That looked so much fun. Definitely character building - well done to Mr. Best for not going postal. As mentioned below - you guys really should have way, way more subscribers. One of the best channels on YT. You're all legends, especially Ted. I shall buy a Foden t-shirt and bemuse my friends.
As someone who drove and repaired a chieftain nearly everyday for 7 year, I can honestly say, it's like everything if you look after it, it will look after you!
@@lesjones471, I worked on Cents but no, I never changed the plugs. In fact 1992 I drove the second last Centurion in service with the British army, down to the rail flats to go back to the UK from Munster Larger. The last one was driven straight to the tank museum in Munster Larger. As an armoured engineer we still had Centurion AVREs until that time.
@@steven9562, it was over 25 years ago, and I drove quite a few different AVLBs and AVREs, as well as Spartan CVRTs! In Germany, Canada and Bosnia! I was 31AES for my entire 7 years in the army!
Chieftain was built to RUN, main problem was they were stored in hangers for months at a time before going on ranges or exercise. This caused seals to dry out and have leaks, problem was solved when they used to run them round the camp for a couple of laps every week. Served in the RTR from1975-89.
Im retired US Army back in the 90's once a week we had to go down to the motor pool and start the track up and run it for 30 minutes. I was a Mortarman on 106A2's and then 1064's.
Well said 👍 any vehicle left to stand can become a problem, whether a car, a motorcycle, a van or a lorry. When serviced by a good team and run regularly most of the issues won’t crop up
I used to put a flame into the intake manifold, using a piece of cloth soaked in methylated spirit wrapped and tied around a length of fencing wire. One holds it in the air stream entering the inlet manifold. The cave-man's glow plug we called it. Starts damn near any diesel engine.
My father was a gunnery instructor on the chieftain he was in the 3rd tanks. we lived in bovington camp. When I went to school it wasn't cars going along the main road it was scorpion, and chieftain tanks, it was a good job you could hear them coming lol
It was a safety feature for those tanks fitted with Leyland engines. You’d never actually make it to the front lines so complete survivability for the crews
When I was in the Army, back in 1979, I was informed that if 20 Chieftains were sent into action, 19 would break down on the way and the remaining one would break down when it arrived.
@@CZ350tuner you lot only know about our xxxx-ups cos you saw them! If we're bad then what would Russian tanks be like for maintenance when the current officer class is selling the logistics chain off! They're selling the diesel, the spare engines... their troops must know theirs is a "me first" fxxx-up army as they abandon their vehicles first chance they get.
As a child i used to live in Doedesied (Osnabruck) across the road from a Tank Regiment. Many a night usualy around 02.00 am would hear the Chieftains driving up the Tank road - awesome sound that still brings back fond memories from the early 70's ! 👍
@@vmax42dave That would be the 17/21 lancers, they do not have a cap badge like other Regiments, they wear a “Moto”. I think we were the Regiment that Replaced them, our guys all wore Black Denims, exclusive to the Tank Regiment, all other Regiments wore Green Denims.
We used to use an old carburettor on a piece of wood over the intake , 2 stroke oil mix , start the engine on that , once it's running and warming up chase the air out , works on most old diesel's and petrol engines when resurrecting , really just gives you extra hands and removes some of the uncertainty
You hear lots of jokes about British leyland but I have to say that my experience of leyland tractors was very good . I have had 262, 272 472 tractors as well as the 804 . Good reliable machines! Another great video keep up the good work!!
Ahh, did not understand what that was all about. Now I get it. Thanks for the "heads up." Oh, and yeah. "Don't put water in the fuel tank." Got it first time.
Love that sound, brings back memories . Lived just a few miles from Vickers Barnbow Leeds. They used to run them around the testing ground making that wonderful whirring music.
As a class1mechanic in the UK forces you always tied your tools together,other mechanics learned their lesson when adjusting 432 personel carrier steering drum brakes,if you loose a spanner down in the steering box you tried a magnet on a string to retive it,if not it was steering box out to get at the lower access plate hoping it did fall to the bottom.
My personal view is that you n the crew are the top utube vloggers on the net. Should have more viewers. Love everything. The Ole Fella from Downunda Greg.
As a young apprentice pipe fitter I worked a few times at Chilwell Depot in the late ‘70’s and I watched in awe as these monsters were taken out and put through their paces on the test track. The howl they made seemed as if your could hear it for miles around. Unfortunately the Depot is closed to this type of work now so all we have left are memories of the sound of this lovely beast.
