pick the wishbone up from the garage round the corner. the new bushings in the wishbone are in and set but they need a little spot of weld to stop them rotating in the wishbone.…