The most important question though, Is the boiling vessel still working in the turret ? Got to have a hot brew !

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Il find out for you in the next video

@Brigadier9

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHewes actually, we need a video of one of them in use. I wonder how far you can go cooking with just the bivvie.

@williamdiffin28

Жыл бұрын

Should have been the first thing to check.

@dazcarter6432

Жыл бұрын

@@williamdiffin28 before taking the concrete out lol

It might be worth looking into what machinery alignment services are available locally. When I worked as a machine design engineer I once had to align an electric motor with a gearbox precisely. We had a technician come out with laser based equipment and we were able to get everything lined up within tolerance to prevent damage of an intermediary coupling, etc

@vicbitter57

Жыл бұрын

Yup thats the go, simple stuff we used to do with turbines etc.

We use a very similar set of jigs to determine the mounting position of marine engines relative to the inboard shaft or Stern drive. I think what you're doing is fantastic,. I have no doubt that Chieftain will be driving in no time.

These tank restoration videos fascinate me. I am envious of the knowledge and ability of people to take what looks like a heap of scrap and make it run again. I will definitely be following along. Well done!

@derf-vr1fc

Жыл бұрын

I would imagine that it would cost more to restore a tanks.

@mofleh177

Жыл бұрын

It might be easier just to build a new tank from scratch!

@dishmeup

Жыл бұрын

Saw someone restore a tiger or tiger 2 a few years back thing got shot right in the transmission which is what killed it originally

I am amazed how good you managed to get the engine compartment cleaned out, must have been a lengthy job, looking forward to next video on this project,👍👍.

Considering that was a concrete box the fact much of the i assume fuel or brake lines and wiring and the steel looks that good,repairing is but time and money id love to be repairing tanks with you lads keep it up only halfwits say it cant be done

Good to see a nice bit of proper CAD work (cardboard aided design) 👍🏼😀

@johneyton5452

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@USAMontanan

Жыл бұрын

I was a steel guy for 35 years and have seen at least a few hundred cardboard templates and can’t believe this is the first time I’ve heard that one!!🤣 🏆

Good morning. Magnificent project. I never imagined that a cement filled motor and gearbox housing could be so clean after removing the cement. An important matter. A few years ago I collaborated in the recovery of a Chieftain and we had some problems due to the presence of asbestos in the barrel sleeve and other elements. Seeing you handling the motor cables reminded me of that. Stay safe.

The dedication of your team to prevent history ending up in the scrap yard is amazing.

You have the motivation and the skills to get it sorted only thing you need is time. Just listening to you it will be done. At the end of the day you will have a working tank under £20,000 jobs a goodan. You have done the hardest but digging out the concrete.

I’m astounded by the work you take on! Bloody amazing

When doing this type of work it's vital to measure between the trans mounts left and right and also diagonally to the opposite motor mount to verify the trans mounts are square and the right width apart. Your brackets don't verify that. I usually use cut off bolts and measure outside edge to outside edge. The alignment is still going to be a joy but it's doable.

Great work to get that concrete tank back to running condition, thanks for sharing 👍💨💨💨

Great project idea and one I'm looking forward to seeing you and the team tackle, clearly some issues to resolve, and no doubt some other "surprises" to come.

Great Vlog ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and fun work habits!

Nice video. I’m amazed you got the concrete out !👍🏼🏴‍☠️✌🏼

Top value entertainment, looking forward to seeing how this progresses. Thank you. 😊👍🏻

Excellent ! All the best to you and your fellow restorers. Keeping history alive is vital for our nation.

What an interesting video, being the owner of a 20+ year old BMW GS motorcycle, I go through similar on my bike including ageing wiring, gearbox, controls and Engine ha ha, just missing the Concrete, does Mud count?, absolutely no doubting your enthusiasm and determination, respect to you, loved the Chieftain growing up as a kid, one of the best in the World in it’s day, will keep following your progress.

Great project. Look forward to watching it progress.

If you make a jig in the good tank that bolts to both engine and gearbox mounts and use it to line up the replacements in the buggered tank then welding in replacement plate and gearbox mounts in the concrete chieftain is totally doable! Just remember to fillet the welds to get full thickness penetration. Looking forward to see the concrete chieftain up and running.

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly my plan!

@johnnunn8688

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHewes, what is?

@bazwabat1

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHewes you sir have a good plan! 🙂

@GlideYNRG

Жыл бұрын

A cunning plan.... 😊

@Brigadier9

Жыл бұрын

@@GlideYNRG so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a fox.

Coming from an old 50 + gammon it is great to see you young fellas keeping all this old gear going. Brilliant..

@philleeson7835

Жыл бұрын

And young fellas with the knowledge to do the work.

