Top tip: whenever draining any oil, take out the fill plug/remove the fill cap first. This way you a- know you can refill it and b- stops the oil ‘glugging’ as it’s draining, giving a smooth stream which is easier to inspect for debris, and a lot less likely to cause a mess
best way to fill a rover diff if you dont have a long neck on the oil or a pump. just take the halfshaft out and pour the oil in that way, had to do it a few times. with steel rims you dont have to remove the tire even. front is abit harder, but if you are changing cvs its a great way of doing it since you are already in there
I can watch Edd fix cars all day and never get bored. I’ve learned so much from him over the years, especially when it comes to wrenching on my own cars.
I totally agree. Edd is a pure, natural presenter (and paul et al). Edd is THE Bob Ross of the automotive world (ie high praise). I could watch you talking about paint drying and it would still be fun, entertaining, and educational!!! Just keep making more content!!!!!!!
@@eddchina I know this is probably unlikely, but I’d love to see some work on the w201 chassis of Mercedes. I have a ‘91 190e with the 2.6 6 cyl. I love the car, but it has too many issues to count. One thing I’d like to see is some work done to the K Jetronic fuel system. It looks like a nightmare and I’m afraid to even touch it, lol
What a nice change to have pleasant music instead of the usual ear splitting rock music that usually accompanies car programs. Whoever chooses it is doing a great job.
There was 1 frame subliminal msg from EDD about shims at 10:13 t=613 Here is the MSG : Shims! Come on Edd, you can’t just assume everyone knows what a shim is. Apart from being a lovely, pert sounding word; shims are actually very useful things - essentially super thin metal washers in a range of precise thickness so they can be stacked together to take up a exact amount of slack. They can be a lot of pfaff though as fitting & checking the preload involves a lot of taking apart and reassembly without seals and things before reassembling with everything in place once you are sure you have the correct overall thickness of shims in place. Shim, what a lovely sounding, useful, pfaffy thing!
Been critical of a few of your shows of late but I REALLY enjoyed this one, loved the quality content and excellent camera work, and it was nice to see a proper engineer who knows his stuff, Well done!
Every day watching you in action is a school day.Love the way you explain what you are doing. Been watching your stuff for a long time. Watching this as well. It's gonny be expensive but good to see a "Wreck" put back on the road.
The way these "instructional videos" is made is just fucking great...(did not have a better word) no music, no flipping back and forth, just 1 2 3 ... awesome job, do not ever change!
I don't know much about mechanics though I love learning. I'm so pleased you go in-depth with your fixes and builds. I really love it. And I am slowly learning
This series has inspired me to finally start work again on my oldest project car a 1999 Corsa sport that hasn't moved in over 5 years. It's sat like that for a number of reasons, one of which was assuming it was beyond me and to get it going again would mean spending endless amounts of cash at a garage. Seeing how you worked on this range rover and that it's not actually that hard if you just take your time about it I'm much more confident going back into this project. Now I just need to learn to weld, preferably without burning the car, the house and myself to the ground! Great to see the range rover making some progress too.
This is better than the Wheelers Dealers show because we can see every detail about how the mechanics work and also the talent that Edd shows us is much more fun and informative instead of Mike's bargain. Greetings from Turkey.
Never touched a car part in my life but still like watching the dude Edd get right in there. Watching this while watching an old wheeler dealer episode when they take on a BMW 8 series 🤘🤘
This takes me back to when I helped my father do axle work on his ‘76 Ford F250. What a lot of work that was! I was 16 at the time and just finished restoring a ‘69 Fiat Spyder. I ‘busted knuckles’ all during my high school years. I am glad that I did so much of that work. That knowledge really helps when I have my vehicles serviced now.
Really enjoyed this one Edd, never seen the workings of a front diff before, your narative was great, and with the gentleman from britparts input really understood the diffs issues. great stuff mate.
Now I'm beginning to see serious stuff here with proper handling, new parts and so on. Really looking forward to see the next following video on those axles! Good job as always!👍👍👍
Great video. I’ve spent thousands having the hub seals fixed on my defender over the years only for someone to point out it was just some oil leaking out of the dust covers. I was always too nervous to tackle it in case I didn’t put it back together properly and the wheel came off but with this guide I’d definitely do it. I’d understood those lock washers were one time use but clearly not!!!
