Edd China's Workshop Diaries

We've got our hands on a 1000w pulsed laser and we're going to use it to clean all of the rust off John's Range Rover chassis.

...and a load of other stuff too. Well, when you have a 1000w laser in the workshop you might as well see what else you can do with it! We got our power back on and the boys from Narran brought back another 1000w pulsed laser so we could finish cleaning John's rusty Range Rover chassis. But then we got a bit distracted and went a little off piste trying the laser out on all kinds of things including steak and chips, egg on toast, popcorn, smores and even a Cadbury's Creme Egg!

Diagnosing fault codes and issues with oil sensors on my VW T5 van and a nice fresh oil change thanks to Petronas Syntium Oil.

Now the van is running right, thoughts turn to comfort. There's a mysterious bug in the Air Conditioning system and, having found an error code for a temperature sensor, I start the investigations.

Happy Easter and welcome to Paul's workshop for a change! A little celebration of the show's first anniversary and a chat about the Surrey Street Rodders' Wheels Day show. Perhaps most importantly we also announce our mission to help the Yorkshire Aid Convoy with our muscle and legendary driving skills to help drive truck loads of humanitarian aid to Ukraine at the end of the month.

Who needs refreshing cold air on a hot day? Well, I need it after this job for sure! Chasing a little problem has turned out to be quite a big fix and there is no denying the fact that taking on stupid is often very frustrating but by keeping at it with a cool head, usually brings success. Usually.

We begin refurbishing parts to go back on our Range Rover chassis once it's ready. Having stripped the Rot-Rover bare, the exciting part of the process is about to begin. The first job is to strip down and examine the axles and differentials for excess wear and tear. Will there be anything worth salvaging?

Finally, my van gives me cold air inside the cab! And Paul and I tackle more viewers' car problems and questions.

Having found an old 1958 Windermere, a traditional clinker built lake launch, the question is whether I can get its lovely old Stuart Turner P5M 2-stroke single cylinder inboard motor to run in time for some summer fun on the river?

Having got our lovely old Stuart Turner P5M two-stroke engine to run, our 1958 Windermere traditional clinker built lake launch is nearly ready for the river, or is it? It is very, very leaky indeed and the only way to re-hydrate the wood properly is to sink the boat for a while so it can 'take up' plenty of water. The question is; will it float in the end or is Hafren destined to end up at the bottom of the river like its famous unfortunate Princess namesake?

...(What goes on under the rocker cover) If you haven't set your tappets correctly your engine might be losing loads of power. My mission is to fix what is causing the pithy problem of a flat-spot on my classic Mini 998 cc Automatic engine in my Outspan Orange car but before we check anything else we need to set up the valve 'timing' or more specifically; the valve clearances.

Having sorted the mechanical and ignition timing, my mission is now to find and eliminate any leaks in the fuel-air system and hopefully that will remove the flat spot on my classic Mini 998 cc Automatic engine in my Outspan Orange car. Once that's sorted we can drive the Outspan up to Buckingham Palace to be part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pageant.

Enter Hafren into the Stuart Turner Prize competition they said, you've got absolutely no chance of winning they said. Well, we'll see about that! Having got our lovely old Stuart Turner P5M two-stroke engine to run, and our 1958 Windermere traditional clinker built lake launch to take up enough water to stop it leaking like a sieve; and having proven it really does run beautifully and goes very well on the water it seemed appropriate to celebrate that fact. So we thought we should join all the fun at the Thames Traditional Boat Festival at Henley-on-Thames. What a weekend it turned out to be!

FINALLY getting back to our 1986 Range Rover Classic restoration. Paul and I have been busy all over the place and project Rat Rover has been languishing at the back of the workshop but time waits for no man, so it's about time we picked it back up again. Our first task is to deal with the chassis, so we can get on with the rebuild. But, along with John's vintage off roading filth, what is that lurking inside the chassis?

How to MIG weld? What size welding wire should I use? Is MIG or TIG better? What is the best gas for MIG welding? How much gas?... are just some of the questions I regularly get asked about welding; so, as a great way to put off welding up John's rusty Range Rover chassis I thought it might be good to do a bit of a MIG welding refresher. Here's everything you wanted to know about welding but are too cool to ask.

Despite the consensus being to scrap the rusty Range Rover chassis it seems the expert opinion is to make do and mend so we are going to cut out the rot and MIG weld it the metal back into fine fettle! Can we get it done in one episode? Well, no time to dance around the issue, let's crack on!

It’s Christmas so of course it’s time for a festive beer, a polar beer, from a Polar Bear Bar. Like a Christmas cracker tongue twister, It’s A Polar Bear Beer Bar. Find out everything you need to know about how to make a bar out of a polar bear. Forget rust for a bit, let's focus on pouring the perfect pint of ice cool draft Moretti beer, from a very special custom bar, made from the most festive of bears, A Polar Bear. This could be the world's coolest man cave toy!