Hate to say this gentlemen, but I think you installed the outboard seals backwards on the bottom rollers. I noticed it when your man said "Americans used double seals, I don't know why" the reason is the inboard seal, with the spring facing in, is meant to hold the grease in, the outer seal is supposed to have the spring facing out, to hold out dirt and debris. If debris would push against the seal, the seal would roll in and allow the cavity to be contaminated. I've been a heavy equipment mechanic in the states for about 30 years, and that practice is still used today. Double check this, I've never worked on an 80 year old tank, but I've seen it quite a lot in the construction and mining industry, love your channel, not trying to be "that guy" who nit-picks everything.

Quote at 23:35. "2023 has been an extraordinary year and we have loved having you along for the ride". Wow, I missed that year completely ! Have a fantastic break guys. Looking forward to 2023............

@jmoss10403

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that kind of threw me off. I had to look at my dates to make sure I wasn't a whole year off.

@rolanddring-sandberg4432

Жыл бұрын

That was a quick one 😂

@Vuk_Stajic

Жыл бұрын

Replayed it to made sure I heard it correct, came to leave the comment. LOL. Great year AusArmour!

@darryl3392

Жыл бұрын

Holiday mode engaged. Lemon squash in stubby coolers, BBQ’s and the great northern on tap

@davidusi27

Жыл бұрын

you must mean, Looking forward to 2024!

I'm a retired US Army tank crewman, and this particular video brought back lots of memories, both pleasant and unpleasant. Thanks to you guys for your efforts in preserving history, and documenting your journey!

@petesheppard1709

11 ай бұрын

I just bet; even though it's all on nice, clean concrete 😎

I have been a lover of everything tank all my life. I have always been a mechanic and secretly yearned to be able to do what you guys do! I am now 60 heading to 70 and watch these videos and live vicariously through them!

@NS-hs6lt

Жыл бұрын

You could always see if there is some restoration project for a local museum. I have seen even war birds needing volunteers with mechanical inclinations or if privately owned maybe a bit of pay. Even if you can’t do too much physical, mechanical skills are always needed.

Watching the series makes me realize just how sophisticated these vehicles really were. Regardless of the country a lot of thought goes into making these things I suppose a real unsung heroes here are the engineers.

@pierregrosjean3241

Жыл бұрын

et surtout dans des délais très courts ! Concevoir et mise en fabrication d'une automobile c'est 4, 5 ans mini .... La Jeep en moins de 6 mois ..

@dukeallen432

Жыл бұрын

Theses tanks are basic.

@pierregrosjean3241

Жыл бұрын

@@dukeallen432 Pas en 1941

@waynewatson8036

Жыл бұрын

It's a shame people don't put as much time, money and effort into not killing each other. But as most improvements in almost every area of industry, engineering, electrical innovation and medicine are driven by warfare, I guess it's the price we have to pay.

@CocoaBeachLiving

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree, despite it being a 'basic tank'. Even 'basic' requires more than just a few tools and a dream. I think about all past and current military hardware, and now software, that require a high level of understanding and experience. You don't produce these in your backyard.

This Grant is going to be such a beauty. Can't wait to see the rest of her come together, inside and out! I haven't forgotten this will be a restore with full interior. I think she's stacking up to be a crown jewel.

This tank restoration series really drives home the true difficulty of maintaining tanks during real battlefield conditions, let’s face its hard to repair in a clean,dry and well supplied facility, I can’t even imagine the frustration and stress it would be like in places like Stalingrad, Kursk, Bastogne etc. the field crews must have literally frozen their hands off, and swore up and down in frustration. I can imagine that many threw their hands up and loaded the damaged tanks on rail cars headed home or cannabalized tanks to get one back in the fight. That necessitated stress levels beyond my ability to cope for sure, I would be way better off in a clean, warm, garage not getting artillery raining down on my head so I could think straight about the task at hand.

As a former Tanker on M60A3 and M1 series it is crazy to see how somethings haven’t changed much. Track jacks and replacing tracks. As the old saying goes, “when in doubt get a bigger hammer”.

@jamesthornton9399

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily ly. !!!!!!!

