Welding Repairs On Our Range Rover Chassis! | Workshop Diaries | Edd China
Did you want us to scrap that rusty Range Rover? Well, not today! We are trying to weld MIG on these repairs and get rid of all the rust in just one episode!
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Workshop Diaries - The series will focus on the practical aspects of Edd’s workshop life, revelling in the detail of the fixes and exploring old and new technologies; covering a wide range of projects from classic cars to amphibious vehicles, tractors and bikes to planes - whatever takes their fancy.
China relishes the upcoming project, which invites viewers into his personal workshop facility in Buckinghamshire.
“I’m really excited to finally be able to bring this project to our fans as it is something they repeatedly have been asking for,” said China. “Workshop Diaries will let viewers really get stuck into the project and the detail of the fixes, and also provide a platform for instant feedback and interaction. It’s an exciting prospect and it’s great to finally get going!”
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Just like it always is: You start repairing four rust holes and after you have finished all eleven, you find three more.
Got to love the metal moth
And then you discover the cab support that's paper thin because you just put your finger through it...(what I discovered on my 68 C10)
@@eddchina hey Edd would you check out my 16 year old sons & his dads KZhead channel @homebuilt2020. He just hit 5K subs and he's mega excited! He's a big fan, I know he would be stoked. 👍
I'm the idiot who rebuilt a 110. Frame, bulkhead, all 5 doors. Then I did it again. Did I mention I'm not a smart man? Assuming my labor has no value, I made money on both. Nope.
@@eddchina Have you NO Heat yet? Welding to warm up the place?? Cheers, Love your shows!
'Opheus in the Underworld' welding sequence.........brilliant!!
Edd.... Edd, Edd, Edd, Edd, Edd. I'm sure you didn't mean to insult anyone, but that "Dodge Charger" was really a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge. MOPAR nuts the world over are grinding their teeth right now! LOL Great episode and I'm glad to see your crew back in the garage again. Cheers
One of the video series you click the moment it appears on your feed - Kudos again to Edd and your team - that includes the excellent camera angles and edit
Thank you, it's great when our efforts are appreciated, have a great weekend
Pro tip: Clean the old metal on BOTH sides. Rust is oxidized metal, thus containing oxygen. Oxygen burns your glowing hot metal you are trying to weld, creating pin holes into your weld. When all surfaces on your seam are clean, you can apply more energy to your weld making penetration better thus creating stronger bead.
I volunteer at local Repair Cafe events. I'm really glad nobody has brought anything along this bad to try to get us to fix in 30 minutes. :-)
It’s definitely a challenge, you would need a residency in a Repair Hotel!
Lol I’m hearing you …..i was at my local ‘repair café today repairing anything electrical
I liked the combination of the soundtrack with the welding. You are the best!
Hi Edd, That's not a Dodge Charger, it's a Pontiac GTO...but you can be forgiven for that! Love the show, great stuff!
It is indeed, you guys notice everything
Top tier production value. Yours is the most beautiful workshop on KZhead, Edd.
Really enjoying this, have a Discovery 2 that is starting to look like a bigger job than first expected - So out with my nice new welder! Great job as always Edd.
What a nice surprise for a Sunday morning. A good morning to you from across the pond. Well, Brazil IS across the pond from you too.
Ola, it is indeed, whichever way you go round!
Your videos are expertly produced. It feels like I'm chillin in your shop with you when you're explaining things, yet like I'm watching a TV show production while you're working. Great work on the frame too, obviously lol
Awesome to see Edd and Paul doing some work together on camera. Reminds me of the old time WD episodes, but much better. Keep it up guys!
Good on you mate. Your videos are so well done, entertaining and so well produced. You really are a benchmark for YT editing.
Good to see (and hear) Paul!
Glad to see you back, Edd. All the best from Cyprus!
I do love how these videos are just evolving and getting better and better 😊
Great to see you back up and running. I have been looking forward to seeing things get done. A nice surprise to see that a new episode was there to watch this morning. Great work as always. Keep them coming. Cheers, Wayne in Spain 🇪🇸
Thanks, Wayne in Spain, we’re dealing the same!
The Wayne in Spain falls mainly on the... I'll get my coat
The welding/grinding montages were great! My compliments to the chef, as it were.
great to see you back at work
The only thing missing from this episode is smell, you can't beat the smell of a grinder in the morning. Nice to see John getting stuck in too, 10 out of ten for his steady hand with the plasma cutter too👍
I think he was enjoying that a little too much!
The other thing missing was Edd and Paul doing the Can-can.
I was thinking to myself when he was cutting that very first panel "I can smell that!"
