WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Repairing Stalin's Pickup Truck
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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AusArmour Mechanic, Steve, continues our "repairing Soviet vehicles" theme with the Soviet Artillery Tractor!
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I think Steve needs a matching pillow to complete his comfort package. Plus an endless supply of coffee and biscuits just as a reward for squeezing himself in there. One of the best thing to happen to the museum and workshop Wednesday was Steve joining the team. A master mechanic extraordinaire…plus a great sense of humour.
Totally agree, you could almost have a channel just for Steve 🙂
Yep, a Steve channel, entitled Where's Steve? Much like Where's Waldo?
Maybe a hottie if he gets stuck overnight😅?
Steve “I’m getting to old for this kind of lark” the heart felt cry of all of us old spanner jockeys.
I think I find the Soviet stuff so fascinating cause it always just seems to manage to be such a paradox.
This thing is somehow both gorgeous, and butt ugly. Rugged and unreliable. Brilliantly conceived and batshit insane. Simple and convoluted.
You can drop the coolant straight out through a hatch, but you have to contort yourself nineteen ways to do the oil filter.
Thanks for persevering through and sharing the journeys with us Steve & AAAM. Really enjoying the presentation style and sharing of the thought process and insights.
I was pleasantly surprised that Comrade 10mm didn't join the countless others when poor Steve was literally contorting himself to get into the engine compartment!
Here in Oz we’ve had - Steve “the crocodile hunter” Irwin, RIP.
We now have - Steve “the Soviet tank wrangler” FromAusArmour.
Good on ya Steve!
Steve really seems to see it as his mission to educate the public. I love the First Person Mechanic experience. What a great guy!
Misery loves company. Even if its virtual.
Steve is like a terrier, he just won't quit.
Steve you are the MAN! Spelunking in an old Soviet vehicle does not look like the best job. But many people appreciate the work you guys do. Great job to all connected with Aus armor. Thank you from America.
Love it, love it, love it. Steve is quickly becoming my favourite Workshop Wednesday...
Earning the Respect of countless Service Mechs everywhere
Damn right
AHA one bleep so far!!! AHA TWO BLEEPS!! Me with an afternoon on a Continental in an M3 was all bleeps!!😂 AHA THREE BLEEPS! Good show lads!!
That cab with the triple split windshield and fallout-style instrumentation is so SICK
Stunning wagons , many still giving faithful service in Siberia and in the north where they are invaluable in the forests and mud . Pull anything
Greetings from South Carolina, USA! When we captured Al Asad air base in Iraq in 2003, we captured one or two of these with some kind of Soviet era radar unit mounted on it. I have some photos of it if you are interested. Thanks for another great video!!!
Once again, Doc Steve tells the Russian Engineers, "Hold my beer," and then digs into a beast of a machine. Despite the tight twists, turns, and the constant ongoing knuckle bruising battle with Stalin's beast, he persevered with only one BLEEP. Great job Steve.
By taking us along in your repair adventures, we gain a whole new appreciation for what it takes to keep a museum fleet running.
Well done!!
And one can understand why most museums don't have running vehicles at all. Quite apart from the restoration process, even if they were to *acquire* vehicles in running order, it takes a hell of a lot more than one old bloke with an oilcan to keep them that way.
Steve...Mate you are my utter HERO !! And Kurt. How may takes were needed for you to say the name of this awesome machine?
Just one 😉
Was thinking blooper reel the moment he said it.😂
Your Russian is improving, Kurt!
As for Steve, I'm a retired RAEME Vehicle Mech, whose career was spent working on Armour, so you have my unending sympathy.
Great show, as usual, lads...
Steve taking another hit for the team! Great video, really shows how claustrophobic these jobs can be.
Yes, we do appreciate all the dungeon crawling he does, and great work bringing the cameras in at good spots.
Great video, Steve keeping it real with the bleeps 👍
Great video lads. I really like that the videos you put out and the videos Bovington put out really compliment each other. Bovington seem to focus on how specific tanks were used in battle and their development, whereas you guys focus on the mechanics and how the vehicles actually work as well as documenting their restoration in detail. There's room on RUclips for both approaches.
One of the most badass looking military vehicles ever built!
Естет...😂
What an amazing man Steven is Sing his praises because servicing these beasts is an ordeal!! Well done!!
Nice to see a soviet vehicle actually designed for ease of maintenance for once.
Soviet vehicles do not need maintenance, comrade as they never break down. Ease of maintenance is only for weak and feeble capitalist machines.
i think the thing was designed to take the whole cab off when working on the engine. You can se the connection points of the cab to the chaises at the @13:00 mark
Fantastic Workshop Wednesday
A good one... And music to match the machine........
