I think the men and women who built those vehicles would be proud to know there are people today trying to preserve them. Well done.

What I like about about watching these videos is how everyone gets along . There are no hard ass attitudes and drama queens like video’s with American Biker types . No one is trying to prove anything or assert dominance. It really makes watching real professionals a pleasing experience. And this comment is coming from a American.

Don't be afraid of making these videos twice as long! They are bloody interesting Bruce! Great to see all the ins and outs of tank technology from the 1940s.

@N_Wheeler

Жыл бұрын

'Kurtfromozama' is the guy who decides how long the videos are!

Great to see plenty of lubrication being used in this assembly. So many so called youtube experts assemble shafts and bearings dry. Excellent Aussie fitting on display. 😀😀🇦🇺🇦🇺

@sg195286

Жыл бұрын

In Germany we say, wer gut schmiert, der gut fährt 👍🏼 translation: if you lubricate well, you will drive well 👌🏼

@knexmachina

Жыл бұрын

Expert = Ex is something that has been. Spurt is a drip under pressure

@timodeporto686

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps they know it will break down eventually and has to be worked on, and those guys are the ones who have to do it!

@mladensosic2280

Жыл бұрын

@@sg195286 in Croatia same, tko maže taj i vozi.

@Iaintwoke

11 ай бұрын

It's relying on clamping force and friction so is it a good idea to lubricate it so much? Maybe not. Maybe in this case a little bit of anti seize may have been better.

Good morning Australia.... this really is the best way to start a dull, cold day in the UK

3:33 "We've got biggie bearing and we've got-" "Smalls bearing" So good!

Favorite channel, all killer no filler, quality people doing quality work on incredible vehicles, no bs anywhere in sight. Love you guys, never stop!!

Meine ehrliche Bewunderung und Hochachtung, Panzerrestauration ist eine Arbeit für geduldige harte Männer. Allein die Arbeit für ein Laufrad ist enorm, nach einem Tag in der Werkstatt hätte ich das Handtuch geschmissen. Super Videos, freue mich schon auf den nächsten Mittwoch. Viele Grüße aus Österreich.

The episodes are not long enough. Love the work you are doing to keep these machines alive.

@The_Jap

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, very interesting to watch.

Good to see the boys saving these national treasures for all future generations to see. I'd say the Boys are national treasures to !

Great commentary on the differences between Grant and Lee tanks.

Wow talk about a wealth of knowledge, that he can produce at Will with no notes, unreal . Great vid

@welshpete12

Жыл бұрын

These people s knowledge is remarkable !

It’s a blessing to know that the US and Australia have worked so closely for so long and have been such great allies. I really don’t see you guys as just Allie’s but more as distant family.

@kenkan6837

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's easy to be mates w/an Aussie!

@markrhodes1717

Жыл бұрын

Right back at ya'!

@jimtekkit

Жыл бұрын

We had a prickly relationship during the occupancy of American soldiers over here in WW2 (cultural differences), so I wouldn't say we always get along. But generally when everyone regards themselves as equal human beings then we get along famously.

@P-J-W-777

Жыл бұрын

@@jimtekkit I apologize that some of my fellow Americans didn’t respect the fact that they were in another country with a few cultural differences just as they would have expected your fellow Australians to respect ours if the situation had been reversed. There’s no one single Nation that’s invincible no matter how strong some Americans think we may be but together we are stronger and can accomplish anything if we work together as one. After all we are all related somehow if you did back far enough in history. It’s just the water that’s kept us separated for so many years that’s caused us to forget that. I hope that one day I’ll get to come visit your beautiful country as it’s one of only a very very few that I would choose to live in if I were to ever desire to move.🇺🇸🇦🇺

Thanks guys!

I think it's safe to say that your videos are some of the finest out there in the military vehicle restoration and preservation world, and a LOT of other organisations could learn a thing or two from you!

Unusual to see a Lee and Grant side by side! Great video as always. My Wednesday lunchtime treat!

This is fast becoming my favourite KZread channel. Building 1/16 scale model tanks and it is so nice to see you guys do the same in 1/1 scale.

It’s great to see y’all fix these as we must remember what great things our grandfather did to give the world freedom!!!

This is the kind of non specific but highly skilled work I used to do. Seeing you guys in action I can say you are all masters who love their craft. Im extremely jealous too. Who wouldnt love to restore a tank👍👍👍

Cotter pins are used on bicycle cranks to secure the cranks

Great episode guys

I am amazed how these blokes do what they do . It is almost like were trained in the original factories that made these things.

Hey Aus Armour! Just wanted to say I love your videos and they are very informative and entertaining. I did want to say to be careful of those mushroomed punches/drifts/chisels I see scattered through your series! The striking head of the tool when it is the badly mushroomed can actually start sending tool steel-projectiles around the workshop that are super sharp and hold so much velocity!

excellent comments from the asistant manager! Awesome! TY Jason

Another awesome vid! awesome to see our aussie history being preserved. Kepp up the awesome work.

I am an optician and regularly work with 1.1mm drill bits. It is so much fun to see nuts as big as a fist and cotter pins the size of a pinky! LOve your channel and the great work ethic!