I am a Brit living in County Durham, I’ve visited different museums including DLI museum ( now gone ) and the Imperial War Museum looking at Tanks and Armoured Vehicles gathering dust on display. You are not doing a restoration you are bringing the museum to life. Thankyou

Glad to see a old Weapon getting a rebuild!

Kudos to all of you who put in all your hard work and effort on keeping this armored history alive for everyone to enjoy!!!!

Was having my last chemotherapy for 2022 and this episode made the treatment go so much faster. And this treatment today was a rather brutally one. So thank you for a great series this year. Looking forward to 2023 and a few more years.

Restoration of these iconic vehicles requires hot, heavy, and sometimes frustrating, hard work. These guys take it in their stride. True professionals!

As a former tank crewman, it brought back a lot of memories just watching the track work! It makes me wish we had a forklift available when we replaced track! I was on the M1IP and M1A1 Abrams...it hasn't gotten much easier over the decades since the Grant was the state of the art! Makes my back ache just watching it! 😄 Happy New Year to you all!!

I live in Ireland and look forward each and every week to my 'fix'. Can we see more of Lottie. I love just how easy she can explain the running of a tank engine.

I know you Queenslanders run on a different time zone to the rest of Australia mate, but 12 months ahead! Thanks for the update. Enjoy your break and we’ll see you all in the new year 😂👍🇦🇺

Another fine day's work boys!

I'm coming to Australia next week specifically to see the Great Barrier Reef. The week after next I'll be in Cairns. My top priority there will be to see the museum. See you then!

Loving the soothing surf sounds in the background...

'2023 has been an extraordinary year' - 'has been' - hope for all of us to be ... Guten Rutsch!

I think the reason you had to add the extra link is because the Grant isn’t fully kitted out. You’re short several tons with engine, turret, guns,etc. Once she’s all built out those might be able to come out from further compression of the suspension.

Best start to anything ever! Oz Armour as the dawgs bollix! Just getting things done 35 degrees! Have a bit of a thing for Daryl and his powerful legs. Nothing bogey about these boyz!

Amazing work! Its wonderful to see such a dedicated and talented team doing so much to preserve a piece of history for tank enthusiasts and history fans world wide. I wish we had an equivalent of such a organization here in the States. Sadly our military museum system is run by bean counters with no interest to mirror what you have in Australia or the Bovington Museum in England.

@LukeBunyip

Жыл бұрын

As far as I understand, the AAAM is a private venture. There's the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, but the main armour collection held by the ADF is inaccessible on the Pukapunyal base in VIC.

Finally a channel I can watch on repeat all the way through brilliant looking forward to more

I laughed unreasonably hard at that introduction! Great work as always.

Who knew that you could use a pallet truck to put wheels on a tank 😮 God only knows how they repaired these things in the field during the war. Amazing job and done so well.👍

Fantastic work Kurt and all the Boys and Girls. Steve.

Last night I watched a north Africa campaign doco and there was footage of two blokes pulling a new track on to a Grant tank. Great work guys.

What a way to end 2022..and what a journey it's been...she looks the biz...well done to all the guys working on the Grant.

Best wishes for the new year everyone. Bring on 2023 👍🏻🇦🇺

Best show EVER! I can’t wait for 2023 projects.

@kiereluurs1243

Жыл бұрын

'PERIOD!!' Void clichés.

What an incredible year for the entire AusArmour crew! Enjoy your very well deserved rest over the holiday break, and catch you in 2023!

Hey look! It’s a tank!! Great work guys.

Really neat idea using the pallet jack to line up and install the track wheels. Simple but effective

Watching that track go on was just so satisfying - Good on ya, fellas :)

0:32 that looks like proper beer, hope that didn't take too many takes : ) Hope you saved some for the lads, a well deserved pint all round for all your hard work, Slainte. Thanks for having us along, I've really enjoyed this year and look forward to Wednesdays. Thank you all.

Happy New Year to everyone wherever you are. Extremely interesting and unmissable. This channel is exceptional in that it does not fall into the trap of dramatisation. The "will they get the tracks on before the Christmas break!!?" No we wont, so we'll do it after. Fantastic. Real life not the false reality of many other channels/programmes.

