Akciddento estd. 2003

doing the things that we want to

Month: May 2023

  • dont buy junk – dont sell junk – (another) roadtrip starter motor fail in the Doka

    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…

  • Fitting up external oil cooler for the Doka

    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…

  • New MOT on the T3 double slider

    New MOT on the #vwt3 thrashed it up and down the motorway then washed and wax polished It to slow the rust – makes a glorious noise – still love this bus 🙂

  • Porting code and update to the site

    So I opened up the hosting space of akciddento.com after a little bit of a break and thought to do some security upates. Drupal 8 was still under the hood running a mildly butchered version of the old Movable Type website and blog – it’s an odd process keeping a blog working for 20 years…