That looked so much fun. Definitely character building - well done to Mr. Best for not going postal. As mentioned below - you guys really should have way, way more subscribers. One of the best channels on YT. You're all legends, especially Ted. I shall buy a Foden t-shirt and bemuse my friends.
@blxtothis
8 ай бұрын
No they were always sh!te!
@paulsandford3345
10 ай бұрын
As someone who drove and repaired a chieftain nearly everyday for 7 year, I can honestly say, it's like everything if you look after it, it will look after you!
@lesjones471
9 ай бұрын
Did you ever change spark plugs on the Centurion tank which took 24 hours to change
@paulsandford3345
9 ай бұрын
@@lesjones471, I worked on Cents but no, I never changed the plugs. In fact 1992 I drove the second last Centurion in service with the British army, down to the rail flats to go back to the UK from Munster Larger. The last one was driven straight to the tank museum in Munster Larger. As an armoured engineer we still had Centurion AVREs until that time.
@steven9562
7 ай бұрын
@paulsandford3345 what was the reg number of your chieftain
@steven9562
7 ай бұрын
Did the owner get the stab kit fixed on this
@paulsandford3345
7 ай бұрын
@@steven9562, it was over 25 years ago, and I drove quite a few different AVLBs and AVREs, as well as Spartan CVRTs! In Germany, Canada and Bosnia! I was 31AES for my entire 7 years in the army!
@russelldavis8415
9 ай бұрын
Chieftain was built to RUN, main problem was they were stored in hangers for months at a time before going on ranges or exercise. This caused seals to dry out and have leaks, problem was solved when they used to run them round the camp for a couple of laps every week. Served in the RTR from1975-89.
@hypergolic8468
9 ай бұрын
You weren't driving them backwards so the odometer wasn't putting miles on were you? 😁😁
@mikebrase5161
9 ай бұрын
Im retired US Army back in the 90's once a week we had to go down to the motor pool and start the track up and run it for 30 minutes. I was a Mortarman on 106A2's and then 1064's.
@will.s4611
9 ай бұрын
which RTR my old man was 3RTR he said same thing
@nigeh5326
9 ай бұрын
Well said 👍 any vehicle left to stand can become a problem, whether a car, a motorcycle, a van or a lorry. When serviced by a good team and run regularly most of the issues won’t crop up
@gaptaxi
9 ай бұрын
Yes, Came back from NI in 1976 and started them up and the Neoprene Seals were bursting all over Hohne Camp, Queeee Deeeeee Geees!
@markrainford1219
10 ай бұрын
Don't care what you say, that engine sounded fantastic when it was warmed up.
@alimack5489
10 ай бұрын
It was a safety feature for those tanks fitted with Leyland engines. You’d never actually make it to the front lines so complete survivability for the crews
@koenvangeleuken2853
10 ай бұрын
that is one explanation- but me ithink the Leyland engineers were bought by the Russians.
@thomasshepard6030
10 ай бұрын
Or as long as the workers had plenty of toilet paper 🧻
@clivemortimore8203
10 ай бұрын
The average Leyland L60 engine done more miles in the back of a REME FV434 than in any Chieftain.
@CZ350tuner
10 ай бұрын
When I was in the Army, back in 1979, I was informed that if 20 Chieftains were sent into action, 19 would break down on the way and the remaining one would break down when it arrived.
@TeddyBear-ii4yc
9 ай бұрын
@@CZ350tuner you lot only know about our xxxx-ups cos you saw them! If we're bad then what would Russian tanks be like for maintenance when the current officer class is selling the logistics chain off! They're selling the diesel, the spare engines... their troops must know theirs is a "me first" fxxx-up army as they abandon their vehicles first chance they get.
@bend1483
10 ай бұрын
The windows startup, shutdown and error sound effects were absolutely inspired. Had me spraying my tea.
@montarakid1943
4 ай бұрын
Ahh, did not understand what that was all about. Now I get it. Thanks for the "heads up." Oh, and yeah. "Don't put water in the fuel tank." Got it first time.
