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Thanks for the info, it’s much appreciated!

I did an engine swap recently , after going through the thought processes you describe in your OP. In the end I went for a VAG diesel engine / gearbox from an Audi a4 . Eventually, Driveability,usability and economy were more important (to me) than wobbly unpredictable green lobby politics, after a...

Ideal. That’s how I read it when I looked at the .gov page re exempt vehicles. The only thing I have in the back of my head is the slight concern that as we move forward diesel will become a really dirty word and maybe excessively taxed and then the petrol option will have made more sense? For me, t...

Cheers for the replies.
So in a nutshell, if I replace the engine with a diesel one, I’ll still be able to get the historic/MOT exempt status and be ULEZ exempt?

I’m very slowly starting to think about the engine choice for my van. I have an asthmatic 1.6d with no oomph and on its last legs. Over the last couple of years I’ve acquired a nice low mileage 1.9 which was my initial plan for the sheer simplicity of the swap and then a 5 speed petrol gearbox appea...

It merely a thought at the moment but, I’ve bought an accident damaged TT for the interior for my own car which was a little shabby. I essentially now have a stripped car that has a 100k engine in it and I was wondering if I did go down the conversion route, what bits would I actually need from the ...

18 months later…… I’ve been having major issues with working out the rear roof section as there is a significant widths difference and profiling on the roof between the middle section (where my rear will join) and the rear section where I was hoping to use it to use the tailgate as the rear screen e...

Well, I haven’t disappeared, I’ve been having trouble getting on the site since just before Christmas and I’m not sure why but, it appears that I’m back - hence the check above! Although nothing structural has happened- no more welding and a house purchase and associated work has taken priority, I h...

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It should all work out in the end. The tilt is not too far from you, but I need to find it myself, and we could drop it over to you, but it may be a while away.. We had planned a trip about now, but life has a way of changing things. If I was making something for my Doka, one day maybe.. would thin...

If I’m right, those are the standard vents on the Doka? As I’ve removed the upper vents from the rear, I’m guessing that I’ll have to find some way of introducing more air into the engine bay?

A morning spent pondering and trying to work out how to sort out the side sections and cap them. I think I’m going to cap them just above the swage line which is going to be fiddly due to the rear section where the vent is ( I also need to somehow introduce more air into the engine bay!!). Once capp...

Yes it tucks into the gutter and is held down by fixings, on mine it was tightened lower on the sides. There must be different methods to choose from. My canvas bed cover has a kind of awning rail to hold it, which is not a bad idea, it was a good bodge. You are welcome to the remains of my tilt, u...

One of my jobs to check over the weekend is to check whether the interior floor and the rear engine cover floor are the same profiling - I suspect they are but, bet to check. If so, I’m going to get a floor replacement section so I can extend the rear load floor into my bulkhead, creating a void und...

Many thanks!