An Electric Motorhome, Intermittent Faults And Cylinder Misfires! |
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Hi edd have you answered any questions about carb motorcycles? Thanks
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Managed to dent the lower pasenger door Seal on my wicked new Mach 8 Fiesta.. What do you reckon would be the best fix? and by best i mean economically,
I had some new Dunlop tyres a few years ago that were perfect one day and vibrated like a dumper truck on others. They balanced them about 6 times to no avail. Eventually Dunlop tracked down the problem to some rubber dust inside the tyres that had collected into little rubber marbles. So one day when you drove they got flung to the rim inside of the tyre evenly so no problem but on others they all clumped together in one place and vibrated like a goat with the dt's! Very frustrating then but I can smile about it now.
Any new workshop content on the horizon? Looking forward to it when it does arrive 🙂
We've got lots coming in the pipeline, make sure to keep an eye out! - Edd
@@eddchina Brilliant, will definitely keep a look out for it 👍
7:00 I had a weird tyre balancing issue once that might be something your emailer could check. I had new tyres put on and suddenly the car would shake when driven. Yet when they tyres were taken off and re-checked on a balancing machine all was well. Put the wheels back on the car and the shaking started again. Turned out a loose tyre weight had fallen inside the tyre before it was fitted to my wheel. When they balanced the wheel that rogue weight would hold in one place due to centrifugal force, so the wheel got balanced correctly. But once on the actual road the uneven road surface caused that rogue weight to bounce around inside the tyre - causing the vibration.
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04:15 charging fault could also be a bad earthstrap between alternator/engine (if rubber mounted), engine/body, or body/battery. These straps and their bolted-up connections are neglected so often.
Just a quick point about intermittent electrical faults: it's always worth checking the chassis earth connections first. These are easily overlooked and can misbehave despite looking perfectly sound. A typical 10-month-long British winter (😉) will even corrode a bowl of custard if given the chance, so strip the earthing points and reset them before spending a load of cash on new parts. Modern cars with sophisticated electronic 'brains' are especially sensitive to a dodgy electrical supply.
An electric motorhome would be a really great project. This time around, with proper thermal management for the batteries please ;-)
I’d say on the Lexus, try to loosen the lugs and Re torque them, I’ve had where they weren’t torqued correct or seated properly and caused a bad vibration.
Speed up with your vibrating car and decouple engine and let it idle. Then you should feel still vibrate if it’s tieres or axel. Ed your trailer speech is confusing, is that an Voiceover or a strange mic, doesn’t sound like your recording voice :)
Back when steel belted radials were a thing, I had a car that as parked in a parking lot where water drained down. Over night the water froze and when I moved the car, it was temporarily stuck in the ice that had built up around the tires. Afterwards, driving down the road, the car would shake uncontrollably at 45 mph. I knew the tires weren't that old but it wasn't until I got home, parked the car and noticed that a whole section of the tire had shifted to the side of the tread. It had broken the steel belts when I reversed out of the ice in the parking lot! Needless to say I had to buy a new tire but what a sight to see that section of the tire shifted over!!
Hiya Edd 😊. Love all your videos they’re amazing and informative ❤❤.
A small electric motorhome but with 4x4 drivetrain and some off-roading capabilities is definitely something on my bucket list. I kinda like an idea I came up with of basing it all around a small hookloader chassis so that the motorhome back can be dropped off. I'm on a farm so that way I could also have multiple 'modules' to go on the back (flat bed, motorhome, water bowser, people transporter, bulk tipper, mobile tool wagon/workshop, etc). The vehicle wouldn't then be parked up for 10-11 months of the year and could be used daily about the farm & our syndicate shoot when not being used as a camper / adventure wagon. ....I envision it working a bit like Thunderbird 2 😂
With the misfire, a trick could be running the vehicle at speed to replicate the issue, then put the clutch down, tells you if it’s engine derived or drivetrain/wheel derived
ahh the classic range rover "You can go fast, i can go anywhere" sticker... so true, especially to the garage for repairs ! 🤣
5:15 I had a similar problem on a vehicle. In my case, when you accelerated hard, the engine rocked back enough that the aftermarket metal intake pipe would contact the positive terminal of the battery. I had thought there was sufficient room and insulation, but the engine moved enough and the insulation wore thru (but on the underside where I couldn't immediately see it). Solution was repositioning of the pipe and battery terminal so that they couldn't make contact.