@JoshDoughty-y8q
9 ай бұрын
My father was a gunnery instructor on the chieftain he was in the 3rd tanks. we lived in bovington camp. When I went to school it wasn't cars going along the main road it was scorpion, and chieftain tanks, it was a good job you could hear them coming lol
@RupertBear412
10 ай бұрын
seeing that chaps facial expressions brought back so memories for me of Chieftain Drivers covered in oil maintaining their tanks
@h418lfc
10 ай бұрын
What a beaut. My attendance at primary school was around 80%, no fault of mine, we had a Leyland daf minibus as a school bus.
@ianmangham4570
10 ай бұрын
😅
@kwinterburn
10 ай бұрын
We used to use an old carburettor on a piece of wood over the intake , 2 stroke oil mix , start the engine on that , once it's running and warming up chase the air out , works on most old diesel's and petrol engines when resurrecting , really just gives you extra hands and removes some of the uncertainty
@LaLaLand.Germany
10 ай бұрын
That´s actually really clever! Never heard of or seen that in the Tube. Never heard of this -ever. I have to remember that, Thanks, Mate!
@thomasfx3190
10 ай бұрын
That’s genius. Nicely done.
@grahambandy6067
10 ай бұрын
That is something I'd forgotten that I knew, but yes....my dad taught me that one
@TeddyBear-ii4yc
9 ай бұрын
Is that a version of those cold-start aerosols? Or the same principle?
@mickvonbornemann3824
9 ай бұрын
Aided by the fact opposed piston diesels are generally good multifuelers
@JK-zx3go
Ай бұрын
The Window sounds.....Chefs kiss.
@chrissmith7655
10 ай бұрын
Hi,NOT CLEVER ENOUGH??? You and Adam got a bloody tank going. That's more than clever. Many thanks for the entertainment.
@paulthompson881
10 ай бұрын
6 gears in that box guys. On that ground you should be in 3rd in 25 meters. Cleanest burn L60 I've seen.
@MrHewes
10 ай бұрын
Only 15 clicks on the recon 13A2 engine
@markbrennan4693
9 ай бұрын
Love that sound, brings back memories . Lived just a few miles from Vickers Barnbow Leeds. They used to run them around the testing ground making that wonderful whirring music.
@Bob.Jenkins
9 ай бұрын
Christ, that brought some memories back... none of them good, mind - but memories none the less.
@timbrocklehurst875
10 ай бұрын
British Leyland measure thier success by the size of their profits. Or more accurately, they measure their failure by the size of their losses. - Sir Humphery Appleby, Yes Minister
@davidmcgrath-r8c
10 ай бұрын
I did a couple of postings to tank regiments and a few batus exercises. The l60 is reasonably good if maintained and obviously fed clean fuel. Problem is that you guys are working on stuff that’s been standing and is generally not being looked after . It’s a bit sad to think that these tanks were the pride and joy of a crew and looked after by a knowledgeable fitter section and now this ….
@stevenbreach2561
10 ай бұрын
The bean counters at the MOD never allowed the mileage needed to keep the engine in trim.And you know a diesel needs miles to keep it sweet
@meyrickgriffith-jones3908
10 ай бұрын
You are absolutely right. True the early engines suffered - and they never recovered their reputation. Poor air cleaner maintenance was one cause. The other was the seals between liner and coolant passages. It was a tight fit, on a thin cast iron L shaped lip. Which cracked = lots of white glycol smoke. However, once the O ring sealed, uprated engines came in they were pretty reliable. We trundled the first batch of DU Fin rounds, 2000 miles at MVEE without a breakdown, and so it went on. It was a very good engine once Ernie Wonacott, the MVEE engineer got to it and sorted it. He got quite a few extra horses out of it too with the exhaust mods.
@mickvonbornemann3824
9 ай бұрын
@@stevenbreach2561 absolutely
@nigeh5326
9 ай бұрын
Same as any motorcycle, car, van or lorry if you service it and keep it in use it will be ok. But if you lay it up when you come back it will be a grumpy pissed off vehicle that will not play ball
@mikeross4
9 ай бұрын
Quite a few years ago I met the man who designed the turret of the Chieftain tank. He was quite proud of what he had done.
@Tokenator666
10 ай бұрын
Working with such quality of machinery in such mint condition one wonders why you boys make such a meal of things. Keep it up lads.