When in Germany on exercise you would get the odd tank going off the road going down hill and into the woods knocking/chopping trees down which could be 24" in Dia
A beautiful tank.......queens silver jubilee 1977 sennelager ranges....i was there with my family as a kid...what a sight seeing all those chieftains drive by with not a single breakdown😊
I did a couple of postings to tank regiments and a few batus exercises. The l60 is reasonably good if maintained and obviously fed clean fuel. Problem is that you guys are working on stuff that’s been standing and is generally not being looked after . It’s a bit sad to think that these tanks were the pride and joy of a crew and looked after by a knowledgeable fitter section and now this ….
You are absolutely right. True the early engines suffered - and they never recovered their reputation. Poor air cleaner maintenance was one cause. The other was the seals between liner and coolant passages. It was a tight fit, on a thin cast iron L shaped lip. Which cracked = lots of white glycol smoke. However, once the O ring sealed, uprated engines came in they were pretty reliable. We trundled the first batch of DU Fin rounds, 2000 miles at MVEE without a breakdown, and so it went on. It was a very good engine once Ernie Wonacott, the MVEE engineer got to it and sorted it. He got quite a few extra horses out of it too with the exhaust mods.
Same as any motorcycle, car, van or lorry if you service it and keep it in use it will be ok. But if you lay it up when you come back it will be a grumpy pissed off vehicle that will not play ball
@Mr Hewes, I presume you do realise that the GUE is for, well, generating. It is also the way to warm the main engine prior to attempting to start. Very, very rarely was the main engine started WITHOUT the GUE running first, it help to stop knackering the driving batteries...
Served in a Recce reg, loved those bad boys starting up, and the howl when they moved off. The LAD were immense back then. Great video fellas, keep up the good work 😁
I recognise this Chieftain - have got many photos of her, been inside the turret etc, glad to see you have her running again. She used to live up Brookfoot, near Brighouse, West Yorks.
I love military tanks and that was the best video yet...shades of Sahara with Humphrey Bogart and his love for this tank...different tank...different era...different people but for me, it was a lovely experience...thank you.
I was in the Army in the Seventies, I always thought that the L60 was a deliberate attempt of sabotage by " Red Robbo" and his band of communists over at Leyland. In fairness I don't think it was designed to have the L60 at 650hp. I think the original spec was for a 1200 hp Rolls Royce engine. Usual MOD incompetence and cost cutting at the expense of our troops.
Red Robbo and BL cars had nothing to do with the L60. The L60 was designed in the 50s to meet a NATO requirement for a multi fuel engine by BL before they bought Triumph in 1960 and Rover in 67. Red Robbo at Longbridge (Austin) and the guys at Cowley (Morris), Solihull (Rover) and Coventry (Jaguar) etc had nothing to do with it. If Britain had ignored the NATO requirement, as other countries did, and had made the L60 a Diesel engine or gone for the Rolls Royce diesel Chieftain would have been fine.
I think I just hallucinated. Whilst Joe was checking all the levels, I swear that I could smell the garage where my father worked when I was a child in 70's and early 80's. It was quite surreal. Of course, it could be the fact the children woke me at an ungodly hour this morning. 😊😊❤❤❤😊😊
I know its hindsight, but the level of maintenance observed during the prestart checks, would have indicated that the fuel filters would be worth a inspection before start.
Yes you were, sorry. .. It depends of course on how long it had been since the previous sucessful run. Still fun to watch, but not necessarily for you, as its always easier for the person who has come to assist, rather than the owner. @@AdamBest1920
Can't sleep so watching this. Came to the part when he said he was just about to smash it to bits. Almost pissed the bed laughing. Been there so many times. I mean smashing things to bits not pissing the bed.
That's quite an early Chieftain that hasn't been upgraded Mk1 with upgraded commanders cupola or a Mk2 ), old style NBC kit and 50 cal ranging gun hole not welded over, at least it got the updated commanders hatch. Maybe it was a training tank. There were a few of those still at5 Catterick back in 1984 when I did my basic training.
@@markellis7819thats the first thing you notice ... we were the last ones to use Ch in the middle 90’s at SPTA as the Armoured Sqn...a true love/hate relationship...
