I was a CVRT Spartan driver back in the 80’s, I had a clutch go in the middle of nowhere… myself and the commander striped the tank down and replaced it. A hell of a job with basic CS tools and some tools from our Techs. Nice to see the original Jaguar engine in place 👍
I think the reason this tank failed was because it was too twitchy for a conscript; you'd have to love the machine to make it work. In the Army, especially tankers, hitting it twice as hard with a bigger hammer is about as sophisticated as they like to get. Not really their fault when the privates would much rather be somewhere else.... but for a collector this seems to be the ideal tank to have.
biggest issues I had driving these for years was the fuel system and the points (before they modded the ignition system). Doing the point was a right pita armour off, drivers seat out firewall out just to sort out the poxy points.....grrrr
Spent 3 years working on cvrt's in a first line LAD pulled many a box and engine out, one suggestion I would make is to fit a spare gen gelt and secure it out of the way , saves a whole load of messing when they snap look forward to having fun when putting the quill shafts back in. If you don't get it back within 5 mins then get some one else to try
No worries mate we are happy thst you still did give us a fix . Im not shaking so much now the fix is sorted out now 😅😅😅. Graham did a great job giving us our fix .😅
Glad you made the move and landed your dream job! That you had you own channel would make you an ideal candidate for this! Great to see you on screen again!
Take two of the NBC locks of the back door of the spartan to fit the drive splines when you pul them out . Little tip that a cvrt track pin will fit the bolts on the generator if that needs working on in the future.
Gearbox input Oil pump drive shaft. They do fail but not on the extent of what he said. When the Cummings engine was retro fitted to CVR T then they had serious issues with the pump shaft. The Gearbox works on Oil Pressure so once the Input pump drive shaft fails. All gears are lost. It drives all the time the engine is running and independent of the centrifugal clutch. You will always have to remove the drivers seat, Fire Wall and 'T' Piece to remove the Gearbox. Enjoy the experience!
My Dad passed away in August and I had a bunch of old junky tools I gave to his mechanic friend. I kept the nice matco set he's always had. That kids got a bunch of old tools though to make into whatever he needs when the time comes.
It doesn't compare in difficulty, but I remember the instructions in the owner's manual of the Austin America my mother had in my teens for changing the oil - "Remove the old oil filter, using whatever force may be necessary."
look up "Woods Metal " and Mr Gellers stunts will become more obvious, You can cast a spoon in woods metal and hand it to somebody to stir the sugar in their coffee and ther look on their face when they see the bottom has melted off the spoon as they stirred their coffee
My grandfather, whom was later a tech teacher, passed his diagnostic engineering course with 110% final grade. He did so by making his own tools to work out the problem on the broken cars they were given, as there weren't enough to go around for the entire class during their final exam. This reminds me a lot of his stories.
I honestly wish I had just a tenth of the talent these blokes have with machinery. My dad was bloody good at it being a trucker driver. But I'm a mechanical dud. I can sell pretty much anything though...
been there seen that, all good fun, some things are bolted in so well, you wonder why bother, and those bolts are usually still there because nobody ever bothered to remove those parts, when replacing the awkward bolts are generally left off which is when that term, 'somebody's been here' comes into play - incidentally, we backward engineer some parts for CVRT, got a load of complete fans and still waiting on belts to come in via Mars i think a good cheat before removing engine and/or gearbox, do laser alignment between input/output where the shaft goes and double check that interconnecting drive shaft is for diesel or petrol respectively, no doubt you know that, i had to learn that one
It’s always impressive to see the hard work you all put in these machines, and then think how a drone worth a few hundreds can basically render any of them useless. Thanks for your content.
I am glad to see the workshop is back to business as usual. I hope that each and everyone there had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Looking forward to more videos.
TBH Graham is kinda my hero. Bro just up and restores his own tank, one day says “eff all this” and drops everything to move away and pursue his dream. You go, dude.
I've adapted so many wrenches for specific tasks during my life time. I usually tried to use cheap wrenches, not my expensive ones. I retired in 2016 and gave my shop and tools to my grandson to support his growing family.