10:13 Quote verbatim "Shims! Come on Edd, you can't just assume everyone knows what a shim is. Apart from being a lovely, pert sounding word; shims are actually very useful things - essentially super thin metal washers in a range of precise thickness so they can be stacked together to take up a exact amount of slack. The can be a lot of pfaff though as fitting & checking the preload involves a lot of taking apart and reassembly without seals and things before finally reassembling with everything in place once you are sure you have the correct overall thickness of shims in place. Shim, what a lovely sounding, useful, pfaffy thing!"
I can't believe I missed this 2 days ago.. man notifications are a bummer they don't always get my attention.. Edd is one of my favorites, has been for YEARS now.. keep it coming Edd, great job!!!
Great to see you back at the RR again and I have been watching you and Paul chatting about the past. My self and Family met you both at Haynes Motor Museum while you were on Wheeler Dealers. You both were and are spot on, unfortunately The other Man my children didn’t like at all and the photos are still a talking point 👍🏻👌🏻
@@GasketGaz axles are semi good. stock halfsahfts are cheese. broken some out my driveway. 7 of them in a few months, ashcroft heavyduty and ive done a wheelie, drifted it in rwd. 4th gear burnouts. blown trnansmissions, tboxes and a diff center. 10 times less wear than those 10 spline shafts in the rear of this rover axle. hahaha
This Range Rover project is going to take forever, I am just going to put my iPad on charge for a few years, nice one EDD, good job Steve had those diff parts on the shelf , 👍👍👍.
Watching this reminds me of my apprenticeship in a 1990’s Land Rover dealer, proper servicing and repairing things rather than throw away parts like today. proper mechanics 🧰 🔧 ⚒️
Seen Steve before on britpart vids. Bought quite a few blue bags having had a disco 2 and my wife having a disco 2 and a freelander 1. The rr classic looks good in the background.
Top tip: Whenever there's just one frame of text in the video (on PC) use the period and comma keys to skip forward and backward one frame respectively.
Forgot to say ,am happy for it to be filmed, as the only belts changed I’ve found online was with the engine out! More than happy for it to be filmed, cheers
Not even two minutes in, and you got your top tip: Always loosen the fill plug before the drain. This is more important on the vehicle though, as a rusted fill plug wouldn' t be too much of a problem when the axles are on the bench.
Reincorporating tons of value back into this motor should be this project’s crucial selling point, that would catalog it as a worthy source… Bead shine all them parts and chemical protect (like galvanise) oh orange one.. 👍🤝🍊
Great to have some spannering back on the channel; I found this really interesting as I've recently restored a series 3 109 axle and I honestly didn't expect the Range Rover to be almost the same.
This series shows the huge mountain of work and expense involved in restoring a vehicle. The deeper they go the worse it gets. It's great to see someone else doing it rather than me. It sends me the important message: DONT' TRY THIS AT HOME.
I agree and disagree in equal measures. Don't spend $40k rebuilding a $30k vehicle. It is relative though. An old Torana here in Aus will sell for significantly more than the investment. I would say that the biggest secret to this sort of work is: Don't over capitalise on the rebuild. With the single exception being, if you have the money and a very firm emotional attachment to the vehicle.
You started the wrong way around on that diff, you always open the fill plug first, for quicker draining, but more importantly, not to get stuck with an empty diff and a seized on fill plug.
My top tip with stubborn drain or fill plugs is to threaten them with dire consequences if they don't come out quietly. Some detailed cursing too I find surprisingly effective at softening them up, just in case they do put up a fight. I learnt this from my Dad, who had been a WWII REME mechanic. I also learnt to take out whichever plug you fancied first, because the others were going to have to come out one way or another. You can't just give up and be beaten by a simple drain or fill plug. Not if you are a real mechanic.
Love your videos and dexterity and explanations. Please please do a video on repairing the Renault scenic 2, automatic gearboxes. Even in your country these cars are just being scrapped just because nobody seems to have a clue why these transmissions are so troublesome and neither any clues to repairing them. Or the costs are exhorbirant. Thank you kindly
Perfect start to the weekend
Thanks very much, enjoy the show!
Top tip: whenever draining any oil, take out the fill plug/remove the fill cap first. This way you a- know you can refill it and b- stops the oil ‘glugging’ as it’s draining, giving a smooth stream which is easier to inspect for debris, and a lot less likely to cause a mess
best way to fill a rover diff if you dont have a long neck on the oil or a pump. just take the halfshaft out and pour the oil in that way, had to do it a few times. with steel rims you dont have to remove the tire even. front is abit harder, but if you are changing cvs its a great way of doing it since you are already in there
Just about to leave this very comment myself!!
Was just going to leave this tip
I think this is the bit where Edd would say, "Normally we would do. But, the production crew thought the glug glug was more interesting."
Yep, you're correct!
