Centurion Recovery Tank Will it start?

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  • Опубликовано: 25 фев 2023
  • Today we start work on the centurion recovery tank. We remove the engine covers and find out if the engine turns over! 
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  • @stevetrott1253
    @stevetrott1253 Год назад +41

    Great to see young men with such passion for their jobs & ex british military vehicles!!!! ❤

  • @Bob-kb5pv
    @Bob-kb5pv Год назад +29

    Always impressed by the knowledge and ingenuity of you chaps.

  • @johnpartridge7623
    @johnpartridge7623 9 месяцев назад +2

    I got stuck in a Bog with an M110, REME hooked me up to another Gun & bellied that as well so they hooked us both up on a straight bar to a Cent Wrecker & It pulled us both out with no probs, the power of that Centurion was incredible. Good job Lads 👍👍👍

  • @aaronpentith130
    @aaronpentith130 Год назад +23

    Watching you work on Abbotts,43's,Chiefs and Cents brings back memories for me.
    Only advice I can give is to be careful with the K60G engine (Abbott), they had atendency to shear the Scavenge blower drive shaft, which causes the engine to fire once then just turn over (exhaust gases can't get out of the cylinders). If the coolant pump isn't turning (driven off the blower front gear set) then the drive shaft has gone . A hint is a "jumping" rev counter needle as the broken shaft ends drag (rev counter is powered by the tacho gen on the input side of the blower shaft.

    • @1chish
      @1chish Год назад +9

      Got to love the words of someone who has 'been there, done that'. Can't beat genuine people giving sound advice 👍👍

  • @twin40dave
    @twin40dave Год назад +7

    Love that massive Milwaukee wrench ... what a beast

  • @paoloviti6156
    @paoloviti6156 Год назад +3

    When engine compartment and accessories is rusty it is needed good knowledge how to handle it and it seems that you guys are having this knowledge! Keep going 💪 👍👍

  • @markedwards158
    @markedwards158 Год назад +14

    I love this channel and all the crew. It’s so British and in complete contrast to Australian Armours Workshop Wednesday, where that take time and energy to get things just perfect. Keep up the good work 👍

  • @alancampbell1008
    @alancampbell1008 Год назад +7

    Those yellow Fodens are a handy tool... 😂

    • @markphillips6998
      @markphillips6998 Год назад +1

      😂 Not quite as good as the green ones though 🤷‍♂️

  • @AA-zv6yo
    @AA-zv6yo Год назад +3

    I love this channel. Great content multiple uploads a week. British humor I dont understand. Cool projects. I'd love to visit the uk one day.

  • @sampointau
    @sampointau Год назад +5

    Maybe soaking the bolts on the deck with panther P*as applied the day before might prevent the heads snapping off the bolts. Just saying, did wonders with bolts I had to remove on a vehicle that hadn't been touched for 40 years!

  • @mrfishbulb7187
    @mrfishbulb7187 Год назад +5

    I'd like to see a walk around video of the Foden going over the specifications etc.
    They look fantastic pieces of kit.

  • @mwintersteinsmith
    @mwintersteinsmith Год назад +7

    You guys brighten up my day watching such enthusiasm and devotion to your tank restoration projects 😎👍

  • @1068andy
    @1068andy Год назад +1

    Being a Ex Reccy Mech, I drove and maintained these beauties back in the 80s, mostly had problems with the Magnetos.

  • @dob1662
    @dob1662 Год назад +3

    That Foden that identifies as a Foden sounds sweeet, but the cross dressing other one needs some tlc, 👍
    great video pal, I envy your toy box if you was nearer me I would volunteer my time.

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 Год назад +1

    Well done chaps. Glad to see Ted has it all in hand (Paw).

  • @Ady11000
    @Ady11000 Год назад +1

    Keep up the good work guys , its getting there .

  • @richardthomas6890
    @richardthomas6890 Год назад +2

    God what a interesting job you’ve created for yourselves. Big boys toys and getting them to tick and I can’t wait for part two 👍🏻

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад +2

      I’m good at job creation

  • @iaingibbs9589
    @iaingibbs9589 Год назад +1

    The right tool in the 1st place gets you there

  • @frankmcgorman962
    @frankmcgorman962 Год назад

    Another "success". Good to see another piece of history being brought back to life and preservation.
    I jumped when I saw you about to grab that freshly welded (still smoking) "adapter" but you must've stopped yourself at the last second. That would've smarted a bit!