You can get a set of Starter Wrenches that are made just like you made. They were designed for starter bolts that were back behind the starter. Also, a set of offset open-end wrenches that had one end at almost 90 degrees to the other end are worth their weight in gold. Some old German mechanic is laughing at your getting the short end of the shaft.
2:28 you've never worked in a workshop, if you've never made a mess on the floor. Period. I can 100% say this, because even in Bugatti's (from the days of the Veyron) picture perfect shop, with revolving tiles that slide away from the engine rack that's affixed to the floor on a track, and all that jazz and bling... there's puddle stains. :) They cleaned them well, but they're still visible.
Thank you for another great video, I would love to have a autographed photo of the WorkShop Wednesday crew. Keep the videos coming as always Stay Safe and take care.
Thanks lads, see Darrel still looks a bit rough around the edges, although with the usual smile of confidence 😮😂 Look forward as always to the next video. Best wishes to you all.
Great to have Graham there explains thing to the T. Can I ask what he is doing with his tank and jeep.It would be great to do a video on the build of the jeep?
A bit of a job going on this CVRT that needs to be done. Sometimes I think you need long spaghetti size fingers to work on the very narrow points 🤦♂️🤦♂️! But you guys are already doing a great job 👍👍👍
@@Daniel-S1 Yes, I had a look after seeing this. It seems there was an upgrade program for the CVRT that included a diesel engine and automatic transmission.
Make sure the coolant is always up to spec on that Jaguar Engine because they have very long head studs that go all the way down to the Main bearing area and guess what when they snap and they do they almost always snap way down the bottom. That of course requires some home made very long extensions to drill and remove the broken stud, Almost as bad as the pages in the Workshop manual on the Jaguar V 12's where they show you where to take the hacksaw to the heads to cut them into three pieces when they just will not come off. Not as concerning as having to use alloy plates and panelbeaters hydraulic spreaders to remove Ferrari Cylinder heads if they have been neglected coolant wise. So Guys you have been warned be totally anal when it comes to coolant in those Saracen Alvis Sabre variants to save yourselves future grief
On my first 1970 BMW, I had to remove the horrible short and flat seat and replace it with a better and adjustable one, so I needed a very slim top to do it. An ordinary top couldn't do it!
do you know that they got drain points under the personals carrier to drain all fluids all water and oil they are little inspection caps you going a crawl under personals carrier with a rattle gun with socket's undo the bolts let the plates drop and you will find a tap turn it on and oil and water come out off it and the engines are in pack frame so you can pull it out quicker and go back to work all you have to do is release quick connection and pull the engine out and for you do that have to take the cross member off what the front of the Armour bolts on 👍👍
There are days when I reckon some of these designers just did things to be mean… starter motor in the valley of a V8, starter under the exhaust manifold (of course, if the starter isn’t working, odds are the manifold will be cold, but still)… thanks Graham and all at AAAM.
at 2:48 do you why the engines supposed come out first > how do you supposed to do it > take the two Dive yolks off,unplug all the quicker electrical connection they all should be in the same area,take cross member of 3 bolts on either side pull if off and get a crane and pull the whole engine out as one unit because they're packed units all British personnel carriers in the 70s and 80s engines were packed units for quick supplies and put back into the fight so mate you're doing it completely wrong and be fighting with all the time to undo bolts what are hidden and hard to undo 👍👍
the idea of it was in case the British personnel carriers had a dress short through the engine they could replace with a new engines in it and put it back into service again after patching up the hole in the field and with the new engines that was the idea of them 👍👍
I was a CVRT Spartan driver back in the 80’s, I had a clutch go in the middle of nowhere… myself and the commander striped the tank down and replaced it. A hell of a job with basic CS tools and some tools from our Techs. Nice to see the original Jaguar engine in place 👍
I was just going to say something about not wanting to do that in the field, have a great New Year. Charles
What was the ratio? Good team skills or ease of repair of the vehicle?
Oh yes, you're right... Jag XJ6, correct?