I can watch Edd fix cars all day and never get bored. I’ve learned so much from him over the years, especially when it comes to wrenching on my own cars.
Thank you, anything in particular you would like to see?
@@eddchina not to be rude edd but id like to see more consistency
I totally agree. Edd is a pure, natural presenter (and paul et al).
Edd is THE Bob Ross of the automotive world (ie high praise).
I could watch you talking about paint drying and it would still be fun, entertaining, and educational!!!
Just keep making more content!!!!!!!
@@eddchina I know this is probably unlikely, but I’d love to see some work on the w201 chassis of Mercedes. I have a ‘91 190e with the 2.6 6 cyl. I love the car, but it has too many issues to count. One thing I’d like to see is some work done to the K Jetronic fuel system. It looks like a nightmare and I’m afraid to even touch it, lol
@@smashyrashy What do you mean? It is what it is and very interesting with it.
What a nice change to have pleasant music instead of the usual ear splitting rock music that usually accompanies car programs. Whoever chooses it is doing a great job.
Thanks. Glad you liked it!
@@eddchina Also smooth jazz.
@@aredub1847 nice.
There was 1 frame subliminal msg from EDD about shims at 10:13 t=613
Here is the MSG :
Shims! Come on Edd, you can’t just assume everyone knows what a shim is.
Apart from being a lovely, pert sounding word; shims are
actually very useful things - essentially super thin metal washers
in a range of precise thickness so they can be stacked together to
take up a exact amount of slack.
They can be a lot of pfaff though as fitting & checking the preload
involves a lot of taking apart and reassembly
without seals and things before reassembling with everything in place
once you are sure you have the correct overall thickness of shims in
place. Shim, what a lovely sounding, useful, pfaffy thing!
Been critical of a few of your shows of late but I REALLY enjoyed this one, loved the quality content and excellent camera work, and it was nice to see a proper engineer who knows his stuff, Well done!
Brilliant, really enjoyed this. What a great organization Britpart is.
Always a joy to watch, until next week👍
Nothing makes an end to the day better than turning on youtube and seeing that Ed just released a new video.
Greetings from Brazil! Love your show Edd!
The old Edd is back....wonderful video, thank you !
Every day watching you in action is a school day.Love the way you explain what you are doing. Been watching your stuff for a long time. Watching this as well. It's gonny be expensive but good to see a "Wreck" put back on the road.
The way these "instructional videos" is made is just fucking great...(did not have a better word) no music, no flipping back and forth, just 1 2 3 ... awesome job, do not ever change!
I don't know much about mechanics though I love learning. I'm so pleased you go in-depth with your fixes and builds. I really love it. And I am slowly learning
Thanks Ed, just about to do my 1987 90”
This series has inspired me to finally start work again on my oldest project car a 1999 Corsa sport that hasn't moved in over 5 years.
It's sat like that for a number of reasons, one of which was assuming it was beyond me and to get it going again would mean spending endless amounts of cash at a garage.
Seeing how you worked on this range rover and that it's not actually that hard if you just take your time about it I'm much more confident going back into this project.
Now I just need to learn to weld, preferably without burning the car, the house and myself to the ground!
Great to see the range rover making some progress too.
Good luck!
@@garthswaney5439 Thank you, I think I shall need it....
This is better than the Wheelers Dealers show because we can see every detail about how the mechanics work and also the talent that Edd shows us is much more fun and informative instead of Mike's bargain. Greetings from Turkey.
Awesome video again from you Edd! Thank you! 👍😁
Edd, great 👍 video breaking down the diffs, really enjoyed it. Thanks
One of the best episodes yet. I really enjoyed the specialist sections on Wheeler Dealers and today too of course.
Never touched a car part in my life but still like watching the dude Edd get right in there. Watching this while watching an old wheeler dealer episode when they take on a BMW 8 series 🤘🤘
Loved the Greek music. Thanks to the lad who chose that. 🙏
As usual glued to the screen I Can´t stop watching the video. Good job.Greeting from Baske Country
10/10 for Steve's glasses, I want a pair :)
This takes me back to when I helped my father do axle work on his ‘76 Ford F250. What a lot of work that was! I was 16 at the time and just finished restoring a ‘69 Fiat Spyder. I ‘busted knuckles’ all during my high school years. I am glad that I did so much of that work. That knowledge really helps when I have my vehicles serviced now.
Really enjoyed this one Edd, never seen the workings of a front diff before, your narative was great, and with the gentleman from britparts input really understood the diffs issues. great stuff mate.
Allmost 1 million!!! DOING GREAT EDD!!!