Workshop Wednesday The best day of the week 😍😍👍👍👍

Is there any chance of you doing longer videos? It is absolutely fascinating watching your brilliant guys working and I could watch them for hours. The addition of the explanations of the vehicles is a good idea though. I would love to visit you but it is a bit far, and expensive, to just pop over from the UK!

i am from the Netherlands. and i love your restoration on the Grant. so keep going with your works and it is really lovely to watch 😃

Another amazing hard works on Wednesday !. Thanks to those heavy machines, this kind of serious restoration become possible. Without them, it would be a nightmare. Can't wait next week !😊

I've watched every video,an does that man own a pair of paints ,he's old school Aussie shorts 24/7

Cracking video Gents! Love it when Jason gives us the history on your survivors. Great to hear we’ll get a Stug update soon!! Wednesday updates are the absolute best part of the work week. Thank you for doing them for us all to enjoy

I repair factory machines for a living. The hydraulic press chattering reminds me of pushing bearings off a 3'' or bigger shaft that have been there for 50 years plus years. I had one oilite bronze bushing that froze to the shaft and spun in the outer journal. When I went to press the bushing off the shaft it DID NOT want to move. I soaked everything down with PB Blaster and let it sit over night. I cranking up the press pressure to 50 tons ( it had a 4" ram) when that bushing finely broke lose, BOOM. Everything jumped the shaft hit the floor. I ended up making a new shaft also.

I absolutely love your channel and look forward every Wednesday here in America to watch the next one. Sometimes I even stay up late on Tuesday so I can catch it and I also love the fact that you’re restoring, a Grant tank it’s my all-time favorite vehicle from the second world war One day maybe I’ll get a chance to visit your tank fest and get a ride in one of these iconic vehicles keep up the great presentations one of your loyal followers, Frank

You fellas really have me looking forward to Wednesday mornings!

REALLY enjoying watching the team rebuild the tanks

US Marines were issued the diesel Shermans for use in the Pacific theater.

Great to see the Steyr in the background, it’s looking awesome. Are we going to get an update sometime, please

So true what he said about the silver anti sieze. Great tour of the Grant and Lee tanks.

Jason you're a bloody legend. Nice drills mate. I love your stories because you tell a good yarn and....it's bloody interesting!

One solution to use rubber seals made in the same fashion as the OG ones, would be to try and get your rubber cut with a waterjet. You'd need a rubber mat that's specific to your needs (so likely something pliable) but if you cut it a few mm smaller on the ID you could repack the seal with new rubber.

Nice to know you're actually reading the comments. I've worked on fair amount of WW II Vehicles. Continental engines are my nemesis. Horizontal springs are HVSS suspension.

More great content, a huge thanks!

Thanks Karl, Jess and Daryl. I spent ten years working on tanks; smelling of diesel, eating processed (hard) cheese and jam sandwiches that were permeated with diesel flavour and hands and finger nails that were ingrained with oily dirt and no thoughts of dermatitis or a protective hand cream, even if it was available ...and that would only be used by ''pussies'' if it was. And yet I look for ward to your videos every week and love seeing the guys doing this kind of work with unaccountable interest! A lot of the older guys used to miss the Cents (Centurions) that were reliable, clean and didn't need so much attention.

It’s great to see parts go back on!

Thanks again!

Jason is like a walking encyclopedia of tank and armored vehicles. Amazing!!!

Wonderful production. So enjoy the dirty rusty work.

Those big bearings are incredible.

Nice work, good to see hands on work as it seems to be going the push button direction for many.

Tank you for my weekly tank fix great 👍 work

WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR WORK, FOREVER. PRESERVING HISTORY.

Good work. Nice to see the new idlers go on with the cleaned up and regreased bearings/seals. Also a nice bit of history re. the various Lees and Grants. I understand that there is a trick for new players with the 6046 (twin 6-71) engine set. The Bus Grease Monkey was invited to do some work on a Sherman with that setup and initially could not get it to turn over but he read the manual overnight and worked out what was happening. It was, if I recall correctly, an issue with the clutch arrangement that allows the tank to drive with either one or both engines going. I also understand that you always have to start the same engine first. I can see why you intend to go with a single Scania four stroke engine to move this beast. One engine instead of two. One turbocharger (presumably) that does not need to be on for the engine to run instead of one supercharger per engine, that has to run because a two stroke diesel cannot suck in air; and finally, an engine that does not have to be run very few weeks, in order to prevent injectors from sticking. Detroit Diesel runaways are not a good thing and … you would get sick of recharging CO2 extinguishers!😊 Thank you again for a positive update and the history lesson, complete with anecdotes about agricultural modifications to surplus Australian Army tanks. That cutdown and converted surplus vehicle is a good part of the story; and also a reminder that not every military workshop modification of an obsolete vehicle makes it into the history books. There might well be some oddball RAEME creations still to be recorded. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿!

Great work Greetings from COSTARICA 🇨🇷⚔👏

I'd like to give a shout-out to the musicians who created the music for this production, to me it seems that they poured their hearts into every note!

i get excited when i'm at work and get a notification of the latest update on my phone 😄, get home and put the big computer on and watch it 👍😊, keep up the good work lads , just loving these vids 😉

Excellent video...