@slob12
9 ай бұрын
A beautiful tank.......queens silver jubilee 1977 sennelager ranges....i was there with my family as a kid...what a sight seeing all those chieftains drive by with not a single breakdown😊
@MikeBanks2003
9 ай бұрын
I used to put a flame into the intake manifold, using a piece of cloth soaked in methylated spirit wrapped and tied around a length of fencing wire. One holds it in the air stream entering the inlet manifold. The cave-man's glow plug we called it. Starts damn near any diesel engine.
@robertkirk4387
9 ай бұрын
I remember these from my time with 1RTR in Germany back in the eighties, they were always breaking down.
@philsteele7151
10 ай бұрын
Ex REME guy i worked with said you had a que of people waiting to recover lost tools whenever you did a pack lift.
@yereverluvinuncleber
10 ай бұрын
Give the old girl a break, she is, after all, over 60 years old and I think she looks/runs very good for her age.
@rorybrown9750
10 ай бұрын
I was in the Army in the Seventies, I always thought that the L60 was a deliberate attempt of sabotage by " Red Robbo" and his band of communists over at Leyland. In fairness I don't think it was designed to have the L60 at 650hp. I think the original spec was for a 1200 hp Rolls Royce engine. Usual MOD incompetence and cost cutting at the expense of our troops.
@nigeh5326
9 ай бұрын
Red Robbo and BL cars had nothing to do with the L60. The L60 was designed in the 50s to meet a NATO requirement for a multi fuel engine by BL before they bought Triumph in 1960 and Rover in 67. Red Robbo at Longbridge (Austin) and the guys at Cowley (Morris), Solihull (Rover) and Coventry (Jaguar) etc had nothing to do with it. If Britain had ignored the NATO requirement, as other countries did, and had made the L60 a Diesel engine or gone for the Rolls Royce diesel Chieftain would have been fine.
@1chish
10 ай бұрын
The Windows XP chimes were beautifully timed Mr Hewes! But of course you got the tank started ..... Even without Ted around to supervise.
@chromiumphotography5138
9 ай бұрын
I recognise this Chieftain - have got many photos of her, been inside the turret etc, glad to see you have her running again. She used to live up Brookfoot, near Brighouse, West Yorks.
@guestyladonps442
9 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing got videos of it broken down at Yorkshire wartime experience.
@johncook3817
10 ай бұрын
You hear lots of jokes about British leyland but I have to say that my experience of leyland tractors was very good . I have had 262, 272 472 tractors as well as the 804 . Good reliable machines! Another great video keep up the good work!!
@willtricks9432
10 ай бұрын
I sat next to many Gardener engines as a youth, just able to see over the engine cover while thundering down the roads with my father. Great sound.
@Muninman
9 ай бұрын
I lived next door to Gardener in High Legh, Cheshire. Nice bloke. Had a donkey called Daniel.
@mack1541
10 ай бұрын
its not very often you see a chieftain running that cleanly but at least its running and you did'nt have to pull the pack
@KevSturdy
10 ай бұрын
Was gonna say the same mate one of the cleanest smokers ive seen & ive seen a few
@MrHewes
10 ай бұрын
Brand new engine done 15 clicks
@johanmetreus1268
10 ай бұрын
@@MrHewes so around 47000 feet for the American audience?
@montarakid1943
4 ай бұрын
@@johanmetreus1268 Or about 9 + miles.
@mwnciboo
10 ай бұрын
Chieftain -- with a better powerpack could have been exceptional. As It is kind of a flawed genius. This one coughed, hiccuped, sneezed and shit itself in one go.
@FrontSideBus
10 ай бұрын
Didn't they make some for the Saudi's or somebody with Perkins CV12's in them?
@misterquintus
10 ай бұрын
@@FrontSideBus Jordananian
@TheEasystart
10 ай бұрын
I love the problem solving between you two... 'Why's it doing that then'? 'I don't fuc*ing know'. 😆
@kevhunta
10 ай бұрын
that spanner drop, class
@MrHewes
10 ай бұрын
Never to be seen again
@dustyfarmer
10 ай бұрын
MrFunnel makes funnels that will separate water out of fuel. They actually work & I own one, they come in different sizes & flow rates. Might be handy.