Excellent episode! This is what we need to be doing more of in the future. Wonderful editing of the welding process with a sparkling finale 🎉😂
Glad to see you edd and your mate working on stuff, Always enjoyed your showing how to work on all the stuff you get into, keep up the good work.
Edd thank you for doing what you do! Very much enjoying this project and enjoying having you and Paul reunited it’s fantastic
Wow, whoever put together that montage with Offenbach's Can Can music - congratulations, a masterpiece. Really nice editing, you also resisted the temptation to increase volume to rediculously high levels (common to many KZhead videos). Thank you so much for such a gorgeous piece.
I have been following this channel since day one! Love it! By the way, it was really nice and fitting to see John working on the vehicle. Afterall, he DID put it in the state it was in. (That wallet comment had me absolutely rolling with laughter!!) Great job on everything! The editing and music, all of it. Cheers, Fellas!
Wow masterclasses on metal work with the production value of Ocean's Eleven. Rare indeed.
Great job Edd. Love watching the progress on this. Very inspiring.
Congratulations Edd, I've been following you for years, even though I used to do it through WD, with my son we love the way you explain even complicated steps and repairs. I got tired of looking for replies to see episodes I missed, and unexpectedly I find you on YT. Now I'm sure that I will never miss anything again that you transmit with such passion in your videos. Welcome back and thank you for never losing your mind. Thank you again so much. Greetings from Italy
Something has definitely changed. The editing was first class from start to finish. The Can Can bit was spot on. Good job on that Barcarolle.
Marvellous video, educational and entertaining and no egos. Just so enjoyable on every level.
Excellent job of adding the musical interludes to speed up the process. Thank you.
Yes. The Rover rebuild. Have been waiting for this.
EDD, над этим шасси, вы проделали фантастическую работу! 🙂👍 И съёмка с разных ракурсов понравилась, музыка, спец эффекты с искрами от шлифовалных машин 👏
i was really pleased to see Paul, thanks Edd
Good to see you back Edd!
Great work true legend never forgotten about ❤️
Great vid for us welding novices Ed. I couldn't help but notice the white Guilia Super or TI Alfa in the background. My Dad had two of those over the years, the 2nd which sat in the garage for 20 + years and then he sold it. All that time I thought he was going to restore it! Lovely cars with a cracking engine.
They are great little cars and Chris's has a very sporty engine and is set up for racing. I don't really fit in so he is safe to leave it with me!
so glad you kept your good mate Paul on your show you guys work well together keep up the great shows 👍
nice to see people still doing metal work on cars :) there is peace & tranquility in a bare metal resto.
There really is (amongst the noise and chaos)!
Loved the welding and grinding montage 👌
i like welding but i hate grinding, too noise and hard work.
Best video ever! You are a genius and so much fun to watch. Thank you for your explanations & humor.
Wonderful work from Edd and Paul, The half a hour just drove by watching that for sure.
Great job editing with the camera angle from upstairs, and showing multiple images of you working at the same time. Kudos! Also thank you SO much for telling us about the GYS welding helmet/breathing filter system last episode! I've always wanted one, but in the states they are thousands of dollars. I'll soon be buying theirs for half the price, but still have the confidence it will get the job done! Keep up the great work!!
There are a quite a few versions of the air-fed mask available these days but whichever you choose they are a game changer. You can do MIG, TIG, even grinding, it's a much better environment to work in, (unless you break wind)!
It's nice to see Ed working and talking as he going unlike shows that stop and stare into camera. Great production.
@@eddchina That would be an interesting video. How to fix it when you break wind!
Enjoyed the editing of the welding, plus great music too! Thanks Edd, Paul and crew.
WB Edd, have missed your videos, I love your experience and skills even im not fan of cars and mechanic stuff but youre very good teacher, and good to explain for things, as your workshop and WD. Happy 1st advent from Sweden.
Thank you. Have a Happy 1st Advent too and wishing you a fine Fika!
As a welder on big frames like this i can appreciate the time and patience for this, good job Ed!
Top job! I am always fascinated with the welding segments. I learned how to use the cutting torch in highschool, but I never took the full welding class. Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Edd, Paul & C. Thank God there is the internet and KZhead. It is always a real pleasure to see your work. In this clip I am also very pleased to discover a new and unedited version of your friend Poul, very nice and smiling. I always follow you and I've always been a fan of yours. My name is Mario and I live in Italy. Great job Edd, as always!
Thanks for watching Mario, it’s great to have you on board for the journey!
@@eddchina Thank you for your kind replay. I am living in Sardinia, so, if you want to have your holady in summer, please let me know. You, Paul and your family will be my guest. It will be my pleasure to do that! Have nice day
Still watching old wheelers dealers in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 Ed and Paul 👍
Thank you for watching new Workshop Diaries too!