Brilliant video. Keep them coming.
Now I'm beginning to see serious stuff here with proper handling, new parts and so on. Really looking forward to see the next following video on those axles! Good job as always!👍👍👍
Thanks Edd!
Great video. I’ve spent thousands having the hub seals fixed on my defender over the years only for someone to point out it was just some oil leaking out of the dust covers. I was always too nervous to tackle it in case I didn’t put it back together properly and the wheel came off but with this guide I’d definitely do it. I’d understood those lock washers were one time use but clearly not!!!
If you're nervous about metal fatigue you can bend over a different section of the washer.
Always captivating and a wonderful production. One of the brilliant automotive channels on Yu tube. Watching you Nairobi
10:13 Quote verbatim "Shims! Come on Edd, you can't just assume everyone knows what a shim is. Apart from being a lovely, pert sounding word; shims are actually very useful things - essentially super thin metal washers in a range of precise thickness so they can be stacked together to take up a exact amount of slack. The can be a lot of pfaff though as fitting & checking the preload involves a lot of taking apart and reassembly without seals and things before finally reassembling with everything in place once you are sure you have the correct overall thickness of shims in place. Shim, what a lovely sounding, useful, pfaffy thing!"
Why is this comment copied from another account?
Thanks so much!
@@theravedaddy Its what appears in one frame only.
Thank you Edd excellent viewing.
Nice work guys. Good to see a full refurb job on them axles.
Nice was missing these. Enjoying watching you get right into the details on this Range Rover
I can't believe I missed this 2 days ago.. man notifications are a bummer they don't always get my attention.. Edd is one of my favorites, has been for YEARS now.. keep it coming Edd, great job!!!
Great to see you back at the RR again and I have been watching you and Paul chatting about the past. My self and Family met you both at Haynes Motor Museum while you were on Wheeler Dealers. You both were and are spot on, unfortunately The other Man my children didn’t like at all and the photos are still a talking point 👍🏻👌🏻
All those parts look so solid and meaty, totally OTT for the school run, which is what a lot of Range Rovers get used for!
If you do much more than the school run those solid and meaty parts break!! The axles are the weak link on these old land rover’s
@@GasketGaz axles are semi good. stock halfsahfts are cheese. broken some out my driveway. 7 of them in a few months, ashcroft heavyduty and ive done a wheelie, drifted it in rwd. 4th gear burnouts. blown trnansmissions, tboxes and a diff center. 10 times less wear than those 10 spline shafts in the rear of this rover axle. hahaha
@@GasketGaz if you want to be sure to break axles buy diff lockers ;)
Hi Ed, enjoyed that. Can’t wait for the reassembly😃
Greetings from Istanbul, Turkey, we love you very much, may God make it easy in Turkey, I wish you a long life 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
I really appreciate your work edd, wheelers dealers was my favorite car show along side top gear......
This Range Rover project is going to take forever, I am just going to put my iPad on charge for a few years, nice one EDD, good job Steve had those diff parts on the shelf , 👍👍👍.
Wonderful start to the weekend.
First time I recall seeing the word pfaffy written in a YT video... well done for squeezing that in there!
Watching this reminds me of my apprenticeship in a 1990’s Land Rover dealer, proper servicing and repairing things rather than throw away parts like today. proper mechanics 🧰 🔧 ⚒️
Brilliant work once again Edd and Steve
Seen Steve before on britpart vids. Bought quite a few blue bags having had a disco 2 and my wife having a disco 2 and a freelander 1. The rr classic looks good in the background.
What a fantastically clean workshop 👍.
Edd, your tshirts are awesome!
Thanks. More designs available at www.eddchina.com/eddgear soon!
Another amazing video. 10 out of 10. Take Care, David Matherson
6:26 congrats for putting the very nice music of greek bouzouki
Always captivating and a wonderful production. One of the brilliant automotive channels on Yu tube. Watching you from Nairobi
Top tip: Whenever there's just one frame of text in the video (on PC) use the period and comma keys to skip forward and backward one frame respectively.
I don’t know anything about cars , I just like watching Edd
Exquisite vid! Cheers Edd!!
Great to see you Ed
Hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿 Ed good luck on your new show
You all Brits here are like. "This rusty old piece just needs a little bit of care and love, then it's just as brand new."
Love the mindset ❤
Forgot to say ,am happy for it to be filmed, as the only belts changed I’ve found online was with the engine out! More than happy for it to be filmed, cheers
Eres el 1 Edad !
Y de paso ampliamos nuestro conocimientos .