@@markellis7819 after 25years in the RAC, I’m pretty sure I know what SP on a reg plate means..... pretty sure..... Sarcasm, an often underrated form of communication......
MrFunnel makes funnels that will separate water out of fuel. They actually work & I own one, they come in different sizes & flow rates. Might be handy.
You’d get a kick in the arse when l was an apprentice for using that nut stuffer on all those hexes.Makes servicing harder for the next mug.Lucky you are working with good metal there.Even with a quality socket applied rice metal bolt heads lose their flats.
On my first exercise as a REME Fitter with Scots DG in 1974, we were initially very busy fixing hydraulics problems (the seals degraded if unused). However, after that the Chieftains ran and ran no problem. They were noisy and underpowered but the tankies seemed confident they'd be effective in battle.
A very good Chieftain driver could creap up to the enemy without any problem and win the battles.I joined the forces in 1966 to become a fully trained mechanic,traveled to many places close to trouble in the fareast,became a full corporal and did 18+ years,became an inspector of equipment which were tanks,432's and soft skin vehicles,best posting was Gibraltar for 2 yrs.
Perkins Condor, acquired when they bought Rolls-Royce Diesels in Shrewsbury. Apart from being in cast iron, the engine had some common features with the Merlin, e,g,. 60° V12, and versions with 27 litres displacement. I remember admiring a marinised one for yacht applications at the Düsseldorf boat show (Boot).
Every time I think about how cool it might be to own a tank, I see a video like this and realise that I'm not prepared to put up with the cost and aggravation of doing so, much less have the technical skills to work on it.
Please consider before buying a tank that almost every part that went in to building it was custom made for that model , even bought -in units ......engines were the standard engine ....but quite a few of the parts were not standard , the crankshaft for example , looks identical to the standard part but is far from it , it is made to military spec , the main difference is the quality of the steel , I used to repair these things for our queen , the parts list is staggering, and even we could not get all we needed ,
bless - Adam's poker face reminds me of a silent assassin i once knew - has that look that just one little word might turn him into a mad raging beast and rip your throat out with a snide remark - having said that i thought he did rather well, kept his cool and didn't throw his teddy out the pram, or even you Joe, your very privileged to be working so close to him without having your arms and legs wrapped around you and tied in knots, i've had that done and its not particularly nice especially on a cold day well done for getting the old kitten purring again (not so sure about the Windows start up effect, but did make me giggle a lot)
@@chrishavard5871but not worse than an Alfa sud or any of that jap junk that come here in the 70’s .non of them are seen at classic car shows now .there’s BL stuff still showing up …Lancia stopped selling to the public after so many warranty claims for rust .just built for motorsport after that ..
Like how you've got an SP number plate, I do believe it stands for 'service prototype' if its the right no plate, its a very early modle. We had a few challenger 1's and vickers mk5 or 7's at Bovington in the mid 80's on those plates.
Started my career working on Leyland Cars. They were happy days, anyone remember STAVI training with presenter Michael Rod? P.s love the Windows boot up/down, sounds like me keep accidently leaning on my PC : )
Iv,e got a leyland alloy v8 4.4 all alloy, it goes really well attached to a borg warner 4 speed manual, it doesn't boil on a 42c day because it was built by leyland australia in zetland sydney, nothing wrong with 1973 leyland p76!
Ahh the L60 I once saw one drive out the hanger but never made it out fully as the engine grenaded. I'm still in love with the Chieftain despite it's flaws. If I could afford and store one I'd buy one in a heartbeat. FYI I was a B3 crewman on these once upon a time.
I think you have a few misunderstandings about that tank. The L60 was a rush job after NATO decided dual fuel engines were a requirement for future tanks. The Germans also had problems with their DB engines. NATO soon abandoned this requirement. There were many suspicions this was the plan all along to lure Britain and Germany (the builders of the best tanks at the time) into a blind alley. The L60 was mainly designed to be lightweight and easily changed in the field, the thinking at the time was that a tank would rarely last more than a couple of hours in combat before being knocked out. If you want a tank that you can drive to Tesco’s every day, that doesn’t need an army and all its resources to keep it running, buy a Nissan Xtrail and stick a glass fibre body over it. 😂
She sounds really nice when she was running tbh. Interesting to see an early one without the stillbrew armour and big NBC pack. The GUE is a lifesaver in these situations eh?
