The Green Doka Machine

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Re: The Green Doka Machine

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CJH used to make those carb parts on here.

3D printed I think. I did buy some as my spare carb has that cam broken.

E D I T: I think there is another plastic cam inside that controls choke flap you mentioned was stuck open?
 
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Smiffo wrote: 05 Jun 2022, 15:42 CJH used to make those carb parts on here.

3D printed I think. I did buy some as my spare carb has that cam broken.

E D I T: I think there is another plastic cam inside that controls choke flap you mentioned was stuck open?
 

thanks Smiffo, good to know about the printed part. TBH the whole carb needs a good refurb, ordered a recon unit on exchange from Bromyard now as I'm sure other parts will be worn too :ok
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Well the old girl won best T25 at the local show Alive & V-Dubbin last weekend. It was a bit of a last minute thing as we needed to pop to the bodyshop and borrow the carb from my friend's Jubilee in order to get her running :mrgreen: Bromyard carb should be here next week if it cools down enough to test it :lol: well chuffed, the judges loved the originality....

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Congrats, Irish.
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Well I can 100% recommend John from BromyardVW, the carb arrived and looks excellent......there was a slight delay on delivery as it was too hot to test :lol:

All installed, once temp was reached and the fan came on a couple of times I went for a drive.....it was like a different van, pulls well through all the gears and idles as it should, I have not changed any of the carb settings.

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Checked the compression yesterday and all within spec and close together, next job is just a check of tappets and timing :mrgreen:

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Looking nice and fresh!

I sometimes wonder if we should have a 'recommended' section on here. A list of vendors, suppliers and workshops that people recommend, easy to spot at the top toolbar. 
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I have a spare few weeks before the Jubilee comes back from the paint shop so I decided to get started on the Doka.

A few new additions....15" Mefros, blasted, zinc sprayed and powder coated factory grey ready to be fitted with Yokohama Geolander AT tyres, not aggressive but a bit more interesting than the standard road tyres.

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Top hats are gone on my arms so I treated the old girl....

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Van is now up on four stands so I can be working on the front and back to save time waiting on parts to arrive or return from the blasters. A small tool we made up to balance the front stands

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99% stripped down and it fought me all the way, looks like all the original joints and bushes......

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Spent a long day cleaning underseal off bits & bobs before dropping it at the blasters last week. Most items getting blasted, zinc sprayed and resprayed, smaller items will be blasted and plated. I am trying to reuse as many of the original components as possible. Any original bolts and fixings that are decent will be plated.

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Doka parts blasted, zinc sprayed & 2k sprayed, fixings plated, very satisfying :mrgreen:

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Chipping away at the jobs, this thread should be called 'The Underseal Remover' cleaning the parts before refitting is taking a lot of time. We are moving house in the not too distant future once I'm set up again I plan to get a roll over jig and get the underneath 'dry ice' blasted to remove all the horrible underseal...... :roll:

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Well overdue!
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Before ordering a full gear linkage kit I stripped and assessed the state of things (once I removed the underseal!) In the end the only parts I replaced were both flanges at the box end, both linkage bushes, u-joint O rings and the relay lever, new boots, everything else was in good working order :mrgreen:

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Incredible job, that thing is going to drive like brand new!

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Brake fittings are all seized so new brake lines front to rear fitted today and got the rear nearside mostly built up..... :mrgreen:

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You done anything else to your Doka yet? I love this thread.
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Funkyoid wrote: 01 Feb 2023, 22:29 You done anything else to your Doka yet? I love this thread.

Hello thanks, yes lots done, then we moved house, planning to get some updates asap :mrgreen:
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