@richardjoseph9002
10 ай бұрын
Why was there water in the diesel?
@dustyfarmer
10 ай бұрын
@@richardjoseph9002 Because in England it rains on 364 days of the year & on the other day it pisses down.
@richardjoseph9002
10 ай бұрын
@@dustyfarmer 😆
@FrontSideBus
10 ай бұрын
She sounds really nice when she was running tbh. Interesting to see an early one without the stillbrew armour and big NBC pack. The GUE is a lifesaver in these situations eh?
@lesscott3435
10 ай бұрын
Evidently not a trained driver or mechanic! Multiple fails on bleeding the steering and checking engine oil levels. Good luck keeping that bad boy running like that.
@BigButtocks967
10 ай бұрын
British leyland were fine as long as you don’t buy one that was made on a Monday morning, Friday afternoon, just before they went on strike or just after they came back from being on strike.
@mrrolandlawrence
10 ай бұрын
should you avoid all those obstacles, the superb management could hit you with the classic lineup of marina, princess, maxi & allegro.
@good-ql6un
10 ай бұрын
But every part needs to not be made on any of those days
@Pugjamin
10 ай бұрын
But that leaves 25 minutes on a Wednesday afternoon every 6th week?
@GlideYNRG
10 ай бұрын
Or just after lunch? 😊
@stoneylonesome4062
10 ай бұрын
I had an easier time keeping my Citroën SM running, than my Jaguar XJ6
@philstaples8122
10 ай бұрын
That's quite an early Chieftain that hasn't been upgraded Mk1 with upgraded commanders cupola or a Mk2 ), old style NBC kit and 50 cal ranging gun hole not welded over, at least it got the updated commanders hatch. Maybe it was a training tank. There were a few of those still at5 Catterick back in 1984 when I did my basic training.
@markellis7819
10 ай бұрын
You didn't notice the SP registration ?
@philstaples8122
10 ай бұрын
Didn't notice that but I remumber us having a few SP pieces of kit in heavy track troop back in 87 at Bovy @@markellis7819
@johnhughes8016
10 ай бұрын
@@markellis7819thats the first thing you notice ... we were the last ones to use Ch in the middle 90’s at SPTA as the Armoured Sqn...a true love/hate relationship...
@markellis7819
10 ай бұрын
@@johnhughes8016 You understand what an SP registration is?
@johnhughes8016
10 ай бұрын
@@markellis7819 after 25years in the RAC, I’m pretty sure I know what SP on a reg plate means..... pretty sure..... Sarcasm, an often underrated form of communication......
@stephenbrockett710
10 ай бұрын
You’d get a kick in the arse when l was an apprentice for using that nut stuffer on all those hexes.Makes servicing harder for the next mug.Lucky you are working with good metal there.Even with a quality socket applied rice metal bolt heads lose their flats.
@Monsoon-sd6vr
9 ай бұрын
The Chieftain tank was an embarrassment to the UK. Those who served in BAOR in the 1970s well remember it.
@koenvangeleuken2853
10 ай бұрын
when the Dutch army tested the chieftain against the leopard,they liked the gun and the armour- but they were apallled by the mechanics of the thing. and of course they had to put in a new engine after 2400 km(broken piston ) and the engine room was a bloody mess, oil everywhere.....their comment was " badly constructed, bad workmanship and ineffective or inexistant quality control. " for the dutch army reliability was a major factor- atankwith a good gun,good armour but sits in the workshop all the time is not only no use, it also takes manpower and space away....no use. they chose the Leopard.
@andrewallen9993
10 ай бұрын
You mean they chose an MRAP made out of a split window VW hippie kombi in Rhodesia instead????
@koenvangeleuken2853
10 ай бұрын
that must be the strangest comment i ever read.@@andrewallen9993
@andyreynolds6194
10 ай бұрын
@@andrewallen9993which tells you exactly how poorly they thought of the Chieftain…
@paoloviti6156
10 ай бұрын
I know next to nothing about the Chieftain regarding it's reliability and so on because as an Italian I was driving in the 1972 the Leopard 1A2 and was very reliable. Personally I liked it very much and even enjoyed it it. What a shame I couldn't take it home...
@lukefriesenhahn8186
10 ай бұрын
They chose the Leopards because the whole engine package can come out the back and me hoisted with a crane.