I had something like this happening about 10 years ago and long story short some stuff I had in the trunk of my Miata caught fire in downtown Boston and the terminals of the battery melted away. Fortunately I was at the top of a hill so I roll-started it and drove immediately to an AutoZone store where they honored the warranty on the battery and replaced it for free!
Love your work 👍
I would love an Edd China James May collaboration. I've been wanting these two gentlemen to do a project together for quite a while. Hopefully it will be more than a ride down the lane, but I'll take what I can get.
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I wouldn't neither, sounds like a really Bad Idea™.
@@ROVER25X Only half an hour? I think it would be more.
That will take days before anything starts...
James isnt a mechanic though
4:21 i bought cheap alternator that was build with shiny bolts... after wirebrushing those bolts back to metal it made nice contact and it's now charging well
Someone said that the meek will inherit the earth. Well Edd keeps his head down and shows us all how to behave, with maturity and with fantastic engineering patience. Perhaps I’m now at that age I’m an engineer turning grumpy, I just don’t have the same patience now. Well done that man, keep it going!
Another thing for Josh Fox to look at. Check the earth leads from battery to engine & body. Also check earth on Alternator & Lights circuit. You would be really surprised what lights up when you have a bad earth. I've known vehicles that showed a full tank of fuel and over temperature on the needles because the engine earth was lose
Brilliant once again Edd
Forensic analysis: The Idol Chat video on the phone screen shot says 1 week ago, but if you look up the video on youtube it says 1 year ago.
It's a re upload
my kids and myself loved the orange video.
RE: the vibration. If it is only in motion, I would add to check the lug bolts/nuts; also, if the rims are not original to the vehicle, perhaps they are not centered on the hub.
One day my car was fine and the next it drove with a terrible shaking. I had parked the car and a heavy rainstorm had come along and the car was in 6-7 inches of water. Since the water wasn't getting any deeper than the height of the curb above the pavement, I left the car sit in the rushing water. The water deposited a handful of mud on the inside of the rim of the rear tire nearest the curb. It took a while to figure out what was happening and a simple clean out fixed the problem.
Ed China a legend,China & may be a great show👍
Hi re the Impreza fault. I think you need to monitor the output from the alternator at the battery terminals with a multimeter. That way you will know whether the alternator is regulating correctly
I would love to take a ride in the Orange!! It would be fun!!
Edd, I'm glad you're okay, and I like your idea of a van converted into an electric car.
It's a re upload of a old video of his
It's clear.
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Interesting question from Rokki musik smith. The debate has gone on for years in the Railway preservation movement after locomotive have had boiler changes and parts swapped from other locos of the same class. There’s not much left of the 1924 4472 Flying Scotsman, but even in 2023 she’s still Flying Scotsman !
What has happened to Workshop Diaries? I haven’t seen anything since episode 60. Are they finished now?
Well said Edd.....James May what a pillock! Nearly as big pillock as Brewer.
What is your problem with Brewer? And James May is great.
I saw an Argosy motorhome in a storage yard in Devon last year. Would be a great EV conversion.
Captain Slow earned his name with those comments. 😂
I’ve got a 99 Subaru Legacy. Alternator started going bad. ABS light kept coming on. After new alternator ABS light stopped coming on. Sounds similar.
Could the Subaru's charging issue be a loose belt? Had a similar issue with my Mustang back in the 60's.
Nice idea about the RV, but surely a proper internal combustion engine would be more practical?
Great video content- just note that Your closing discourse sounds as if Your inhaling a bit too much helium...... 😎
Looks like Rokki Muzik-Smith is a fan of the Ship of Theseus thought experiment!
“Dirty diesel?” Please. 😊
Hey Edd, I've a carb motorbike and if I don't start it everyday it's tough to start, if I've got full fuel a full battery what's stopping it starting? Anything I can do to help it start? Thanks 😊👍
I had a VFR750F do that--a mix of water, mud and salt spray had put the ignition coils and leads through an assault course, and eventually the insulation failed and started tracking (at about 100k miles, to be fair). A nearly new set of coils and leads from the breaker's yard fixed it.
