Category: T3
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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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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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dont buy junk – dont sell junk – (another) roadtrip starter motor fail in the Doka
starter motor solenoid refused to fire after stopping in fuel station on the way back from a 350km roadtrip … hit it, short it , check it – remove it and test it.. put it back in, hotwire it with a spanner….then ask two random builders in a van to help bump start it. (Not…
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Fitting up external oil cooler for the Doka
The T3 double cab runs LPG and petrol, the LPG is half the price and makes less pollution than petrol so it runs on that all the time. LPG burns hotter (and slower) than benzine so the ignition is about 7 degrees advanced and the engine runs hotter – constant running over 110km (70mph) and…