  • @simonwoodward438
    @simonwoodward438 Год назад

    Keep it up lads this is shaping up into a great channel, I love all the snippets of information and banter.

  • @paulwalker427
    @paulwalker427 Год назад

    Well done all, terrific videos

  • @farenheit1100
    @farenheit1100 9 месяцев назад

    Ted is doing a good job supervising!

  • @martinbibby9968
    @martinbibby9968 Год назад +2

    Guys, 22 years as a Recovery Mechanic in REME…. If there’s anything you need to know about Cent ARV winch … let me know… I have a full operators guide book too!

  • @heymofo1981
    @heymofo1981 Год назад

    used to love doing this to 432s just to get a working one lol

  • @cogboy302
    @cogboy302 Год назад +6

    Did you give any of those bolts a tickle with the hot torch beforehand?
    A bit of heat usually persuades old bolts to give up their love for fittings.
    Nice bit of welding on that there socket/adaptor by the way. Proper job.

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад +3

      No only because the engine bay is full of petrol tanks.. 💀🔥

  • @jimzo1985
    @jimzo1985 Год назад +2

    get an induction coil heater for them seized bolts .

  • @truckyluv7592
    @truckyluv7592 Год назад +4

    Old saying " If it don't work, get a bigger Telehandler"

  • @marcfournier823
    @marcfournier823 Год назад +4

    I identify as "I wish I had a Foden."

    • @mrwhiteinca
      @mrwhiteinca Год назад

      An African or european foden?

    • @marcfournier823
      @marcfournier823 Год назад

      @@mrwhiteinca Whichever beasty he's hauling his tanks with. Unless this like Monty Python's swallow question to the bridge keeper. If I answer wrong will I be launched into the Gorge of Eterna Peril?

  • @adamhoffman3687
    @adamhoffman3687 3 месяца назад

    Face the lead in off of the socket so it has a better engagement on the fastener

  • @1701enter
    @1701enter Год назад +5

    I very much enjoy your channel and it,s content "real will it run" type stuff! Have you got any idea what the clutch plates are made of? (possibly asbestos?) take care with all that dusty crap it will get you... I look forward very much to part 2

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад +1

      Fortunately I wasn’t near it but I should think maybe so

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 Год назад

      Think it is late so azzy free material, but check the manufacturer spec.

  • @nriqueog
    @nriqueog Год назад

    The quality of the videos has greatly improved. You should do a biography segment for each member of the crew.

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      Cheers and I sure can

  • @BWP202
    @BWP202 Год назад

    I would love to work on tanks and such but in Canada we have none to salvage with the exception of the ones our military uses when they work 😂

  • @MrV8rick
    @MrV8rick Год назад

    Great stuff I spent a Short period of time when in Royal Engineers at Armored Chieftain bridge layers Engineer tractors RR engines when they worked and Cent gun tanks. It was shit sweep tank park Paint tank. I escaped I love anything will it run. people bring me things and I won't give up. I always thought the Minor engine was part of the starting on Cents. Shows how much interest i showed. We cleaned engine bay of Bridge layer with the Diesel fuel hose with fuel pump on like pressure washer while doing a pack change in the field somewhere. I loved that part of it like the stuff you do just not the Tankey part I joined Engineers no Tanks I'll get abuse now 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @acrchy
    @acrchy Год назад +1

    oooo richards gonna be famous ,,,

  • @simonholland241
    @simonholland241 Год назад +1

    With that impact gun, never hard me thinks...;)

  • @Brigadier9
    @Brigadier9 Год назад +1

    13:05 "This tank can be declared officially sniffed."
    Faux-den doesn't work - cut to immediately after, ignore the fact that afternoon is now night - and we have a real Foden.

  • @paulb8186
    @paulb8186 Год назад

    Always use heat before the impact to get bolts out in one piece.

  • @howarddavies6685
    @howarddavies6685 Год назад

    The things that stick in the memory; Cent gearbox oil, OEP660.