@stevenbreach2561

Жыл бұрын

I,m 60 + gammon and am amazed at the skill and determination of the young lads,no different to me,when I crewed the beast,5thRIDG(except for the skill and determination bit)

Thanks for taking the time and effort in posting your fantastic chieftain tank restoration video’s On top of all the hard work that you do. Effort and Can do mind set at its very best. Mind your knuckles…….

Love the videos!! Cant seem to get enough, have just finished binge watching all your vids. Keep em comin

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

Love the content, You seem to have all my favorite tanks.

I was having a nice chilled out Saturday rest and I came across this video. Now I am fascinated. and can't wait to see the next update. Brilliant stuff. I am not a mechanic or engineer and no F all about anything like this but I do know I love it.

I don’t know who you are, I’ve only just come across this video but damn what a cool project. Wishing you guys the best and looking forward to seeing the final tank.

Love your enthusiasm and vision! I would be like, what have I done ...money down the toilet. Plus my wife would make my life unbearable.👏😊

Absolutely loving the videos mate! Keep em coming!

The bracket idea sounds like it'll work rather well. Only one caveat though is that it's easier to cut off than add back, so for the section of vertical metal web, go ahead and fix on a oversize piece that you can mark and trim down with a grinder to get your height for the bracketed pad set. More so if you build it with mild steel or wood to get the pattern. The more prepared you are for the work, the easier it should be. You don't have to listen to me though, because I think you've already got a plan in mind.

LOL…. I have no idea what you are doing, or if it will work…But it’s great to watch you guys. 😎👍🇬🇧

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

🤣 neither do we

Brilliant work gents, it’s clear you guys have mechanical talent, well done.

And I think restoring my 1984 Land Rover is a big job.

You guys did a fantastic job cleaning that concrete out.

Loving what you guys are doing. I've seen more work done with even fewer parts. Best of luck to you!!

Cheers Joe - Good content yet again!

Needle guns are a machine few have used and fewer are good at. I am proud to say I am pretty good with one, having learned fighting rust on ships at sea. Love the show.

If you try hard enough, it will work. frame jig will make this easy I feel. Not sure if it will matter, but the rewelding could add some rigidity. not that it needs it. Worth it I woulds say!

Excellent pre job information. Good luck guys

I can’t wait to see it up and running again think given the state it’ll be awhile but worth it👍👍👍

Good luck to you Can’t wait to see it run!

Personally I'd probably build the gearbox mount in a sliding bracket arrangement so you can adjust the height to be absolutely perfect for the box you're mounting, then once you have it all perfectly lined up, weld it good and deep so it can never move again. Bit easier to do the precision height adjustments that way rather than removing material with an angle grinder. Damn shame they torched the brackets to begin with though

@stclairstclair

Жыл бұрын

He needs to find another tank that's being used for display or a museum for military and copy the original mounts to temples

@whocares5188

Жыл бұрын

That would probably be best. But it better be made where it can't move

Tank restoring is a form of art. Thumbs up!

Would love to see a video on the concrete removal alone! Must have been a major job. Good luck!

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Took a lot of doing and in fairness the previous owner had a far go at it

@kippamip

Жыл бұрын

Check out fitter Matt he has a video on concrete tank.

Thats bloody good work there mate, not easy to get a tank moving no matter the condition or age, most these vehicles were never designed to be driven around like a family car, and requires constant maintenance, its bloody well a miracle how they fielded hundreds of thousands of tanks in WW2.

@PugilistCactus

Жыл бұрын

Tanks of WWII were a lot less complicated To maintain than tanks from post WWII. Simplicity isn't needed when you have enough time to build them.

@nos9784

Жыл бұрын

​@@PugilistCactus also, ww2 tanks didn't really sit around long enough to accumulate any rust or let those gasket harden and crumple... I'm curious how old the average tank was at the end of the war.

Excellent idea and excellent repair

I think that is a good idea long as the surfaces are flat and level. I’d leave the pad a tiny bit thick and lap or sand it down. I’m sure you know all that and more so really all needs said is cool and good luck!

Two questions: I'm guessing the concrete didn't seize up the drive wheel, even though there was concrete inside where the drive shaft goes? Do you use gas for cutting in preference to a plasma cutter and if so why? Keep the videos coming really enjoy the content and presentation.

This is going to be a challenge and interesting to watch .

Brilliant! I hope you get it running and driving.

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Would be great

These guys are amazing ( and funny ) wish I lived nearby them ... I do love tanks ( possibly not as much as them ..)

Strictly speaking you don't need the GUE to start the tank. It's recommended in cold weather to run it to warm the main engine and ease pressure on the batteries when cranking. If you were running full GCE then I could understand keeping it in the tank, however the main engine should provide enough power for what you want to do at show's.

Some people in the comments are always "experts" that know best lol. Just have fun with the projects thats the main thing. You've done great job on this beast so far from where it began full of concreate. I'm sure the end result will be great

It looks like the hydraulic pipes escaped too much damage. Thanks a lot for the videos. Great history in the making.