@animenut69

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the elefant resto video where it didn't take long till it turned into modern artillery showoff

My dad often said that if the engineers who design these things were forced to also work on them then the designs would have ultimately have been greatly simplified. Repairing a damaged vehicle in the field must have been a nightmare, even with special tools. You lads do honor to the word "artisans" for your skills, ingenuity, attention to detail. You have left future generations with pieces of art to be admired and from which they can visualize the tools used to end the spread if tyranny.

What you guys, and gals, do there is just so special, so amazing. God bless all of you. Enjoy your break, and we'll see you on the other side.

I wish my Dad was alive to watch these videos. He was in the Armored divisions in Europe during WWII.

Damn, 2023 snuck by without me even realizing it! Also, about the double wheel seals. They are directional. That is to say the seal lips are meant to control in one direction. Having a pair on each side of the wheel would seem to suggest having one seal to keep lubricants inside the wheel to keep the bearings lubed and a second set with the lip facing in the opposite direction to keep water out of the wheel, since these vehicles were meant to cross streams and rivers.

@ExplorationObsession

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure that was probably the original intent with the seals, but I’m not sure those seals are the proper ones. The lips protrude from the seal housing, they are not flush within themselves, making them impossible to reverse without lip damage in short order. I suspect as installed, the outer seal lip will be worn and useless anyway.

Love this. Track shoes. Track tensioners.. grease guns and tanker bars. Y’all would be great in the field

Forklifts are such versatile machines

@22:45 You mean 2022 has been a hell of a ride! Scared me for a moment. Another amazing video. Thank you for all that you and the team continue to do.

@johnknapp952

Жыл бұрын

No, the International Date Line is also the International Year Line so they're about to roll into the year 2024 🙃🤔

The track looked like a large armoured centipede crawling across the rollers. Another fine episode!!

Excellent vid by Expert Mechanics and Engineers. Looking forward to seeing it run. I was an Infantry FV 432 driver Germany early 70s. The tracks DO take some practice. Loved driving those things. Got to drive a Chieftain tank 2×. Mental.

Merry Christmas gentlemen, looking forward to 2023.

“2023 has been an extraordinary year” damn mate, you’re a year ahead! ; )

I love You Guys! Always a smile- no matter what. You Aussies are the Best! It´s a crying shame I´ll probably never can come to visit- I live in Germany and just for the Tiger it would be worth it to go. You have such a good working environment- I´d be happy to broom the floor. Have an awsome new year!

Merry Christmas guys 🎉❤

I love your guys work. I’ve spent the better part of my life working on cars in America and then spending my time working on amusement park rides from all over the world. My life’s wish is I’d love to work for the Aus armor. It would cap everything I could say I can do. 🤞🏻👍🏼❤️keep at it boys. Inspiration is everything. You have me forever. See you after your well deserved break. Bo Dazz Jess Al and the rest merry Christmas and may you all have a Happy New Year.

1:36 when kirt goes wow as in actually amazed that is flattened them. Then you got me in the back of my head surprised too

Been watching from the start of workshop Wednesdays and im enjoying seeing the editing and comedy of the videos change and adapt and seeing Kurt's style develop. Easily my favourite weekly series to keep up to date with and I can't wait for more!

That second track was pushed into position very efficiently. I think that is a lesson to all tank restorers.

With that opening Kurt I was expecting a bit of a Monty Python “It’s!…..” Happy Christmas to you all, thanks for great content 👍👍👏👏

What a fun project! I'm envious of you.

Happy NEW YER Boy's from Poland All the BEST

Interesting the differences and similarities between putting track on the Grant and the Abrams series of tanks. In 12 years I never had to put track on a tank without power from the tank. Great job guys.

G'day boys, well done on the restoration so far, bloody hard yaka, next trip to Queensland I'm calling in for a look, cheers and have a wonderful time on leave, Neil 🤠.

Beautiful, just beautiful

Can you imagine doing this in the field in rainy, snowy, freezing conditions while engaged in a tank battle? They were really the greatest generation! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✅✅✅✅✅

Kurt really sold out for that intro! nice!