Amazing review short videos no doubt you will have some longer videos coming out soon working on the land rover take care 🥰
It's another re upload
Thank you! We've got a variety of content coming in the near future. Long content is coming! - Edd
Motorhomers tend to travel long distances. EVs and long distances do not go together well. Forget it 🙂
And especially when the charging infrastructure here is woefully inadequate its stupidly to convert a medium to large motorhome to electric.
Motorhomes are not about who makes the most miles...
Yesssss, Captain Slow in the orange should happen!
Fantasy EV Camper. You need 3 VW T25 Transporters. A crewcab pickup and 2 panel vans. The crewcab gets the motor & batteries, plus a fifth wheel like an artic. The panel vans you join together, notch out under the front to fit the coupling. Use two torsion beam rear axles from an old Golf for rear suspension & have extra batteries under the trailer with solar on the roof. Park the trailer and use the towing vehicle as a runaround...
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more videos please!
my street strip car is only 5 points . Suspension ,axle, engine, transmission are all aftermarket.
EDD, What about a Stealth Commercian Vehicle Conversion to Electric RV or Secret Motorhome. Which has an outside appearance, of a working large van or removevan? Or maybe a ridged 4 or 6 or 8 wheel lorry, or even and articulated tractor and semi-trailer, or a military all terrain truck too? Though on the inside, it is actually a fully customised designed and built luxury Motorhome, but no one would know it from outside! As these Stealth Work / Commercial Vehicle conversions into motorhomes, are very popular in the USA and Canada, if not in Europe or the UK as much. So would make an ideal project, for you Edd, converting a large removevan, into a stealth electric or hybrid electric Motorhome! What do you think Edd, something worth a KZhead Video or two?
We bought a mini r55. It has an intermittent engine fault. It sometimes stutters at traffic lights or when we stop. Nobody even BMW can fix it. Any ideas? They think its the timing but I dont think it can be? Anyone else have one?
Q Plate… “dubious history” brutal 🤣 You’ll be upsetting the kit car community!!
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I have long thought a GMC motorhome would make the perfect electrically converted motorhome and it seems to me that it would be complex but very feasible to do.
I have long thought a GMC motorhome would make the perfect electrically converted motorhome and it seems to me that it would be complex but vert feasible to do.
Love the idea of electric camper as a person that has done commercial van conversions this is very appealing. If you take this up or pay the guy a visit doing it both would for be great viewing. Thank you for putting your stuff out. 😊
The center ring can give that effect
Captain slow driving an orange, that would make great viewing!
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That electrical problem on acceleration could be a loose earth lead
Trigger is this the same broom you have used in the last 20 years. Well, yes it is. I have replaced the head 10x and the staff x15 times. Yet still the same brush. omg!!!!
where can I find the video of James May roasting Edd's Orange custom Mini? Oh, and I would love to see these two together in a video! :D
Thanks for filming, Edd! 😁👍😁👍
It's a re upload
Hi Edd, this is now the third video where your end of video Like & Subscribe speech sounds like you're trapped in a helium room!!!
Love you visa. Since you love cars maybe I should drop by with my Ford Focus Ghia a MK1 from 2000 and have you take a look at it.
Anyone know if Edd has answered any questions about carb motorcycles
Lexus vibration. If he's changed the WHEELS, the replacements may not have the correct centre bore and will not be concentric on the hubs. This gives a really bad vibration at speed when on the car but not on the wheel balancing machine. It's just a thought...
The car with the flickering lights sounds like a poor battery connection or neutral cable to chassis
Could very well be an earth fault on that Subaru Impreza, I'd remove and clean all earth points under the bonnet on the inner wings, and chassis legs etc.
Any chance of James coming on to bash his way out of this comedic box he's stuck himself into? I mean, after all Buster Keaton and the Keystone Cops did things like "wrestle with a coat tree", and you have missed treat if you haven't viewed Jaleel White, at 16, take a minute to wrestle one to the floor- and it's still funny. Comedians, now, some would best be kept in the ice box, with the lettuce, you know. An electric RV, hmmmm, and you and Paul are both fans of the Sprinter, hmmm, that could work and you, Edd, are just the man to do it! FR
Fun ideas
Another re upload of a old video 🙄
Yes, two in one week ……perhaps their getting the message that were not happy with no uploaded content ☹️
@@Ivorbiggin I'd rather wait for new videos than watch re uploads, he could give us an explanation in the time he's wasting on re uploads
@@Ivorbiggin it's not edd but the production team reuploading to cash in
@@TheLewmen no proof of this
@@solidsnakesimulation666 why else would they do it?