@Joshie2256
10 ай бұрын
I'm never so happy I went into electronics in my military service as when I watch a video like this. Well done though!
@Pugjamin
10 ай бұрын
“I’ll get it; I’ll get it, you get up” What was in Joe’s head: “if I don’t get that spanner for him, he’s going postal”
@vmax42dave
9 ай бұрын
As a child i used to live in Doedesied (Osnabruck) across the road from a Tank Regiment. Many a night usualy around 02.00 am would hear the Chieftains driving up the Tank road - awesome sound that still brings back fond memories from the early 70's ! 👍
@russelldavis8415
Ай бұрын
@@vmax42dave Would that be across from 4th Armd Brig, York Bks, not too far from Gremendorf pub?? that would be 4 RTR.
@vmax42dave
Ай бұрын
@@russelldavis8415 Dodeside I remember their sign Skull and crossbones on a black back ground !
@russelldavis8415
Ай бұрын
@@vmax42dave That would be the 17/21 lancers, they do not have a cap badge like other Regiments, they wear a “Moto”. I think we were the Regiment that Replaced them, our guys all wore Black Denims, exclusive to the Tank Regiment, all other Regiments wore Green Denims.
@garyevans5335
10 ай бұрын
TBF, if Leyland had made an engine that could run on dirty water, they would have made a fortune 😂😂
@notsohairybiker
10 ай бұрын
Adjustable and a hammer, Chieftain tool kit. Sorted.
@mikecrees159
10 ай бұрын
I am 80 years of age and when i was your age i would have loved do the work you do..my father was in REME
@Chris.Davies
9 ай бұрын
That M600 is not a piece of trash. It's an amazing car with the best bus motor of all time in it. :) I'd have it in a heartbeat.
@IXIBobOhIXI
9 ай бұрын
She sounds so healthy in the end compared to the beginning!
@steveascension9626
4 ай бұрын
There are moments when Mr. Best seems to have the angstiest eyes on the globe.
@GHOOGLEMALE
10 ай бұрын
Thats the nicest sounding bit of kit yet - Good ole Leyland
@maudiusorelius1739
10 ай бұрын
OMG that look Adam gave at 12 minutes in when he dropped his spanner, I felt it in my soul 🤣
@mikehaines6520
10 ай бұрын
Used to work with some of the older lads who formally worked for BL in Abingdon, the stories that they told were unbelievable, - or maybe not, - both the way the vehicles were built and the working environment, horrendous, yet at one time these cars were the pinnacle of British engineering.
@ianlitchfield9273
10 ай бұрын
BL in Abingdon ? Do you mean Hartwell or the MG factory ?
@poguemahone5476
10 ай бұрын
An old boy at work told me he bought a Leyland brand new once. It came with a notepad for you to write down everything that was wrong with it when you took it back.😅
@gdutfulkbhh7537
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely. And they were rusty when they arrived.
@schwabrichard9829
10 ай бұрын
That reminds me of a actual incident. Back in the 1970`s Harley Davidson had some major issues. A brand new bike still in the crate is going to be assembled in a Kansas dealer. Upon opening a hand written letter is found. It says, if this pile of junk runs you will be lucky!!!!
@eoghanhayes7699
10 ай бұрын
Those windows noises cracked me up
@damaddog8065
9 ай бұрын
I was told by my daddy that a boat is a hole in the water that you throw money in. There are some expensive cars out there, but a personal armored R.V. can such money out of your pockets like there is no tomorrow. Dang, just filling the fuel tank up requires a Morgage.
@kevinchamberlain7928
10 ай бұрын
British Leyland were indeed shite but in fairness, the Chieftain is built like a tank.
@normplatt7549
10 ай бұрын
Your hard work much enjoyed ! Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing!
@jean-louisbeaufils5699
10 ай бұрын
I am French and it hurts to say this, but after the FT17 this is the best tank EVER. That is, a tank that in its time was most ahead of the competition. The FT17 defined what a tank should be and had, by definition, no competition. But after the FT17 there were two tanks that were head, shoulders and knees above the competition in their time: The Centurion and the Chieftain.