British Leyland measure thier success by the size of their profits. Or more accurately, they measure their failure by the size of their losses. - Sir Humphery Appleby, Yes Minister
Well done gents, the owner will be happy it's running, even if Adam Best isn't! British Leyland's attempts to run a diesel engine on water failed! - Possibly the fuel tank was designed with a hole in the top, to catch any leaking coolant etc. Tomorrow's another day Adam, hopefully a happier one! 😁👍😁
That looked so much fun. Definitely character building - well done to Mr. Best for not going postal.
As mentioned below - you guys really should have way, way more subscribers. One of the best channels on YT. You're all legends, especially Ted.
I shall buy a Foden t-shirt and bemuse my friends.
No they were always sh!te!
As someone who drove and repaired a chieftain nearly everyday for 7 year, I can honestly say, it's like everything if you look after it, it will look after you!
Did you ever change spark plugs on the Centurion tank which took 24 hours to change
@@lesjones471, I worked on Cents but no, I never changed the plugs. In fact 1992 I drove the second last Centurion in service with the British army, down to the rail flats to go back to the UK from Munster Larger. The last one was driven straight to the tank museum in Munster Larger. As an armoured engineer we still had Centurion AVREs until that time.
@paulsandford3345 what was the reg number of your chieftain
Did the owner get the stab kit fixed on this
@@steven9562, it was over 25 years ago, and I drove quite a few different AVLBs and AVREs, as well as Spartan CVRTs! In Germany, Canada and Bosnia! I was 31AES for my entire 7 years in the army!
Chieftain was built to RUN, main problem was they were stored in hangers for months at a time before going on ranges or exercise. This caused seals to dry out and have leaks, problem was solved when they used to run them round the camp for a couple of laps every week.
Served in the RTR from1975-89.
You weren't driving them backwards so the odometer wasn't putting miles on were you? 😁😁
Im retired US Army back in the 90's once a week we had to go down to the motor pool and start the track up and run it for 30 minutes. I was a Mortarman on 106A2's and then 1064's.
which RTR my old man was 3RTR he said same thing
Well said 👍 any vehicle left to stand can become a problem, whether a car, a motorcycle, a van or a lorry.
When serviced by a good team and run regularly most of the issues won’t crop up
Yes, Came back from NI in 1976 and started them up and the Neoprene Seals were bursting all over Hohne Camp, Queeee Deeeeee Geees!
I used to put a flame into the intake manifold, using a piece of cloth soaked in methylated spirit wrapped and tied around a length of fencing wire. One holds it in the air stream entering the inlet manifold. The cave-man's glow plug we called it. Starts damn near any diesel engine.
My father was a gunnery instructor on the chieftain he was in the 3rd tanks. we lived in bovington camp. When I went to school it wasn't cars going along the main road it was scorpion, and chieftain tanks, it was a good job you could hear them coming lol
It was a safety feature for those tanks fitted with Leyland engines. You’d never actually make it to the front lines so complete survivability for the crews
that is one explanation- but me ithink the Leyland engineers were bought by the Russians.
Or as long as the workers had plenty of toilet paper 🧻
The average Leyland L60 engine done more miles in the back of a REME FV434 than in any Chieftain.
When I was in the Army, back in 1979, I was informed that if 20 Chieftains were sent into action, 19 would break down on the way and the remaining one would break down when it arrived.
@@CZ350tuner you lot only know about our xxxx-ups cos you saw them! If we're bad then what would Russian tanks be like for maintenance when the current officer class is selling the logistics chain off! They're selling the diesel, the spare engines... their troops must know theirs is a "me first" fxxx-up army as they abandon their vehicles first chance they get.
As a child i used to live in Doedesied (Osnabruck) across the road from a Tank Regiment. Many a night usualy around 02.00 am would hear the Chieftains driving up the Tank road - awesome sound that still brings back fond memories from the early 70's ! 👍
@@vmax42dave Would that be across from 4th Armd Brig, York Bks, not too far from Gremendorf pub?? that would be 4 RTR.
@@russelldavis8415 Dodeside I remember their sign Skull and crossbones on a black back ground !
@@vmax42dave That would be the 17/21 lancers, they do not have a cap badge like other Regiments, they wear a “Moto”. I think we were the Regiment that Replaced them, our guys all wore Black Denims, exclusive to the Tank Regiment, all other Regiments wore Green Denims.