  • @user-oo5wh5qr4r
    @user-oo5wh5qr4r 2 месяца назад

    I wonder if Joe is a fan of the safety squint

  • @NUTTER8291
    @NUTTER8291 Год назад +2

    Err I'm no expert but are you not supposed to use a welding mask the other way round ?
    Or is it one of them super fancy 2way welding masks !! Lol

  • @fastmover45
    @fastmover45 Год назад

    I think you need some nice big flood lights.

  • @flo__60
    @flo__60 Год назад +1

    put some diesel/oil mix or wd40 on those bolts in advance, always help!

    • @uncleshagnasty
      @uncleshagnasty Год назад +1

      I've never heard of that cheers Mate

    • @uncleshagnasty
      @uncleshagnasty Год назад

      I've used diesel as a lube and protection while doing onshore drilling but never a releasing agent.
      It was more a preventative treatment.

    • @uncleshagnasty
      @uncleshagnasty Год назад

      We also used small tins of a highly combustible agent we called " releasing oil " it ate through rust, and you couldn't use it in a confined space .
      You just used a cap full ( like a teaspoon full) on a rusty bolt, and it sometimes helped.

  • @burville100
    @burville100 Год назад +4

    I had no idea Foden were gender neutral😜

  • @stevedangerous1
    @stevedangerous1 Год назад

    Ace..

  • @Dirtyharry70585
    @Dirtyharry70585 Год назад

    Why no heat on those bolts?

  • @garysprandel1817
    @garysprandel1817 Год назад

    Alright fellas I've seen the standard car and truck will it start video. I've seen construction equipment, aircraft and even a fork truck and locomotive but by far the absolutely least expected will it start is a tank.
    Think you just took the will it start crown

  • @hydrazombie
    @hydrazombie Год назад +1

    0:03 that girl is smitten for you

  • @CH-pt8fz
    @CH-pt8fz 11 месяцев назад

    There's a man in Shropshire who's got transmissions for cents.

  • @feelinghealingfrequences7179
    @feelinghealingfrequences7179 Год назад

    but why has the shipper not come for whistlin diesels tank?

  • @Bigsky1886
    @Bigsky1886 Год назад

    What was that about proper tools for the job, lineman’s pliers to pick up the socket

  • @bvv4861
    @bvv4861 Год назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @hermanwubbe8906
    @hermanwubbe8906 Год назад

    look master mill the Netherlands

  • @johnnunn8688
    @johnnunn8688 Год назад

    If only you’d put a wee dod of Eezit on those bolts.

  • @Ballentyne817
    @Ballentyne817 Год назад +2

    The Foden that identifies as a Foden is not very good at being a Foden, so I got a Foden to a fodens job lol

  • @robertbeech1937
    @robertbeech1937 Год назад

    Clint Eastwood and John Wayne are looking for work, I think they are fully qualified cowboys. Would you consider their resumes?

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад +1

      With jokes like that don’t give up your day job

  • @malcolmadams1051
    @malcolmadams1051 Год назад +1

    Why were you turning the engine over with dry cylinders and piston rings?

  • @michael.h.bradley1865
    @michael.h.bradley1865 Год назад

    beg, borrow or steal a large vacuum cleaner ?? mick, ex royal engineers lol

  • @prillewitz
    @prillewitz Год назад

    Did someone mention that the hollow side of the weldingcap should be on your face?

  • @tacfoley4443
    @tacfoley4443 Год назад

    I'm very surprised that you dont' have the correct sockets for working on British vehicles. How can that be?

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      I did and then I had all my tools robbed.

    • @tacfoley4443
      @tacfoley4443 Год назад

      @@MrHewes My sympathications to you, Sir. Scumbags are everywhere, it seems. BTW, I love your movies.

  • @cranegantry868
    @cranegantry868 Год назад +1

    Always first: Change oil. Do NOTHING before that.

  • @feelinghealingfrequences7179
    @feelinghealingfrequences7179 Год назад

    mint! sounds like they are fans of zip ties and bias plies

  • @luisbatista1103
    @luisbatista1103 Год назад

    Deboss Garage attached a Ford truck to a tank look his channel up great Canadian Dude from Ontario 👍👏🇨🇦

  • @agviator
    @agviator Год назад

    I predict in the hopeful not so distant future we see a flood of videos from UKR- Russian T-72-will it start? Russian BMP-2- will it start? Russian T-80- Will it start?

  • @robertmccully2792
    @robertmccully2792 Год назад

    Heat all the bolts first mates.