@emceedoctorb3022
9 ай бұрын
Not really. The T64 was the most way ahead of its time tank of the era. First smoothbore gun, first composite armour, laser range finder. The list goes on. The Chieftain was the most ahead of its time Western tank but not of its generation. Of course, the Chieftain was let down by some terrible design compromises, especially the engine thanks the American idea of the multi fuel engine that the British stubbornly stuck to but everyone else quietly dropped, that led to it being a bit of a failure. It is a fact that during its life only around 15% of the Chieftain fleet were operational at any one time.
@jpaulc441
9 ай бұрын
It shouldn't hurt to say that. It just means you're mature enough to not have your opinion shaped by National pride. I like the French Rafale over the Eurofighter and don't care if my fellow Brits disagree with me!
@P5YcHoM4N
9 ай бұрын
Nothing more enjoyable than lifting a pack. It's like Christmas with all of the buckshee tools you can school up.
@Azureecosse
5 ай бұрын
Mechanical wizard with the eyes of a serial killer.
@jonathanlever9402
10 ай бұрын
I know that feeling very well been there a few times myself, although I didnt get behind the controls of a tank afterwards. Is refreshing to see the humility as opposed to seeing fake smiles.
@martinjames9250
6 ай бұрын
Loving the sound effects! I could get all misty eyed.... Was that Windows64 ??? 😂
@gaptaxi
9 ай бұрын
You have an experimental model, hence ``SP´´ on the number plate, The Chieftain is the best tank in the World, as long as you break down in a good hull down fire position! Not really joking as the L60 was a great Generating or Marine Engine using constant revs, but a Tank goes through the gears like a Fiddler´s Elbow. Then they decide Multi Fuel must be the NATO norm and that killed it dead. I have heard that later marks with stronger engines performed very well with stronger engines, If you had the old engine it had 650 HP, but the Aircleaner toof off 100 HP. Until the Isralis designed the Electric Air Filter, the Chieftain was very much an UK/Israeli devolopment, but Harold Wilson had to refuse Exporting them to Israel as the Arabs threatened an Oil Embargo against the UK just before the Six Day War. The Challenger 1 was just an up armoured version of Chieftain! I was the Gunner, but spent most of my days covered from head to foot in stinking Diesel, wash you hair in Arieal for a few years and wonder where your hair went! :) Great days, great mates, but a Hump O´Junk as my Troop Sergeant even these days refers to it!
@gregk.6723
9 ай бұрын
You are to make tea with the water, and not try to run a tank on it.
@richsmith7200
8 ай бұрын
Beautiful tank. A surplus store in bakersfield had a Chieftain for sale a few years ago...
@MrTubbymarshall
9 ай бұрын
As a young apprentice pipe fitter I worked a few times at Chilwell Depot in the late ‘70’s and I watched in awe as these monsters were taken out and put through their paces on the test track. The howl they made seemed as if your could hear it for miles around. Unfortunately the Depot is closed to this type of work now so all we have left are memories of the sound of this lovely beast.
@bensouthwell1339
9 ай бұрын
they could wake the dead when crossed the cobbles
@lesjones471
9 ай бұрын
When in Germany on exercise you would get the odd tank going off the road going down hill and into the woods knocking/chopping trees down which could be 24" in Dia
@stewartbrown8115
6 ай бұрын
I served my time in 38 central Though i don't recall having any pipefitters in the workhop
@johnnunn8688
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, that cinder block will deffo stop it buggering off. 🤦♂️ I didn’t think it started as there was no smoke!
@khrystree9233
10 ай бұрын
Constantly amazed by the engineering in the Chieftain..... Everything was thought of ( apart from actually fighting a battle 😕)
@ian_987
10 ай бұрын
Every time I think about how cool it might be to own a tank, I see a video like this and realise that I'm not prepared to put up with the cost and aggravation of doing so, much less have the technical skills to work on it.
@normanedwards7220
10 ай бұрын
Please consider before buying a tank that almost every part that went in to building it was custom made for that model , even bought -in units ......engines were the standard engine ....but quite a few of the parts were not standard , the crankshaft for example , looks identical to the standard part but is far from it , it is made to military spec , the main difference is the quality of the steel , I used to repair these things for our queen , the parts list is staggering, and even we could not get all we needed ,
@bensouthwell1339
9 ай бұрын
As someone who done the consumption tests on these tanks the cost of fuel would make you cry.