No es solo sentarse a conducir un vehículo.
Saludos....
Had to do this to my rear jeep axle Dana 35. new seals and went ahead with new bearings as well.
This video in my opinion was extremely interesting and was excellent entertainment .
Not even two minutes in, and you got your top tip: Always loosen the fill plug before the drain. This is more important on the vehicle though, as a rusted fill plug wouldn' t be too much of a problem when the axles are on the bench.
Great video Edd.
There was a lot to learn from this video
Reincorporating tons of value back into this motor should be this project’s crucial selling point, that would catalog it as a worthy source…
Bead shine all them parts and chemical protect (like galvanise) oh orange one..
👍🤝🍊
The more Land Rover video's, the better! Thanks for your good explanation and great video's 👍
Thank you for the explanation of shims🤣
Pure workshop and not show. Very Very good.
Edd is the best...mechanic...
ANT ANSTED...NO GOOD...
Congratulations...from Brasil...
Always interesting and always a great production. One of the best automotive channels on the Tube.
Great episode as always!
I enjoyed every second of that.
Great to have some spannering back on the channel; I found this really interesting as I've recently restored a series 3 109 axle and I honestly didn't expect the Range Rover to be almost the same.
Doesn't the rear axle on the Series 3 have a Salisbury axle?
@@the_hamrat yes it does but I’m talking about the overall crudity of it all in a luxury vehicle.
Awesome. Looks similar to my 300tdi. I’ll be paying close attention
Great video guys 👌
Great episode, no backlash from me!
They are a fabulous machine
Yeah I agree Shims are a lovely sounding, useful, pfaffy thing!
Nice work Edd, you are the man! Bill from the colonies.🇺🇸
Super vidéo je regarde tous les jours sur RUclips
Looks like a well sorted workshop 👍🏼👍🏼
Muy buen trabajo Edd el que estás haciendo en esos diferenciales. Saludos.
I enjoyed this and it was nice to see you involve a sponsor too. Also, your production quality is just as good as broadcast.
Thanks, it’s great you appreciate the extra effort. Have you tried watching the show on a big screen in 4K?
@@eddchina No, I didn't realise it was in 4k. I have a 4k smart tv, so I might watch it on there next time. Thanks :)
Love your work 👍
This series shows the huge mountain of work and expense involved in restoring a vehicle. The deeper they go the worse it gets. It's great to see someone else doing it rather than me. It sends me the important message: DONT' TRY THIS AT HOME.
Yeah I'm curious what that big stack of refurbished parts costs?
@@assepa since you clearly see who is supplying the parts, many are most likely donated
I agree and disagree in equal measures. Don't spend $40k rebuilding a $30k vehicle. It is relative though. An old Torana here in Aus will sell for significantly more than the investment. I would say that the biggest secret to this sort of work is: Don't over capitalise on the rebuild. With the single exception being, if you have the money and a very firm emotional attachment to the vehicle.
It should be expected in a vehicle that has been neglected like this one.
@@wurly164 yeah but for those of us not having a youtube channel with a million followers... it would probably cost a bunch
Thats more like it. Great stuff
Adoro o seu trabalho, um abraço aqui do Brasil. 👏👏👏👏
You started the wrong way around on that diff, you always open the fill plug first, for quicker draining, but more importantly, not to get stuck with an empty diff and a seized on fill plug.
I have a 1984 '127' with basically the same engine and running gear so this hands-on series scores highly with me.
Great video thank you
It's all about having somewhere to do it
My top tip with stubborn drain or fill plugs is to threaten them with dire consequences if they don't come out quietly. Some detailed cursing too I find surprisingly effective at softening them up, just in case they do put up a fight. I learnt this from my Dad, who had been a WWII REME mechanic. I also learnt to take out whichever plug you fancied first, because the others were going to have to come out one way or another. You can't just give up and be beaten by a simple drain or fill plug. Not if you are a real mechanic.
Love your videos and dexterity and explanations.
Please please do a video on repairing the Renault scenic 2, automatic gearboxes. Even in your country these cars are just being scrapped just because nobody seems to have a clue why these transmissions are so troublesome and neither any clues to repairing them. Or the costs are exhorbirant. Thank you kindly
ED, I love your t shirts, man.
Looking forward for the rebuild, i hope we will se a lot of hammer and driver action when changing the bearing races, bronce bushings etc.
For the complete experience this video should be watched with an open bottle of EP80/90 nearby.
Absolutely, the older the better!
Yes I spilt some in my hair when I had hair, stank for a week.
Ed love your videos 😊
brilliant video .
Gracias Edd