Looking forward to seeing your progress

Not many can do what your doing. Keep it going👏

That's cool, worth a comment all day long. Good luck.

Subbed. This is a fascinating project.

I would also make a jig plate to go left to right, just in case the CAD was a bit out!

@Qspecialman

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to suggest. It is entirely possible the tank to tank dimensions are not the same.

After watching these videos I’m building my own tank 😂 thank you guys

The rubber pads in the tracks look mint! They must have all been replaced shortly before the tank got scrapped.

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

I’d say so!

@markthompson8656

Жыл бұрын

Many times I had to replace worn out parts in our trucks before we could turn them in and get our replacement trucks.

Hurts to see such a beautiful tank in such a condition, the chieftain really is an amazing piece of british engineering.

We never used the gue unless the gunkit was to be used or the gue had not been used in a while.

The pads on the tracks are in an astonishingly good shape!

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Brand new

@Rambo55293

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHewes Amen😂 Did you guys install them recently?

Hello from Texas USA, you guys are amazing

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻

Cardboard and hammer technique is a good one!

Love the CAD design work 😎❤️👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

The guy that came up with the gas axe and concrete ….. firing squad !

Before welding it all up, put a few mm of shim in there, you can always pack it up later but it's a lot harder to take it away again!

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

The engines and boxes are shimmed anyway

Almost every recommissioning, repairing rebuilding of machinery can be accomplished with a specifically designed jig. Small jobs, big jobs, a jig makes everything easier and better. All the best with this wonderful project.

@philleeson7835

Жыл бұрын

If a man built it,a man can rebuild it.was my foreman's favourite saying

Looks a bit like a leopard 1 chassis...

For the engine mount you want to make I believe that should work if its all measured correctly.

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Not got much to loose

Nice one, it is good to see what problems you sometimes have to sort out, and to hear the cost of these beautiful engineered vehicles, or they are when you have finished with them. Though I am not sure if these plates are going on top or underneath the original base plates?

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Il show you in the next video, it will make sense

5:39 In classic army speak. That device to stop the gun running back is called a "Stop running back"

I love your attitude, man " I'm just going to ignore everyone that says that and carry on and do it anyway. " 🤣🤣🤣

Brill simple when you know how roll on next week Q/ once brackets are welded in will the power out let's line up once everything is bolted back in Is that what your hoping/ expecting to achieve with the shims Sorry not a tank mechanic lol

It's probably best to redo the engine frames, since US Army do basically the same thing anyways, due to the frames being a wear item owing to the rumble of the jet turbine or regular diesel engines used therein for propulsion (ie. cracks in the frames, mechanics tend to also pay attention to the attachment points, not just the powerplants), they're so much more powerful than the one in your truck. Yet it's good that you went into this project knowing it's a lot of work, you shall be rewarded soon enough with the screams of the tank engine once you rebuild the tank - they're epic machineries.

Going to be an awesome tank when you are done fixing her up a couple months from now :)

You can do it mr hewes.your a tank guru.

Hat's off to ya, Mr. Hewes. I'd love to be in on this.

Well done for rescuing this old machine from the scrap yard gas axe. I don't think anyone else would have the courage or resources to take on such a job. Apart from that how is Phil Harding's Chieftain coming along?

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

It’s half way to America 🇺🇸

You must clock the coupling remember facial and radial then shim to fit.

Talking about not wanting to stand behind thd breach when it fires, the firing circuit needs the loaders shield made, which the operator makes when standing out of the way Ex chieftain/challenger gunner scots dg

you did a really good job getting that concrete out, how did you do it?

CAD manufacturing its going to be huge apparently, Cardboard Assisted Design wonder if it will take off :P

If the engine is still out when the jig plates come back then join them together with a bit of flat bolted on, to save doing corner to corner measurements. I’d say weld, but that will warp them. Mega odd to cut the mounts off though? Cracked? bent? As a fitter/engineer I don’t like mysteriously hacked off parts :D

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why on earth they were cut off! Never seen it before

Fantastic video

Where do you get your tanks at? Good luck on the project!

There is a website i cant remember where police & military auctions off old stuff, i did see two BTR going for 10k (one was working, the other did not it was just for spare parts)

The donkey engine was primarily used while the main engine was off and it was hull down? Less noise, less smoke?

Im wondering if you can graft a C15 Cat motor in these Tanks, a tweaked C15 would definitely make same if not better power ?

Hallo brother how are you today... good luck.. Godbless you all .. once again we Indonesian people like your video...😊😊😊

I think that the Chieftain is best looking MBT ever made. Beautiful beast

Well done. 👍

Externals look quite good

best of luck mate!

I was just wondering yesterday what had happed to this tank. Now we know. :)

thats a great idea to repair it. good idea mate.

The way he dropped that cutting torch 😅

Maybe a video on the FV101 Scorpion?