I think the reason this tank failed was because it was too twitchy for a conscript; you'd have to love the machine to make it work.
In the Army, especially tankers, hitting it twice as hard with a bigger hammer is about as sophisticated as they like to get. Not really their fault when the privates would much rather be somewhere else.... but for a collector this seems to be the ideal tank to have.
biggest issues I had driving these for years was the fuel system and the points (before they modded the ignition system). Doing the point was a right pita armour off, drivers seat out firewall out just to sort out the poxy points.....grrrr
Spent 3 years working on cvrt's in a first line LAD pulled many a box and engine out, one suggestion I would make is to fit a spare gen gelt and secure it out of the way , saves a whole load of messing when they snap look forward to having fun when putting the quill shafts back in. If you don't get it back within 5 mins then get some one else to try
No worries mate we are happy thst you still did give us a fix . Im not shaking so much now the fix is sorted out now 😅😅😅. Graham did a great job giving us our fix .😅
Was my absolute honour helping out 🤟
Awesome to see Graham back making videos! You will be wise-cracking in no time.
I feel your pain having done this job in a German wood in the middle of the night!
Thanks Graham good to see you again
Glad you made the move and landed your dream job! That you had you own channel would make you an ideal candidate for this! Great to see you on screen again!
Young fella will be an asset im tipping, Well done Lad
Take two of the NBC locks of the back door of the spartan to fit the drive splines when you pul them out . Little tip that a cvrt track pin will fit the bolts on the generator if that needs working on in the future.
Thanks for this episode, absolutely love the cvrt series since having an action man scorpion as a small boy.
Glad someone was able to film in time to stop the riot and letter writing campaign we have planned for missing a Workshop Wednesday. :D
Pretty awesome that you guys are giving Graham a shot at featuring a tank repair video.
Gearbox input Oil pump drive shaft. They do fail but not on the extent of what he said. When the Cummings engine was retro fitted to CVR T then they had serious issues with the pump shaft. The Gearbox works on Oil Pressure so once the Input pump drive shaft fails. All gears are lost. It drives all the time the engine is running and independent of the centrifugal clutch. You will always have to remove the drivers seat, Fire Wall and 'T' Piece to remove the Gearbox. Enjoy the experience!
Always nice to see with how much desication your crew is working on your collection
My Dad passed away in August and I had a bunch of old junky tools I gave to his mechanic friend. I kept the nice matco set he's always had. That kids got a bunch of old tools though to make into whatever he needs when the time comes.
It's not going back together properly without Ted to supervise...😊
God what a nightmare. Disassemble half the tank just to get the transmission out. Seems like it'll be fun getting it all back in haha
It doesn't compare in difficulty, but I remember the instructions in the owner's manual of the Austin America my mother had in my teens for changing the oil - "Remove the old oil filter, using whatever force may be necessary."
Good to see XA coupe guy doing videos keep up the good work
Imagine coming into work to discover that someone had gone all "Uri Geller" on your favourite spanner?
look up "Woods Metal " and Mr Gellers stunts will become more obvious, You can cast a spoon in woods metal and hand it to somebody to stir the sugar in their coffee and ther look on their face when they see the bottom has melted off the spoon as they stirred their coffee
Good thing it was my own spanner
_"benda da bloody spoon"_ ... Luigi 😆
My grandfather, whom was later a tech teacher, passed his diagnostic engineering course with 110% final grade. He did so by making his own tools to work out the problem on the broken cars they were given, as there weren't enough to go around for the entire class during their final exam. This reminds me a lot of his stories.
I honestly wish I had just a tenth of the talent these blokes have with machinery. My dad was bloody good at it being a trucker driver. But I'm a mechanical dud. I can sell pretty much anything though...
Good luck everyone on it.