Impressive work guys! Very cool. The Grant never got my attention until now, seeing the work done is oddly satisfying. Looking forward to the finished product.

Amazing work!!! Congratulations from Brasil I Love Tanks !!! I hope one day can visit yours Museum!!! Thanks for share the amazing job!!!!

super travail , un grand merci de tous les passionnés de chars , salutations amicales de Belgique .

All the best for you all in 2023, from the Portuguese Military Museum in Elvas, near from the spanish border.

Excellent. Thanks for the year! I've thoroughly enjoyed all your content. I kick myself for not getting to Armourfest 2022. All that means is keener for next year! Best wishes to all the team, enjoy the break. I'm looking forward to see what's instore for 2023.

Love the intro Kurt!!

F**** freazing cold in Europe and you are out swimming...Great Video Merry xmas to all !

Nice one fellas,see you All,next year.... Been a real pleasure watching you in '22........more so in '23.... Have a gud 'un for Yuletide & the New Year.. In Arduis Fidelis.

I am so excited to see this finished

Awesome restoration work as always !. Thank you guys for showing us amazing works every Wednesday. Wish you all a Happy New Year from Japan !.😄👍

Fantastic progress on the Grant this year lads. Looking forward to seeing it finished soon.

this is addictive watching , when i get a notification on my phone at work i cant wait to get home and watch it on my computer 😊loving every minute of it 🤩, have a great new year and looking forward to the next instalment in 2023 👍

Great work guys! All that hard work and swet. Good filming and very fun to watch! Best of luck

the merry xmas chalcked on the back made me tear up for some reason bless you f'ing legends!!!!!!!

In that case, Happy New Year for 2024 lol Seriously, you've all done a fantastic job on all the restoration and preservation. Thanks.

I love that Daz rocks the shorts every day rain or shine. Great stuff as usual

Quickly becoming my current favorite video channel.

Well done men, well done.

My god that was amazing to watch. Daz and Jess wouldnt need Gym Membership after that days work . Well guys its Beer O' Clock time to pull off the boots and see ya next episode

Have a wonderful break from the workshop! Love the content and hope to visit the museum in the coming Year! All the best

There's no way a factory worker building this tank in Detroit, USA in 1942 would have thought one of his tanks would (A) still be around 80 years later and (B) be rebuilt to running condition. What a testament to that greatest generation that they built these tanks so well that they could be rebuilt 80 years later. Great job to the team in Australia for bringing it back to life.

Good work from across the ditch! 👍🇳🇿

I came for the metalworking and mechanical content and got hooked on the historical details. Great stuff, keep up the good work!

Don't you just LOVE engineering? Have a great 2023 and I hope you had a good Xmas break. You deserved it!

Merry Christmas to the whole Aus Armour team. You guys have earned your Christmas break. Head to the beach and crack a cold one!

Thanks guys loving your work. Hope you’ve all had a Merry Christmas and here’s to a great New Year from all us Poms.

Good video, at least you had the " missin links" to finnish both the tracks. Cheers and Happy holidays from an American who found this chanel on a happy accident. Cheers and well done, as usual!

A really fantastic journey!

All the very best guy's, enjoy your well earned break, catch you in the new year.

It seems that nothing is easy with old tanks. That just makes accomplishments that much sweeter I guess.

tank wednesday on tuesday !! 🤭😉😉 greetings from the Netherlands 🎉

Marry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone 👍🍻

Have really enjoyed good Aussie content this year. I hope to make it up there and see the place for myself. Cheers fellas…so glad I found this channel this year.

love you guys and your work! cant wait for when u guys work on the tiger to make it a runner!

Great episode as always. The somewhat weird but funny opening was a nice change as well! I'm amazed by the tight fitment of all those suspension parts. The machining of those parts is so precise, it's amazing that they could make parts that accurate back in the day!

Can't wait to see what 2023 brings into the workshop. Hopefully you lads get the current projects out on the show floor to be displayed and driven soon so the next tanks can be restored to their former glory

Best intro ever!

@ronm3245

Жыл бұрын

I was expecting "it's" at 0:16.

Thanks team, I love workshop Wednesday and I managed to watch it without interruptions, Cheers