Removing the dash isn't difficult following Bentley procedures. Replacing the blower motor which is inside the air box would be a good DIY video. New FEBI/BILSTEIN blower motors are around $50. The blower motor shaft rides on bushings, not bearings. Good opportunity to replace the heater core and the fan speed resistor. You will need specific VW clips to put the air box halves back together as the OEM box is heat welded at the factory and you have to split it for access. Make notes, or photo the cable and air duct routings. GoWesty has a video showing how to heat and deform a part of the air box to better accommodate newer longer stereo head units. I didn't do this, but I see the benefit and no operational downside to the modification. VW designed a break-away steering column as a safety feature. I can't verify this, but I believe the 'hard to remove' conical bolts holding the steering column bracket are engineered as break-away bolts. that is, break away during a crash to allow the column to collapse when subjected to a certain impact forces. I have not found OEM replacement bolts (and probably could not properly install them) so back together with ordinary bolts. You can do it.

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Unfortunately in Poland there's a lot talented people who do some things in completely wrong way and also it's really hard to find good shape doka

LDA means Ladedruckanreicherung which means something like boost charge enrichment. It’s needed on charged diesel engines in order to compensate for the added air charge that’s entering the cylinder.

Thankyou, excellent video, exactly what I was looking for, for my 1989 2.1mv, called wedgy, 👍🏾

I’ve been looking for a decent Westie for years. This series makes me even more determined to find one!

Just curious - Were you getting an error code? If so, was it two flashes..? (listed as F2 - No Flame in the manuals) My current problem is that.. It ignites, but not every time and it cannot seem to sustain combustion...leading to it stopping and flashing twice. I do not mind the disassembly and cleaning (actually looking forward to it), but mine is on a boat and getting to it, disengaging all the lines, etc., and then removing it from it's mounting spot is a supreme biotch.. and reinstallation will not be any easier... and it is in the middle of Winter... :(

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Fantastic! What an adventure and a ton of team work! Well done guys, really enjoyed watching! ❤

Slim Jim lock out kit is cheaper than a wing window lol just saying it’s always worked for me awesome van

Your videos are awesome! Hope you do some more. What are you thoughts on diesel vanagons? Easy to diagnose and work on vs waterboxer ?There's an 1982 mint westy near me that has a turbo diesel a22 1.9L with 80k on the motor, 170k on the body .It's very tempting.

Love your channel, the down to earth style of presenting and working on these busses is great. I've got a 81' aircooled Doka that im restoring right now (ex german red cross).

Would this work on the 1.9 DG

I am taking notes. learning for my VW Kombi

The more I view these videos the more I like the idea of owning a bus more than actually owning one. My E 350 ford camper requires an oil change and tires once and a great while. Sadly no waves I guess I have to be content with 300,000 miles without a repair. But man a westy would look awesome in my driveway.

Option 3. I’d love to see the videos on it. :)

like your channel it took me down memory late when I bought my vw kombi and experienced some of the challenges you also faced, am thinking of resurrection it again.

My old man loves your vw videos. He wanted me to message you that he has one for sale.

Watched 10 videos, you always say check the links below and there’s never a link!😅

I watched Heidi you had the blue bus, the parts bus and another one and it made me laugh bc y'all were heading out and the blue bus sounded better than the others. The other bus was the white one. How much would you charge for that one?

I enjoyed your programs 2nite. My grandma said programs instead of shows.

I accidentally found your site. I was looking for a travel trailer. This is Nov 13 and hv been benge watching til present. You guys are incredibly talented.

LIVE for these videos. More please

The only thing that works well in the van was the key in the ignition alarm.

Love your channel. Very helpful video.

Given the colour and polish history, the Doka may be delivered by GENEX to the GDR. The GDR hadn't enough BARKAS vans for the small private owned handyman businesses. So they could purchase a Vanagon (all body types) for a lot of eastgermany's Ostmark. After the german reunion those cars sometimes went further east to poland or the baltic states

That extra bulb is for what you use when you are parked. Waiting for your order at Mcronalds.

AWESOME. Just AWESOME

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Referring to a vehicle with the pronoun "she" is creepy.

Fuck yeah, now that’s how you do it. You guys are amazing. 🤙🏽☮️❤

Worked on the van all day, come inside, watch Vanagon videos. Tomorrow, work on the van some more.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Where can I find my consumable for my unit? 770795 is tip number… thanks!

that's an hella of a find. A Westfalia syncro is worth restoring

I’ve heard that you could put in a Westy rear bench seat and put in Westy seats in there.

I really enjoyed watching

What works great as a general cleaner for the undercarriage is simple green and hot water. Pop that in a power washer system. Smells good, degreases and just eats away grime. Safe for the metal surfaces won’t eat rubber off. It’s also pretty good on interior surfaces.

What a great video love the attitude of everyone "this has broke let's fix it " these vans are getting rare here in the UK nice to see another one saved

just wondering what your opinion would be.... having a few different brand of vehicles with rear drum brakes. should the correct operation be to engage the parking brakes every time you park so the rear brake is kept tight? i dont do that all the time but never had to adjust my rear brakes in 10+ yrs so far....

This is just epic! like how a vanagon rescue is meant to be! and i like that phrase, "reliability has to be earned. it cant be bought." if i may tho, we are buying reliability, one part at a time :)

Man, I wish the guy we bought our '90 Syncro from was like you. What a fantastic way to send a Vanagon off with a new owner. You're awesome dude!

Horrible shape? Looks pretty good to me. Why's it called a Doka?

I might eventually MegaSquirt my 81

I didn’t know that you could put it into a trailer& tow it yourself

Why didn’t you just put the van on a tow truck & take it straight to your destination

Yes!!!

Appreciated Doc.

Sitting since 02 because everyone buys a new battery and never drives the car ever again.

This is so cool...keep it up..just got mine T3 I think 85 model with rectangle lights. They swapped they motor with Toyota which sticks outs . I want to replace back to VW motor. What motor do you recommend to put back...can see you ordered one for this

Awesome job !