A friend of mine had a Russian agriculture tractor for his farm, which used the same V12 engine. And as the and couldn't get replacement oil filters and found out that he could use two large tiolet paper rolls end to end as a stop gap measure. Cheers
I think your friend was "mistaken". Using toilet paper rolls would be a good way to ruin even a Russian engine.
@@obsidianjane4413 Are you sure? In America there were toilet paper oil filters used on cars in the fifties/Sixties...
@@ricksmith4736 No there wasn't. There were/are filter systems that use media that resemble TP, but they are not the stuff you wipe your butt with.
@@ricksmith4736 yep pretty sure.
There were Frantz oil bypass filters (still in business I think) which did say in the 1950s and early 1960s that tp rolls could be used but later advised that 'modern' toilet paper was not suitable and would break down. I didn't ever see it in use but some of the government issue tp in use at the time was pretty much indestructible!
Steve suffers Soviet engineering for our entertainment
Can we say masochist boys amd girls?
Great line.😀
My favorite Trank
Steve, you are a true gem and such a wonderful addition to the team. What a blessed day when you joined the fold.
i love the way you say " WENNNSDAAAY"
Looks like a cozy place to take a nap!
Not in the Cairns heat mate....too bloody hot!
Excellent! Steve the Mechanic is very entertaining and informative. Thanks guys.
you're a legend Steve...
just think steve sometime in the far flung future someone will be looking at this historical document to replicate youre work on this beast!
The most well-earned “bleeps” I’ve seen in a while!
I have never heard Steve swear so much working on anything else. Must be a right cow of a job. Like a lot of mechanical things the designers seldom, if ever, think about serviceability. Trying to imagine what it would be like working on one of these in the middle of a Russian winter. 🥶
You have to remember that at the time this vehicle was designed and manufactured vehicle life span was measured in hours. A T-34 engine was expected to last 500 hours and so a second spare engine was carried on the back deck. Now with that sort of thinking and being involved in a titanic war of destruction, do you really think that long-term servicing was a consideration?
Personally I am surprised that there were servicing hatches as it was!
Poor Steve, what a nightmare!
@@markfryer9880 It is post-war, and is on a modified T-54 or T-55 chassis, so built AFTER the "titanic war of destruction". Because they were made for 30 years, there may have been design modifications during the production span. Thus, based simply on the video, it is impossible to know if the "early" ones had the oil hatch, as this may be a later one.
Артилерийский Тягач тяжолий, I see, I click ‘like’. Amazing work, Steve.
I used to fix M113s' and this reminds me of fixing the TLC (Tracked Load Carrying) or tilley. You had to be half fruit bat to fix them for the amount of time you spent upside down in them.
Great vehicle with plenty of space to go to supermarket for weekend shopping
Great work Steve. That is just a beast of a vehicle. At least you are not out on the steppe in January. Say safe and healthy, mate.
Thanks!
I know a few people who do that for fun. They call it caving😄
Its impressive work, Steve, looking forevard to see you finding the Oil leak. Keep up the good work. Thanks a million.
Whoever designed that engine compartment was truly eeeeevil !
You can tell how much the engineers cared about the people using it by seeing how hard it is to change the oil on it.
They were probably designing from prison.
@@busterdee8228 Brotherman you obviously know very little about the Soviet design bureaus.
@@Michael-rr7um Obviously.
people? It is designed for Soviet soldiers, they are not deemed to be humans at all.
@@antontsau Yeah whatever you say.
That sounds great! Very cool! I am even more envious...
Kudos to Steve for going the extra mile to pull that oil filter out despite the horrendous decision by the Soviet designer to make it as inaccessible as possible. 👍 I bet that was the first time it was removed and cleaned since the vehicle was assembled at the factory.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Hats off to Steve. What an absolute bastard of a job. Far less bleeps than than I would have imagined 😁
loved this thing when we visited back in February this year
may be get a hammock fnext rime...lol always great to watch the crew being things back to life and sometimes better.
Please, please make these videos longer or do Workshop Monday and Friday's 😅 can't get enough of a fix 😮
I second that idea. I love these video's. Very informative and entertaining !
My favorite vehicle at Aus Armour 👌🤙
Well done team!
My one year anniversary of discovering this channel is about now
Steve's a keeper. I think Aus Armour should provide him with a mechanic's pit somewhere in the shop so he can under the machinery more easily. At the very least get him a new watch. That was a nasty bath it took at 6:10. Cheeers from Canada
Nice video guys!! What a beast that 'truck' is - kind of cramped to work on for such a big vehicle!!! Good on you, Steve to accept the challenge. The information and video is much appreciated! See you next week!! 😀
This is a beast I have seen this. The Vehicle that tows the SAM-2 is also great. The place is Fantastic.
My claustrophobia kicked in just watching you wriggle into position. Rather you than me!
These are some of the coolest vehicles ever built. Talk about a monster truck! If only they had a bit of modern engineering!