Another good one guys👍👍Always looking forward to the video updates!!!😁👍

G'day mates from an old grunt, thumbs up to all the hard work on the tanks, cheers boys.

Thank you

Amazing work, cheers from Edmonton, Canada.

Stug, Grant, we love em all Kurt. Cheers fella's.

Thanks Team, I just love Workshop Wednesday, I wait until all the jobs are done so I can watch without distractions, Cheers

Outstanding "Nuff Said" Steve UK 🙂

very nice presentation

Great video and a really great way to start my Wednesday. Thank you very much.😎

Great video!

You lads are the best.

You read my mind regarding the Stug!

Awesome as always 😊

You guys do some fabulous work...well done!!

You guys should do a few antique Caterpillar rebuilds.

lol the grease 'mmmmmmmm' cracked me up 🤣

Always wondered why they didnt turn the Grant/Lee into a Stug style mobile gun tank it could easily have been not so hard guess hindsights easy hehe. First thing i would have done is remove the 37mm top turret. Mounted the 75 in the middle seems obvious to me? Guess i wasnt there then though lol. Great job Aussies your all legends save the history for the future its all we have left now it must be preserved for posterity they were very brave men. Much respect to all who gave there lives and fought for Australia & the allies.

Simply amazing dedication to preserving/restoring history! Bravo Zulu!

You guys are amazing!! True enlightened brutes using all your strength and mental faculties to get the job done, BRAVO!!

Wednesday in the UK means Aus Armour

Hey guys. There is brief discussion here about tracks,oh about the 25 minute mark. If you wish detailed meticulous information on what it takes to service the actual track chains,here on YT there is Squatch253, complete rebuild on a Caterpillar D2,and his disassembly and turn/reassemble of track chains components is as meticulous as the rest of what he does. From the video shot here,the track chain of the tank looks to be a right mess. Unlikely there is any New Old Stock stuff available. Be interesting to see what these resourceful lads come up with.

Thanks for history.

Our magicians :)

Smashing work as always boys!

Great job, 👍 I can hear the chieftain already 🤣

Outstanding. Keep up the good work

Fantastic work all the best to the team

I use a kitchen rubber spatula to put greese into my bering housing. My wife was upset until I got another one for her!

@TonyBongo869

11 ай бұрын

You got another spatula or another wife?

Im going.on this new m3 grant tank at next year's Australian armoured artillery museum tank fest 2023

I believe my Best Friend's Uncle had one of these with the Turret taken off as a Farm Tractor in the 1950s (Because there was hardly anything else available and surplus was cheap) and he had several sheep disappear. Now, This is nothing untoward - I'm just stating the facts of the Situation. He managed to work out that there were several Aboriginal fellows living in an improvised humpy made out of Corrugated Iron out the back of his farm. So early one morning, this Radial Engine chugs into life and tin starts crumpling and bodies are leaping out and running off into the treelines. He never lost any more Sheep, and he never saw those blokes again..

A dumb question: will you install the Twin GM 6-71 diesel variant, or the more ubiquitous Continental Motors built the R-975 under license? Please keep going on as always doing a great job 👍 👍👍

Hi guys! Great video! No wonder the old wheel bearings were in such good condition! They were protected by the cast steel wheels, grease seals, multi-bolt gasketed front cap, & about 2kg of grease! Phew! That looks like marine grease youse have used in the idlers ay? Good one👍! Just one thing though - I never actually saw the spacer being installed between the inner & outer bearings of the second idler wheel. Hopefully it was installed? I'm glad you showed both idlers spinning with their newly packed bearings; that was reassuring & satisfying to see! But maan! Those idlers with those huge bearings look indestructable! And so - they were not destroyed, in fact youse got to reuse old the grease seals so I was right - so they ARE virtually indestructable! That hammered-on toothed plate that locks in the track tension setting - is that pretty easy to remove again, cos you may need to remove it to adjust it once the tracks are on? I'd have thought it would have been stored somewhere safe til then - maybe in one of the M3's toolboxes, or in Darryl's toolbox! Thanks fellas!

It would be a dream to come work with you guys restoring one of these beautiful machines, even just for a day.

That desert camo is sweet

I guess all you guys are pretty jacked from working with all that heavy kit. I think it's riveting (see what I did there) to see some of the young guys working on these old tanks with such expertise.

Good info on the differences in the models

Anti sieze would be a better compound to use as the grease will plastisize in the space and cause the part to stick in the bore. where anti-sieze will literally prevent the item from siezing in from lack of active lubrication. Nickle anti-sieze would be ideal, but copper would work just fine.

Outstanding video and presentation.

For the amount of work this will do if you couldn't have sourced original idler wheel seals for the light duty this will probably do a simple turned shell with a felt shaft seal would have been adequete(like in old pre WW2 bearing pillow blocks), had to do it as a temporary measure for fan shafts in the past.

Love the M3, it's a wonderfully weird tank.

How has this been out a whole day and I have not seen it yet? Thank you, great stuff!

Thanks for sharing =)

More great work by the boys!