We used to use an old carburettor on a piece of wood over the intake , 2 stroke oil mix , start the engine on that , once it's running and warming up chase the air out , works on most old diesel's and petrol engines when resurrecting , really just gives you extra hands and removes some of the uncertainty
That´s actually really clever! Never heard of or seen that in the Tube. Never heard of this -ever. I have to remember that, Thanks, Mate!
That’s genius. Nicely done.
That is something I'd forgotten that I knew, but yes....my dad taught me that one
Is that a version of those cold-start aerosols? Or the same principle?
Aided by the fact opposed piston diesels are generally good multifuelers
Served with several tank regiments in BAOR not as a VM but Instrument Technician. Loved my time with Chieftains.
I sat next to many Gardener engines as a youth, just able to see over the engine cover while thundering down the roads with my father. Great sound.
I lived next door to Gardener in High Legh, Cheshire. Nice bloke. Had a donkey called Daniel.
Don't care what you say, that engine sounded fantastic when it was warmed up.
What a beaut. My attendance at primary school was around 80%, no fault of mine, we had a Leyland daf minibus as a school bus.
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You hear lots of jokes about British leyland but I have to say that my experience of leyland tractors was very good .
I have had 262, 272 472 tractors as well as the 804 .
Good reliable machines!
Another great video keep up the good work!!
The windows startup, shutdown and error sound effects were absolutely inspired. Had me spraying my tea.
Ahh, did not understand what that was all about. Now I get it. Thanks for the "heads up." Oh, and yeah. "Don't put water in the fuel tank." Got it first time.
Not running windoze I had no idea what was going on. Linux forever!
Love that sound, brings back memories . Lived just a few miles from Vickers Barnbow Leeds. They used to run them around the testing ground making that wonderful whirring music.
As a class1mechanic in the UK forces you always tied your tools together,other mechanics learned their lesson when adjusting 432 personel carrier steering drum brakes,if you loose a spanner down in the steering box you tried a magnet on a string to retive it,if not it was steering box out to get at the lower access plate hoping it did fall to the bottom.
My personal view is that you n the crew are the top utube vloggers on the net. Should have more viewers. Love everything. The Ole Fella from Downunda Greg.
She has stayed remarkably old school, I think she even has the old metal bazooka plates. I did 18 years on tanks, loved this old smelly!
seeing that chaps facial expressions brought back so memories for me of Chieftain Drivers covered in oil maintaining their tanks
Christ, that brought some memories back... none of them good, mind - but memories none the less.
As a young apprentice pipe fitter I worked a few times at Chilwell Depot in the late ‘70’s and I watched in awe as these monsters were taken out and put through their paces on the test track. The howl they made seemed as if your could hear it for miles around. Unfortunately the Depot is closed to this type of work now so all we have left are memories of the sound of this lovely beast.
they could wake the dead when crossed the cobbles
When in Germany on exercise you would get the odd tank going off the road going down hill and into the woods knocking/chopping trees down which could be 24" in Dia
I served my time in 38 central
Though i don't recall having any pipefitters in the workhop
16:15 The thousand yard stare of a Chieftain mechanic......😂
there's nothing out there that can sound better than the tank engine! what a sound......
6 gears in that box guys. On that ground you should be in 3rd in 25 meters. Cleanest burn L60 I've seen.
Only 15 clicks on the recon 13A2 engine
A beautiful tank.......queens silver jubilee 1977 sennelager ranges....i was there with my family as a kid...what a sight seeing all those chieftains drive by with not a single breakdown😊
I did a couple of postings to tank regiments and a few batus exercises. The l60 is reasonably good if maintained and obviously fed clean fuel. Problem is that you guys are working on stuff that’s been standing and is generally not being looked after
. It’s a bit sad to think that these tanks were the pride and joy of a crew and looked after by a knowledgeable fitter section and now this ….
The bean counters at the MOD never allowed the mileage needed to keep the engine in trim.And you know a diesel needs miles to keep it sweet
You are absolutely right. True the early engines suffered - and they never recovered their reputation. Poor air cleaner maintenance was one cause. The other was the seals between liner and coolant passages. It was a tight fit, on a thin cast iron L shaped lip. Which cracked = lots of white glycol smoke. However, once the O ring sealed, uprated engines came in they were pretty reliable. We trundled the first batch of DU Fin rounds, 2000 miles at MVEE without a breakdown, and so it went on. It was a very good engine once Ernie Wonacott, the MVEE engineer got to it and sorted it. He got quite a few extra horses out of it too with the exhaust mods.
