Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to
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Compression test the Doka?
Dreading doing a compression test on the DOKA but hey ! Happy days all is ok 🙂 also discovered it’s totally retarded so wound in two more degrees of timing and found ten horsepower Also rented a lift for an hour at at diy garage and fixed all the (some of) things 🙂
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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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roadtrip fails in the Doka
going away for the weekend in your T3 ? just pop a spare starter motor in with your holiday stuff – you know – on the off chance that the one in the DOKA will pack up 300km from home….
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popping out for donuts in the doka
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this is why…
we cant have nice things… spotted in a yard outside Haarlem. madmax BBQ beetle… plus an antique ford truck dj booth / sound system you can see in the background.
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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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Instrument upgrades and wiring on the doka
Threading signal wire through sleeving ready to play ‘ticket to ride’ with vw t3 wiring in the doka – linking to the oil pressure and temp gauges fitted into the heater duct cover in the front. Go from the new gauges in the cab to the engine bay – following the route of factory wiring…
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Square Headlight conversion on the doka
Doing an upgrade to later style square headlamps on the doka with a wiring loom upgrade at the same time – the existing round lamps and old style loom barely illuminate the road at night and on long roadtrips and kinda sketchy – the lamps only get around 10.5 v as it is and 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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