That was a QOY wagon served on them for years as well as Scimiter
been there seen that, all good fun, some things are bolted in so well, you wonder why bother, and those bolts are usually still there because nobody ever bothered to remove those parts, when replacing the awkward bolts are generally left off which is when that term, 'somebody's been here' comes into play - incidentally, we backward engineer some parts for CVRT, got a load of complete fans and still waiting on belts to come in via Mars i think
a good cheat before removing engine and/or gearbox, do laser alignment between input/output where the shaft goes and double check that interconnecting drive shaft is for diesel or petrol respectively, no doubt you know that, i had to learn that one
It seems it's a long way to go before the CVRT become healthy again !. Nice job Graham ! 👍
Great job Graham enjoyed your presentation
It’s always impressive to see the hard work you all put in these machines, and then think how a drone worth a few hundreds can basically render any of them useless. Thanks for your content.
Great vid, can't wait till the next one.
Good effort Graham. I like the CVRT. Could just about fit one in my driveway.
Great job Graham, always like your commentary and presentation. Brilliant
Good to see you doing a video, Graham. It is a bit different than a EJ.
Thank you for our Weekly fix, its so much a part of ones week, so its very difficult not to have it, Thank you guys.👌
Fascinating. Nice work Graham. Thanks.
Gosh, am keenly eager for the next instalment of this maintenance fix/ repair job.
I am glad to see the workshop is back to business as usual. I hope that each and everyone there had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Looking forward to more videos.
TBH Graham is kinda my hero. Bro just up and restores his own tank, one day says “eff all this” and drops everything to move away and pursue his dream. You go, dude.
I've adapted so many wrenches for specific tasks during my life time. I usually tried to use cheap wrenches, not my expensive ones. I retired in 2016 and gave my shop and tools to my grandson to support his growing family.
Well done young man
Museum staff all seem to be good presenters. Well done Graham.
Can't miss those valve covers even if they are blue. 4.2L Jag. Cool.
Great video
You can get a set of Starter Wrenches that are made just like you made. They were designed for starter bolts that were back behind the starter. Also, a set of offset open-end wrenches that had one end at almost 90 degrees to the other end are worth their weight in gold.
Some old German mechanic is laughing at your getting the short end of the shaft.
Happy New year mates! Great to have you guys back on the tools and as always thanks for the great content.
2:28 you've never worked in a workshop, if you've never made a mess on the floor. Period. I can 100% say this, because even in Bugatti's (from the days of the Veyron) picture perfect shop, with revolving tiles that slide away from the engine rack that's affixed to the floor on a track, and all that jazz and bling... there's puddle stains. :) They cleaned them well, but they're still visible.
Interesting stuff here boys.
Thank you for another great video, I would love to have a autographed photo of the WorkShop Wednesday crew. Keep the videos coming as always Stay Safe and take care.
Thanks AAAM. =)
Great vid guys it's not a panzer fix but , it'll do..a cold thank you from Texas
Thanks lads, see Darrel still looks a bit rough around the edges, although with the usual smile of confidence 😮😂 Look forward as always to the next video. Best wishes to you all.
Great to have Graham there explains thing to the T. Can I ask what he is doing with his tank and jeep.It would be great to do a video on the build of the jeep?
I agree with the comment below...more Graham please.
Job well done
A bit of a job going on this CVRT that needs to be done. Sometimes I think you need long spaghetti size fingers to work on the very narrow points 🤦♂️🤦♂️! But you guys are already doing a great job 👍👍👍
Amazing
Love Steve's comment about "these Pommey systems" LOL. Aussies still taking the piss.
I like listening to Graham's running commentary
Aww, it's the foxy scimitar!
Great video work
Cool ep guys
Kurt's friend did great on the camera work and Graham had "fun" working on the Sabre. Well, we know he bickers, but he loves it.
9:31 "and then we can test the tensile strength of anything that's still attached!" Funny fella
nice work
If you don't get the gearbox alignmnt spot on when reconstructing you will never get the quill shafts back in, they can be an absolute nightmare
Nice work Graham.
HA!..."and then we can test the tensile strength of anything that is attached" fun!
Looking forward to seeing more Graham. ❤️✌️😎👍
Once fixed and running a do not tow sign might be handy?
A really interesting episode. I never knew these things are powered by a Jaguar XK engine. It looks to be based on the later 'long stud' 4.2.
