Category: upgrades
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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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More EFI wiring on the WBX engine
Mike and Lucian came over and we started doing more work on the 2.1l EFI MV wbx motor on the engine stand. More work on the loom and plumbing on the cooling system, oil system and getting ready for coil pack mounts… – to think I used to work on engines sat on the floor.…
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EFI wbx engine build up
While the 2.1l DJ wbx motor is out the build up on the replacement 2.1l MV begins. The EFI system from Paul at VWspeedshop got cleaned and is now being prepped and installed.New crank pulley with crank trigger, bell crank centre linkage, twin Jenvey throttle bodies, temp and MAF sensors etc. everything gets washed and…
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wbx engine teardown
The DJ wbx motor we removed from the double slider is going for a rebuild – with some fancy things planned – but first it needs cleaning and tearing down. Mike and came down to the unit to get the motor onto a stand then we got into it –
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old engine out !
the old 2.1DJ engine is out of the double slider and gets dragged along the lane into Ak HQ in Bristol… there are plans for this high compression engine while the replacement MV is in the double slider. Buying the creeper years ago seemed like a luxury and it has been such an awesome thing…
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New EFI fuel tank in
IN goes the new EFI fuel tank, with all the breather pipes etc – also in is a new deep radiator for better cooling- and a refurb and paint for the fan shroud
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EFI swap into the double slider T3
The process of swapping out the carb powered 2.1l MV wbx and changing over to EFI begins. The fuel tank in the double slider is a carb style one – and now 30 years old – so a new EFI fuel tank is ordered up – this has an internal swirl pot and bigger output…
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oh trolley day
after a gloomy start to the day and too much paperwork and phone hassle… (more and more of each day seems to be taken up with just trying to organise basic things and battling against bureaucracy run riot. even the simplest thing like ringing my phone company to query an item on a bill turns…