@robertbennett9949
9 ай бұрын
A Trabant would be more fun......much the same noise.....and you can use the 2 stroke max for a nostalgia kick.
@ian_987
9 ай бұрын
@@normanedwards7220 Dont worry, ive gone classic car instead - still ruinous but an order of magnitude less
@dickdegraaff5452
10 ай бұрын
Dear Joseph, Whatever is going on with this tank I have to say that the sound of the engine is impressive in special caused by the whistle from the turbo. Water in the fuel is never good of course, but in the end the engine in this tank seemed to run well, even though the engine did not charge the batteries. It’s always better than all the water in my head😀. I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
@jameslynch7826
10 ай бұрын
Not turbocharged It’s Supercharged And they are shit, I spent years crewing them. Mark 13
@williamcarl4200
10 ай бұрын
Once while struggling with a pesky engine my wife appeared and asked if it was fixed yet? The wrench I had in my hand was never seen again.
@markstott6689
10 ай бұрын
I think I just hallucinated. Whilst Joe was checking all the levels, I swear that I could smell the garage where my father worked when I was a child in 70's and early 80's. It was quite surreal. Of course, it could be the fact the children woke me at an ungodly hour this morning. 😊😊❤❤❤😊😊
@scraggy983
10 ай бұрын
@Mr Hewes, I presume you do realise that the GUE is for, well, generating. It is also the way to warm the main engine prior to attempting to start. Very, very rarely was the main engine started WITHOUT the GUE running first, it help to stop knackering the driving batteries...
@russelldavis8415
Ай бұрын
@@scraggy983 First task of the day, Hydraulic start, not electric start.
@Rich77UK
10 ай бұрын
These engine are multifuel...You're telling me water wasnt one of them?!
@FrontSideBus
10 ай бұрын
I've always wondered how you make one of these run on petrol.
@Rich77UK
10 ай бұрын
@FrontSideBus that's a good point. I wonder if it had plugs that didn't fire if on Kerosene or diesel? Must be high compression though.
@iggysfriend4431
10 ай бұрын
That's a spanner you'll never see again.
@anthonywilson4873
9 ай бұрын
They do not run on water that’s for sure. When running the engine sounded fine.
@Micge
10 ай бұрын
Which British tank would be your absolute favorite to own and make fucken mint? I'm kinda partial to a Cent 5, but I might have to go with Comet. We had some here in Finland and in use untill 1970's, but they were all sold at auction in 2007.
@gowdsake7103
10 ай бұрын
The british armys stubbornness in keeping the multifuel engine was such a bad idea Apart from that crap engine it was actually a very good tank
@johnbarham7718
10 ай бұрын
I know its hindsight, but the level of maintenance observed during the prestart checks, would have indicated that the fuel filters would be worth a inspection before start.
@johnnunn8688
10 ай бұрын
I seem to recall Joe asking if they should do that and Adam replied in the negative.
@johnbarham7718
10 ай бұрын
sorry ,yes but te helpers should have ignored that given what they had observed previously.@@johnnunn8688
@AdamBest1920
10 ай бұрын
We were talking about priming the oil filters
@johnbarham7718
10 ай бұрын
Yes you were, sorry. .. It depends of course on how long it had been since the previous sucessful run. Still fun to watch, but not necessarily for you, as its always easier for the person who has come to assist, rather than the owner. @@AdamBest1920
@stevedangerous1
10 ай бұрын
😂 Ace thanks matey.
@davegreenwood7575
10 ай бұрын
Well done.! Proper L.A.D work. Cept you got it going.
@damon1957ful
7 ай бұрын
Spent 12yrs BAOR in the 70s and 8os on chieftain great tank no engine issues only one fan drive belt snaped, i hated track bashing in the field , with only one suspension pack needed chaging, if service correctly they would run ok , cold , damo,and smelly and if you spilt fuel out of the jerry can the fuel would gather and run around the flotation ring and seep in to the drivers cab and boy would you have an headache , allway scuffed chins and if someone pinched any of your drivers tool do the same to others!!!!! great commardary love my time in the Army
@cuthbertdingleberry2325
10 ай бұрын
16:11 I’ve seen some things. I’ve done some things. You weren’t there man, you can’t know the pain….