Not all of them had the XK engine - I think some had diesels. Maybe this is an early one.
@@Daniel-S1 Yes, I had a look after seeing this. It seems there was an upgrade program for the CVRT that included a diesel engine and automatic transmission.
@@contributor7219 yes Cummins B series, probably turbocharged
Brilliant, Graham! Love the sense of humour in the face of engineering challenges.
Does that drive shaft include a rubber coupling?
"...test the tensile strength of anything that's still attached." 😂
Aww no "welcome to Workshop Wednnnnnnnesday" intro :D
Next job - pulling the transmission on a panzer 3. That could be fun.
Great to see Graham on camera now that he's made the move to Cairns & AusArmour from SA. I use to watch his work on his own Stuart Tank. Cheers
Some hard work ahead of you graham, 221’s looking great nearly finished
Needs a 351 C out of XA coup.
Cool 😎
Thanks.
“Shouldn’t wobble like this and be an inch longer” that’s what the wife said……………I’ll get my coat…..
Good job Graham, by the way how is your Stuart restoration going
Make sure the coolant is always up to spec on that Jaguar Engine because they have very long head studs that go all the way down to the Main bearing area and guess what when they snap and they do they almost always snap way down the bottom.
That of course requires some home made very long extensions to drill and remove the broken stud, Almost as bad as the pages in the Workshop manual on the Jaguar V 12's where they show you where to take the hacksaw to the heads to cut them into three pieces when they just will not come off.
Not as concerning as having to use alloy plates and panelbeaters hydraulic spreaders to remove Ferrari Cylinder heads if they have been neglected coolant wise.
So Guys you have been warned be totally anal when it comes to coolant in those Saracen Alvis Sabre variants to save yourselves future grief
Curved spanners are for sale in in ratchet version.
On my first 1970 BMW, I had to remove the horrible short and flat seat and replace it with a better and adjustable one, so I needed a very slim top to do it. An ordinary top couldn't do it!
You need to get yourself a set of spanners with a ratchet on one end
I heard you guys bought a type 69-II from the netherlands
Is the presenter's name Graham? Good job.
Oh well. My fellow German Gepard at 11:03 (in the background) 😊
4:18 would those choice words include, Biff, Bash, Pow, splat, Kapow, Thump, Blam?
do you know that they got drain points under the personals carrier to drain all fluids all water and oil they are little inspection caps you going a crawl under personals carrier with a rattle gun with socket's undo the bolts let the plates drop and you will find a tap turn it on and oil and water come out off it and the engines are in pack frame so you can pull it out quicker and go back to work all you have to do is release quick connection and pull the engine out and for you do that have to take the cross member off what the front of the Armour bolts on 👍👍
There are days when I reckon some of these designers just did things to be mean… starter motor in the valley of a V8, starter under the exhaust manifold (of course, if the starter isn’t working, odds are the manifold will be cold, but still)… thanks Graham and all at AAAM.
Nice jab at Toyota 😂
Mr Hewes channel might be able to give advice on this one.
So is that a jaguar or Daimler based engine?
Good to see Graham in front of the camera again 👍👍
You can always contact Joe Hewes, he's somewhat of an authority on these machines.😂
at 2:48 do you why the engines supposed come out first > how do you supposed to do it > take the two Dive yolks off,unplug all the quicker electrical connection they all should be in the same area,take cross member of 3 bolts on either side pull if off and get a crane and pull the whole engine out as one unit because they're packed units all British personnel carriers in the 70s and 80s engines were packed units for quick supplies and put back into the fight so mate you're doing it completely wrong and be fighting with all the time to undo bolts what are hidden and hard to undo 👍👍
the idea of it was in case the British personnel carriers had a dress short through the engine they could replace with a new engines in it and put it back into service again after patching up the hole in the field and with the new engines that was the idea of them 👍👍
your right ! like the M113
Third, you two fight over first
So much Jaguar XK and Leyland in there
Small wonder everything is in a dog of a spot and a pain to work on
Question? I Darrall the shop supervisor?
Is this the best they make?