@@stevenbreach2561 absolutely
Same as any motorcycle, car, van or lorry if you service it and keep it in use it will be ok.
But if you lay it up when you come back it will be a grumpy pissed off vehicle that will not play ball
Quite a few years ago I met the man who designed the turret of the Chieftain tank. He was quite proud of what he had done.
Why id the sound of the engines so satisfying. I'm sure when selling to MoD, they hear it and say, yes we will have a hundred...
Ooh Yess. Just the sound of that engine starting and running gives me that fizz. I could listen to it all day long.
Nothing more enjoyable than lifting a pack. It's like Christmas with all of the buckshee tools you can school up.
She looks like she could have been an old adversary of mine from back in my days as a vehicle inspector at MVEE. Good to see her running.
@Mr Hewes, I presume you do realise that the GUE is for, well, generating. It is also the way to warm the main engine prior to attempting to start. Very, very rarely was the main engine started WITHOUT the GUE running first, it help to stop knackering the driving batteries...
@@scraggy983 First task of the day, Hydraulic start, not electric start.
Working with such quality of machinery in such mint condition one wonders why you boys make such a meal of things.
Keep it up lads.
Served in a Recce reg, loved those bad boys starting up, and the howl when they moved off. The LAD were immense back then.
Great video fellas, keep up the good work 😁
I remember these from my time with 1RTR in Germany back in the eighties, they were always breaking down.
Well done.! Proper L.A.D work.
Cept you got it going.
I recognise this Chieftain - have got many photos of her, been inside the turret etc, glad to see you have her running again.
She used to live up Brookfoot, near Brighouse, West Yorks.
I was thinking the same thing got videos of it broken down at Yorkshire wartime experience.
The Windows XP chimes were beautifully timed Mr Hewes!
But of course you got the tank started ..... Even without Ted around to supervise.
I love military tanks and that was the best video yet...shades of Sahara with Humphrey Bogart and his love for this tank...different tank...different era...different people but for me, it was a lovely experience...thank you.
The Window sounds.....Chefs kiss.
Parts falling from this vehicle are from the best british craftmanship..
I was in the Army in the Seventies, I always thought that the L60 was a deliberate attempt of sabotage by " Red Robbo" and his band of communists over at Leyland. In fairness I don't think it was designed to have the L60 at 650hp. I think the original spec was for a 1200 hp Rolls Royce engine. Usual MOD incompetence and cost cutting at the expense of our troops.
Red Robbo and BL cars had nothing to do with the L60.
The L60 was designed in the 50s to meet a NATO requirement for a multi fuel engine by BL before they bought Triumph in 1960 and Rover in 67.
Red Robbo at Longbridge (Austin) and the guys at Cowley (Morris), Solihull (Rover) and Coventry (Jaguar) etc had nothing to do with it.
If Britain had ignored the NATO requirement, as other countries did, and had made the L60 a Diesel engine or gone for the Rolls Royce diesel Chieftain would have been fine.
I think I just hallucinated. Whilst Joe was checking all the levels, I swear that I could smell the garage where my father worked when I was a child in 70's and early 80's. It was quite surreal.
Of course, it could be the fact the children woke me at an ungodly hour this morning. 😊😊❤❤❤😊😊
I know its hindsight, but the level of maintenance observed during the prestart checks, would have indicated that the fuel filters would be worth a inspection before start.
I seem to recall Joe asking if they should do that and Adam replied in the negative.
sorry ,yes but te helpers should have ignored that given what they had observed previously.@@johnnunn8688
We were talking about priming the oil filters
Yes you were, sorry. .. It depends of course on how long it had been since the previous sucessful run. Still fun to watch, but not necessarily for you, as its always easier for the person who has come to assist, rather than the owner. @@AdamBest1920
“I’ll get it; I’ll get it, you get up”
What was in Joe’s head: “if I don’t get that spanner for him, he’s going postal”
Adams eyes peeping over the top of the drivers hatch always makes me laugh!
"Outside the environment"! 😂😂😂 Good one! Great show.