@geoffgostick6734
9 ай бұрын
Just a shame you didn't use the 2 drain taps on the two fuel base tanks either side and below the cooling fans. Specifically designed to drain any water from the fuel system before starting up.
@nigeh5326
9 ай бұрын
Yep water in the system is common in older diesels, hence the drain taps
@johnnyjrotten59
10 ай бұрын
I have 2 p6 Rovers, the 60's Rover one and the 70's Leyland one. The Rover one does not rust and the chrome is still there.
@chrishavard5871
10 ай бұрын
I feel your pain,my first car was an 80's Rover SD1. If you were quiet at night you could hear it rusting.
@craigpimlott204
10 ай бұрын
@@chrishavard5871but not worse than an Alfa sud or any of that jap junk that come here in the 70’s .non of them are seen at classic car shows now .there’s BL stuff still showing up …Lancia stopped selling to the public after so many warranty claims for rust .just built for motorsport after that ..
@high1voltage1rules
9 ай бұрын
there's nothing out there that can sound better than the tank engine! what a sound......
@loyndsy
4 ай бұрын
Adam is one cool dude
@hairybustard4247
10 ай бұрын
I take it the breeze block in the tracks was the “handbrick”?
@outbackgearforu
9 ай бұрын
I got a Land Rover defender and it’s got an oil patch under it just like the chieftain tank,British engineering requires oil leaking
@lorrainedixon4440
9 ай бұрын
She has stayed remarkably old school, I think she even has the old metal bazooka plates. I did 18 years on tanks, loved this old smelly!
@theolfella-d2u
10 ай бұрын
My personal view is that you n the crew are the top utube vloggers on the net. Should have more viewers. Love everything. The Ole Fella from Downunda Greg.
@kiwidonkeyk1656
10 ай бұрын
another barn that just happens to have a tank in it. My world is just far too boring
@bensouthwell1339
9 ай бұрын
I worked on these tanks in Vickers Armstrong works Newcastle and they were a sack of shit from start to finish. Part of the trial was to try and get them to drive out of the factory before they broke down. For every twenty Chieftain we built we also built a Recovery Tank, it should have been one for one. The Leyland engine was the start and end of its trouble better men than I will tell us why Rolls Royce were overlooked. In its favour the gun was up there with the best of them so we were told, never being on the receiving end I cannot confirm this. Still on the bright side most were built and sold to Persia for the Shah so Iran are stuck with them though I did repair a few for dare I say a middle east country that had quite a lot of Jewish chaps driving them during an arms embargo! The Official Act forbids me to name the country Up to seventeen years in jail was the the warning to the work force as I remember in the sexy seventies The Chieftain a tank best forgotten even with the dozer blade fitted.
@jayeff3196
10 ай бұрын
Feckin Windows eh....😂😂😂 The face when he dropped that spanner 😮
@garybrown5500
10 ай бұрын
Started my career working on Leyland Cars. They were happy days, anyone remember STAVI training with presenter Michael Rod? P.s love the Windows boot up/down, sounds like me keep accidently leaning on my PC : )
@wazza33racer
9 ай бұрын
some diesels can be really stubborn to bleed......the Detroit Series 60 being one of the worst I have encountered. Typically anything with an inline old skool pump bleeds pretty well. Did the Chieftain have a means of draining water out the fuel tank?
@ianwestmoreland5950
10 ай бұрын
Well done gents, the owner will be happy it's running, even if Adam Best isn't! British Leyland's attempts to run a diesel engine on water failed! - Possibly the fuel tank was designed with a hole in the top, to catch any leaking coolant etc. Tomorrow's another day Adam, hopefully a happier one! 😁👍😁
@robertanderson-yx8mo
10 ай бұрын
They made some good buses,the leopard and the tiger.
@Eisen_Jaeger
10 ай бұрын
Seems Adam's having a day of it.
@MrHewes
10 ай бұрын
He was having a bashing
@ianrichardson93
7 ай бұрын
Served with several tank regiments in BAOR not as a VM but Instrument Technician. Loved my time with Chieftains.
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