What a great guy Steve is, he has such a positive attitude. I really enjoy watching him work .❤
This is my favorite channel to watch. All of the characters are phenomenal. The skill, knowledge and desire to keep history alive is highly visible. It shows in all you do.
Growing up on an Army Proving Ground, armour and artillery mean a great deal to me.
Yessss. I put in a request for more content on this vehicle a few years ago. It's my fav exhibit in the whole museum.
Comrade Steve! What a legend! Getting all the angles and the transitions for the shots ! Get the man some Tough-as work mats!
As a suggestion, something I always found useful for doing up clamps in difficult positions on engines is an electric screwdriver (with a torque setting if you want to get posh), a 1/4 inch drive and a Universal joint between the screwdriver and the socket. Then the spanner-turning just consists of pushing a button on the screwdriver.
Great bit of "caving" from Steve, scarily deep inside an engine bay. Great skills!
Looks perfect to take a few of your mates to Bunnings on a Saturday morning for a sausage sanga
I appreciate Steve's thoroughness. Really fascinating to see inside these old Cold War vehicles. Thank you again!
Another outstanding video with Steve and his trusty partner in crime are doing their magic.
Amazing work Mates!!!
Only 5 beeps Steve, looking good.
I just scratched this one off of my list of "Vehicles to Own."
GREAT JOB, Steve.👏👍🥇
Omg, fly me from Canada to be Steve's helper. Our combination of curse words will get everything fixed. What a beast of a truck.
Good video, and much enjoyed.
Steve makes the best vids.
Wow, Steve is nuts (in a good way). I will never, ever, complain about working on my Chevy pick-up again.
enjoy your time off kurt.
all i can say is you are the man steve! you are the man! go have yourself an adult beverage of your choice! you certainly have earned it!
you guys ought to paint "stalins monster truck" on the side in Cyrillic!
Steve= legend
Looks very similar to what the soviets used for their antarctic expeditions! Very unique tractor, I love it
Got to love some good old Soviet engineering!!
Has a service pit ever been considered for servicing tanks, etc.? They drive over it, and service personnel can easily access the hull bottom access ports. 🤔 😀
My favorite channel on RUclips. Maybe someday I’ll be able to visit.
Felt every sharp point, edge and cramp, Steve. Good job, mate! Love your work.
LOVE the look of this vehicle!
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Nice job Steve. You are a good narrator, and aren't afraid to find out what makes them tick.
Great job Steve!
so looking forward to tankfest, been trying to get to cairns since covid started!
Great job as always,can’t believe Steve’s patience.
I am proposing that Steve be move to Legend Status from now on. I know he had the sheer luxury of the Donia, but squeezing into that maze of an engine bay took nerves of steel and supporting pain killers. My claustrophobia is bad, and I can normally watch without turning away. But this evening's episode had me watching through one eye closed. All Hail Steve the LEGEND. 😇
I never knew I was Clautrophobic until I toured the Submarine at OMSI in Portland, OR..... The Diesel smell ( it was one of the last diesel subs made) and the " electric grease" smell added to my discomfort.....
What a bloody Beast. very cool
Good on yer Steve. I'm amazed at your dedication, perseverance and skill.
I bet those discs for the oil filter would do pretty well in a ultrasonic cleaner to get all the fine particles out 🙂
Well done Steve, you wouldnt be a mechanic if you did not let out the occasional expletive, keep up the good work.
wow! nice work Steve! they must have selected the smaller comrades as mechanics!!
Love this guy's work!😊
I was a Loadmaster on the US Navy's LC-130's (Ski Herc). One time we took people and food to Vostok Station.
After I had unloaded the cargo I had nothing to do, so I walked around the station.
One of the Russian Mechs (who spoke very good English) asked me if I wanted a ride in one of those trucks, (AT-T), I said yes, so off we went.
We went out and drove around for 10 minutes or so.
He let me drive the beast, it was fun!
There was nothing on the back of the truck, it was a flatbed.
This was in 1995.
@vxe6vxe6 Still in use by Russian farmers today. Old and simple but able to work in minus 60 °c . Repars can be done by every rural Russian.😊
I want that truck! Love to see a modern version of that!
Great job with the variety of camera angles & placements ❤
Oh man. Seeing this blanket at the engine compartment looks so comfy. I can see an opportunity for some private to have some nap there hiding from NCO. I would definitely had one for sure
Just what I would need for gold mining in Alaska!
Thanks :)
Ух ты! У моего приятеля в деревне такой до сих пор на ходу. Дрова и другие грузы возит.
It looks extremely fun, a bunch of friends in that wide front seat, some boxes of Beer & Vodka & go... The day after you will se your tracks everywhere... I am envious...
@@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx На рыбалку ездили . Над кузовом растягивается тэнт получается отличная вместительная палатка для ночёвки на 4 человека. только расход топлива дикий литров 150 на 100 километров.)