Are u making any more new videos Edd China
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There's lots to come! Range Rover turbo trouble soon - Edd
Orange for the win!
The originality question goes back to Ancient Greece, as the "Ship of Theseus" question. Maybe the Lexus' vibration is the result of improper tyre mounting. If they aren't properly lubrcated, they can be off-centre. (Vauxhall had an intractable problem with "engine" vibration on Bedford trucks. It was caused by cost accountants restricting the amount of soap that could be used in the water when mounting tyres.)
What happened to the long episodes???
Good question,he owes his fans an explanation instead of re uploaded videos
What features are most important to you in a car?
Seatbelts.
Another flash text very hard to get hold of spent for half hour trying to read it but could not on the iPad
You and a guy called Mike Brewer should team up. Make a great pair. Lol
You are very Polish today with your outfit !
closing in on 1m edd!
Yes, I do believe Captain Slow needs to experience the Orange, considering the crap they've done with fun cars on The Grand Top Gear Tour, he's not one to speak really... :P
Subaru, first check every earth wire between the engine and chassi!
Cashing in on old content is just an Insult what happened to the consistency?
What the heck is up with your voice on the end-of-video promo? ☮
I want to see action!
Only Edd would think of having a welder in a motor home.
yes john range rover going to end up like triggers broom (only fools and horses) 70 new heads and 40 new handles classic scooby could be a ground between engine and body to battery under torque stressing earth may be run a earth lead from alternater ground and battery ground to testterminal
Would love a FULL EV RV, I would totally live in it. with an inverter wired to the traction battery, ASHP heating/cooling, etc. Not to mention that you could literally park up for a few hours at free parking spots sucking in 7kW at supermarkets etc. or even fast chargers, cheaper than camping sites with hookups
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your right .EDD love the orange car get mr may in take him out he soon love it such a cool car it is . ... david fife scotland
KZhead has being a wonderful place since Edd China is back, Through I am not sure what is totally new content as of now.
Thank you very much. Make sure to keep your notifications on to stay up to date with all the exciting content that's on its way; more Range Rover action very soon! - Edd
Automatically upvoted before I see it.
I once put asymmetrical tires, road tread on the outside, more aggressive tread on the inside on a ford conversion van. I had all kinds of vibration and the dealer finally replaced them with all season tires and that fixed the problem. The Lexus owner may want to try replacing the tires with another tread design.
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Clicked like 5 times because I want to be sure. :) Also, very yes, crossover with DriveTribe and Edd's Workshop Diaries with the Orange has to happen. James May must be converted. Be sure to get Lucy Brown's opinion, she seems to dislike many foods.
A diesel vechicle is no more dirty than an electric, People need to realise what it takes to make the batteries for an electric motor And the exploitation of children digging for the cobalt for these batteries, Its a dirty buisness.
Which is better petrol or diesel which makes the car go faster ???? 🤔
A heavy right foot. Ask yourself this. What fuel is used in the Fast cars out there?
@@sydsnott5042 which is better petrol or diesel ????
@@Nightwing874 petrol is best for fast cars and can get off the mark quicker, Diesel is best for long distance travelling and fuel consumption, diesels waste less fuel than Petrol. I think diesel is better
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electric NOT the way to go it causes more pollution, electricity comes from Petrol/Gas/ oil and coal. My guess on the sadbaru would be a ground problem, battery or to body
Really interested to see an electric motorhome. I'm looking at the Ford E-Transit XLWB to convert. But at £45k + VAT would it make more sense (and be cheaper) to buy an old Mercedes Vario or 609D then convert that to electric? Something with 150 - 200 miles range on a charge would be good. Nobody in the UK seems to convert vans to electric. If you're up for it Edd, I'd much rather pay you to convert an old Vario :)