Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to
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roadtrip (near) fail in the doka
went for a drive in the DOKA – ended up 60km from akciddentoHQ and found that the oil drain plug was stripped and hanging in the bottom of the sump only by the power of ignorance – all the dash temp indicators are fubar ATM so I assume low oil pressure light is too. the…
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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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truck mirrors for the doka
Installing truck mirrors on the #t3 doka – these are New Old Stock OEM courtesy of Tristar connection in Germay – so much more to see of the past now !
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fixing temp gauge in doka?
Could be that the reason the #t3 doka double cab temperature gauge and coolant sensor indicator is being wired is because the relay that controls it all is missing…. it turns out that (on later inspection of the bentley factory manual) the relay is screwed to the bulkhead up behind the instrument panel because putting…
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t3 doka goes to the beach….
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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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fixing lazy starter in the doka?
Starter motor on the double cab #t3 is super lazy and the solenoid sticks – so – a Sunday of crawling under it and twisting arms into impossible positions extracts the starter – and the starter bushing in the gearbox – new bushing in and solenoid cleaned – let’s see how it goes
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Westie and doka together!
Truck time 🙂
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instrument illumination in the doka
The #T3 #doka cooling system is still fubar from the LPG install and the swap to a post ‘86 style engine so do the important stuff like fixing the blown heater illumination or swap the old dash bulbs to LED
what’s up? let us know….