  • @David-mz3or
    @David-mz3or Год назад

    What a cluster F

  • @gowdsake7103
    @gowdsake7103 11 месяцев назад

    Just how do you cope with Seb being around ?

  • @dreweburgess6837
    @dreweburgess6837 Год назад

    Take the extension off the impact gun, you'll be losing in excess of 25% of your power.

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      When you have the power I got in my hand you don’t need that 25%

  • @kerrydunn7760
    @kerrydunn7760 Год назад

    What fun
    Q/ The Americans Cody? Tank hasn’t set sail yet

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      This month at some point

    • @babaganoush6106
      @babaganoush6106 Год назад

      @@MrHewes when you fitting the sail?

  • @lewispalmer8822
    @lewispalmer8822 Год назад

    Is there a reason that tank engines are painted that colour?

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      To show they have been rebuilt by MOD

    • @stewartbrown8115
      @stewartbrown8115 Год назад

      It's called duck egg blue,all the engines were painted in it after overhaul

  • @kippamip
    @kippamip Год назад

    The camera guy sounded like a bit of a saddo 🤣 come back jack all is forgiven 😄. What happened to the northerner with the whippet and flat cap by the name of Matt?

    • @1chish
      @1chish Год назад

      Errrr ... the 'saddo camera guy' owns that tank .... 🤣🤣
      [In edit: I should have called it an ARV 🤦‍♂]

    • @kippamip
      @kippamip Год назад

      @@1chish it's not a tank, it's a cent arv. A tank has a turret and a big gun. 🫡
      Must be a Reme fan 🤦🏻

    • @1chish
      @1chish Год назад

      @@kippamip Oh dear we have a sarcastic pedant armed to the teeth with a keyboard. The one who calls people 'saddo' for not having a northern accent. 😏😏
      Must a Navy man right 'Jack'?
      I am pretty sure people knew what I meant as 'tank' is a pretty generic term for civvies.

    • @kippamip
      @kippamip Год назад +1

      @@1chish I am armed to the teeth with a keyboard yes, you could say pedantic even yes, but certainly not former Navy.
      Actually former Cavalry, and not a northerner either, actually from the industrial heart lands the Midland's and it's all meant in gest (banter) you see, and understand that most "civvies" don't handle it too well, but don't take what I type to heart or misinterpret it. 👍🏼 Good day.

    • @1chish
      @1chish Год назад +1

      @@kippamip I may be a civvie now but I have done my time (Crab Air) and enjoy banter as well as anyone. Yours did not come across as that especially as the vast majority of readers will be civvies.
      Hence my point of using the word 'tank' and pulling you up on calling the owner a 'saddo'.
      And I didn't call you a Northerner either. I suggested that people are not 'saddos' just because they do NOT have a Northern accent.
      I was being kind calling you a Jack but I stand corrected. So you're a Pongo ... 🤣🤣
      And a very good day to you as well. Have a very safe week.

  • @highpath4776
    @highpath4776 Год назад

    soak and warm bolts 48hrs prior, use easy outs drilled in for any round or stuck bolts . use long bar method for torque on socket before using the mechanical fast bolt remover

  • @Jonathan-NC
    @Jonathan-NC Год назад

    Did WD tank ship yet ffs????

  • @ewanstewart8011
    @ewanstewart8011 25 дней назад

    That wasn’t oil it was treacle just not as tasty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

  • @johnnunn8688
    @johnnunn8688 Год назад +1

    Why not use a quarter drive rat-shit handle and a series of step-ups to achieve the desired size? Jeez, I thought you were engine👂s.

  • @malcolmmckinlay2143
    @malcolmmckinlay2143 Год назад

    What is the point off all this, ???

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes  Год назад

      What’s the point of your comment

  • @anthonygregory3022
    @anthonygregory3022 Год назад

    Butchered the deck plates.
    Ya not metalworkers.

  • @UKDrew
    @UKDrew Год назад

    Will it start? NOPE

  • @icurator2215
    @icurator2215 Год назад

    хоть бы вэдешкой окропил.. ато к тупости маслица и это добавил..

  • @gundam7278
    @gundam7278 11 месяцев назад

    Really admire you guys I wish I can see centurion and have a great experience of it 🥲🥲🥲🥲