What I love about your show and you in general is your not scared of work. It’s refreshing to see a show where you can truly believe (and see with your own eyes) that it’s the host of the show that’s actually doing the dirty work. Sometimes when watching car shows it makes me wonder if the work was actually getting done in house, or getting farmed out to someone else behind the cut scenes Absolutely love the show and you and the team!!!
I’m so fortunate to have a RRC as my first restoration project with your fantastic films to refer to! 👏
And this is just what made you who you are in the community. Excellent video! I do hope it starts to be a way of living again also. Looking forward to the next :) thank you all so much for taking us along.
Get your own show on TV go for the yesterday channel
You must be new here
On stuff like this, i usually go with a beak hammer and tap every little suspect spot. Learnt the hard way that if you think you've found all the rust, the rust will get back at you. Stainless steel patches and lots of tacks. Luckily a good pot and feeder wheel upgrade on the welder makes that easier.
That time lapse sequence was brilliant, thank you
Another brilliant video Ed, thank you, can’t wait for the next instalment when rebuilding starts. Please don’t leave it so long before you upload it.
Quite different to doing this lying upside-down on my driveway in the wind using a gasless MIG, as many of us have to. I'd like to see some tips on that!
We have all been there. One tip is not to weld in the rain or grind in the sleat, neither ended particularly well! Many people have asked about gasless so watch this space...
Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow 😂 yet another great video, I have a Ford Capri 280 that needs some one like you to fix the wiring on it for me and your some one I would trust, I'm just to old now to do the work myself, It's a shame the car cannot be used on the road like it is, once again thanks for your videos I just love watching them !!!!!
Thanks for watching, good luck with the Capri wiring, I think it might be quite a wait before we have the spare time, need to finish the Range Rover first!
@@eddchina Many thanks for your reply, I have no worries about waiting for you!!
Great episode, and a landmark in the restoration. Looking forward to the galvanised chassis getting built on
Good to see you on your feet again edd. You are very clever well done mate 💙🙏
I know the feeling, after 40 years in the buisness I totaly know :) . Well(d) done Edd and Paul.
Made my day to see another episode and some great welding cutting and fabrication . Still alot of surface corrosion on the internal surfaces. If it's going to he galvanised hopefully the pretreatment will clean up all those inaccessible areas and get some good internal zinc adhesion. Looking forward to reassembly.
Let’s hope so, looking forward to getting the refurbished axles back on, it seems an age since we did that. Oh yes, it was an age since we did that!!
Thanks for coming back Gents! Happy Christmas! A good way to test for further metal removal is to bounce the ball end of a machinist's hammer on the edges of the hole to be patched. The energy with which the hammer head comes back up instantly tells how substantial the edge metal is or isn't.
Entertaining, inspiring and so much better than what they did with W.D. subsequently. The production values up there with the best and the funky music alone in the rear crossmember sequence will have me watching that again. Looking forward to the next episode. Thank you Edd all that you do.
You are awesome love your work
Great episode! That was a 68 Pontiac GTO Judge you showed not a Dodge Charger in the HH auction.
It was indeed, love that so many noticed!
Thank you Edd Your job is an artwork!!
Very detailed close up camera work Edd, you havent lost it, keep it up it's brilliant Bill Ireland 👍
Hi Edd and Paul, it`s a good job you`re doing this for yourselves, had you taken it to a commercial welder, it would have cost you a fortune.
It would indead!
Great seeing you both again, super video, thanks a million
Merci pour ton retour !
You should use what the bad obsession motorsport lads do. Cardboard Aided Design.
True, we did use CAD on the Orange chassis repair but sometimes CAM is better: Cutting Aided by Masking tape!
Trabalho feito com esmero. Fantástico. Brazil.
What a champion you are I only watch wheeler dealers because of mechanical content, now I follow you here. Well done!!!!
Good to see you getting involved with the Range Rover.. Hope you find another Range Rover (2002 -2009) and deal with the common problems! Cheers Edd
So rotten I’m surprised you found metal for the magnets to stick to 😂 I had the same problem on my series 2A many years ago, I fixed it by buying a new galvanised chassis, sorted👍
ya he wants a youtube series though ;) normally you would totally just get a new chassis as its a simple box section type.
We have been tempted to do that many times but it’s very satisfying to have finished the repairs and be ready for galvanising.
@@eddchina fair comment which makes great content👍😎
Chassis rebuild Feels like a raising of on old wooden ship from centuries ago
Haven’t found any treasure yet
@@eddchina Captain Edd Sparrow 🪝 🛶 🏴☠️
Nice to see old iron coming back to life! 👍
Another brilliant episode from you Edd and all the team. 😁 Thank you. I'm really enjoying the welding segments as I have a little welding on a 3x4ft trailor soon.
should have primed the oher side with some weld trough primer,gives you a better figthing chance about future rust,also even after an acid bath after the repairs and galvanizing would be good to put a cavity wax on all the inside cavities.
Definitely going with the cavity protection after the galvanising, maybe some paint on the outside too.
Top tip, although it might be mustard after the meal (as we say in Dutch): paint all the layered steel with a weld-through primer like Steel-It. This prevents it from rusting again, as it is all perfectly bare steel. For the bump stops, it might be worth welding the short sides, so water can't get in behind it, if you can reach it that is.
I think I remember them deciding they would hot-dip galvanise it, which would burn away any paint, as well as superseding it.
@@Gottenhimfella Galvanising is quite thick but ends up as a very thin layer. I would not trust it making it's way into every nook and cranny.
Best video on KZhead for a welding. This video not only covers the process and basics but then shows it being done.
Nice to see back Ed 💯💯💯💯💯💯👍
Hi Edd! Have you tried 3M Cubitron II Fibre Disc 982C for grinding down welds? Have not missed the flap disc's since I started using the Fibre disc's, really recommend trying it. They remove material faster, last longer, and does not heat the metal as much. Greetings from 🇧🇻
Hei, Hei Norge, I think we have but I’ll hunt some down to try them out, Tussen Tak for the tip!
Bare hyggelig! I use 36 grit.
No rush. But hopefully next Christmas. Or your mate might to old before he drives RR
It's nice to hear getting the funk out catching on 👌💪
Awesome!!!! Nice Fab work there Mr China and company. Can't wait for the next video!!!!
Also would've been nice if there were a way to laser off the rust on the inside of the frame.
Absolutely, was hoping to electrolyse away the rust but the internal baffles scuppered my plan to thread an electrode inside. I have a plan B though…
@@eddchina Plan B? Isn't it a bit late for it to visit Booth Roe in Rotherham? 🙂
At this point the internal rust is structural 🤣
You've obviously got some Yorkshire blood in your veins, waste not want not 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤛🤛🤛
Great video! And special kudos to the editor for the Cancan sequence! Also, I'd like to thank Edd for NOT dancing during it!!!
Brilliant! The two of you gentlemen are plenty hilarious
I'm really surprised that the chassis isn't flash rusting after lasering and having no coating on the bare metal.
No, us too, we did leave it a long time and somehow the baking of the laser preserved the surface. I guess the ablation (micro explosions) melt the surface smooth and reduce the surface area on a microscopic level.
It's like those charcoal frames on COUGH Single Action Army's, basically heat treating it against future rust.
Come on Edd make more episodes
Your mastery of the skills demonstrated in these videos is astounding, but as well, the camera work and the editing are first class.
Loved the montage. Great work as always Edd.
Surface rust is actually an advantage when hot-dip galvanising, it gives the surface micro-pores for the zinc to stick to. We used to leave pontoons outside in the rain for a while before sending them off. You don't have surface rust where the laser has done its thing, as you've created a very fine 'mill-scale' surface, which is more resistant to corrosion than ground off steel. It may be worth your while to make two large holes in the rear crossmember with a hole saw in line with the chassis legs, skelp the whole chassis with a hammer to loosen scale, then hang by it by its nose to empty sand and rust before welding the holes you cut out back in, and then galvanising. I did than a Series 3, got 4 kilos of crud on the workshop floor... Point to note: Work out how you want to hang the chassis for dipping, then make sure you have enough holes bored to a) allow air out and zinc in and b) allow the zinc to drain out again. (Go suck eggs, Granny!)😁
All good advice. The interesting thing about the laser is its preservation of the surface and yet the fact that it will need a bit of blasting just before galvanising to ensure and even surface. Hard to think we need even more holes in the chassis!
Will the inside of the frame box need de-rusted before galvanize dipping the frame?
Theoretically the galvanising process should also treat the inside but I am worried about that too. I have some ideas…
Nice little present to wake up to!
Enjoying a lot watching this restoration process, big job but you have all the skills, tools and space to do it, excellent job 🙂
Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be another project binky where I’ll be still watching this in 8 years time and it will still not be finished 😩
I’m hoping we can do it before a Christmas, maybe in seven, the race is on!
Well with Binky your not watching anything as they havnt posted anything in months!!
@@eddchina we will see Ed 😂👍
@@nintenjo64 yes ! Very very disappointing ☹️
I snorted on the John’s wallet joke. We need more John in future episodes too. You gentlemen are entertaining, I would say you’re also educational, but I forget thing faster than a….. ahh, never mind
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