Can't sleep so watching this. Came to the part when he said he was just about to smash it to bits. Almost pissed the bed laughing. Been there so many times. I mean smashing things to bits not pissing the bed.
What are the coveralls/pants you're wearing in this video? The black with neon green pocket-flaps...
That's quite an early Chieftain that hasn't been upgraded Mk1 with upgraded commanders cupola or a Mk2 ), old style NBC kit and 50 cal ranging gun hole not welded over, at least it got the updated commanders hatch. Maybe it was a training tank. There were a few of those still at5 Catterick back in 1984 when I did my basic training.
You didn't notice the SP registration ?
Didn't notice that but I remumber us having a few SP pieces of kit in heavy track troop back in 87 at Bovy @@markellis7819
@@markellis7819thats the first thing you notice ... we were the last ones to use Ch in the middle 90’s at SPTA as the Armoured Sqn...a true love/hate relationship...
@@johnhughes8016 You understand what an SP registration is?
@@markellis7819 after 25years in the RAC, I’m pretty sure I know what SP on a reg plate means..... pretty sure.....
Sarcasm, an often underrated form of communication......
He will probably have to come back in 3 months and do it again
Ex REME guy i worked with said you had a que of people waiting to recover lost tools whenever you did a pack lift.
These guys really know their stuff. Love these videos.
Condensation in the fuel tank. Keep it full and buy your diesel from a good supplier
Still love the sound of this tank, my dad drove these while he was in the 14/20th x❤
MrFunnel makes funnels that will separate water out of fuel. They actually work & I own one, they come in different sizes & flow rates. Might be handy.
Why was there water in the diesel?
@@richardjoseph9002 Because in England it rains on 364 days of the year & on the other day it pisses down.
@@dustyfarmer 😆
Hi,NOT CLEVER ENOUGH??? You and Adam got a bloody tank going. That's more than clever. Many thanks for the entertainment.
At one time,,the Chieftain was THE tank you wanted!!!!
The army bought the version with the Leyland L60. I think the late Shah of Iran had the Rolls Royce engine instead.
You’d get a kick in the arse when l was an apprentice for using that nut stuffer on all those hexes.Makes servicing harder for the next mug.Lucky you are working with good metal there.Even with a quality socket applied rice metal bolt heads lose their flats.
Give the old girl a break, she is, after all, over 60 years old and I think she looks/runs very good for her age.
NOT THE MACHINES FAULT THAT OIL AND WATER DONT MIXXX
On my first exercise as a REME Fitter with Scots DG in 1974, we were initially very busy fixing hydraulics problems (the seals degraded if unused). However, after that the Chieftains ran and ran no problem. They were noisy and underpowered but the tankies seemed confident they'd be effective in battle.
A very good Chieftain driver could creap up to the enemy without any problem and win the battles.I joined the forces in 1966 to become a fully trained mechanic,traveled to many places close to trouble in the fareast,became a full corporal and did 18+ years,became an inspector of equipment which were tanks,432's and soft skin vehicles,best posting was Gibraltar for 2 yrs.
Perkins Condor, acquired when they bought Rolls-Royce Diesels in Shrewsbury. Apart from being in cast iron, the engine had some common features with the Merlin, e,g,. 60° V12, and versions with 27 litres displacement. I remember admiring a marinised one for yacht applications at the Düsseldorf boat show (Boot).
OMG that look Adam gave at 12 minutes in when he dropped his spanner, I felt it in my soul 🤣
that spanner drop, class
Never to be seen again
That's no way to talk about the Labour party coach trip to Blackpool!
I thoroughly enjoy the way those tanks sound
Yeah, that cinder block will deffo stop it buggering off. 🤦♂️
I didn’t think it started as there was no smoke!
Every time I think about how cool it might be to own a tank, I see a video like this and realise that I'm not prepared to put up with the cost and aggravation of doing so, much less have the technical skills to work on it.
Please consider before buying a tank that almost every part that went in to building it was custom made for that model , even bought -in units ......engines were the standard engine ....but quite a few of the parts were not standard , the crankshaft for example , looks identical to the standard part but is far from it , it is made to military spec , the main difference is the quality of the steel , I used to repair these things for our queen , the parts list is staggering, and even we could not get all we needed ,
As someone who done the consumption tests on these tanks the cost of fuel would make you cry.
A Trabant would be more fun......much the same noise.....and you can use the 2 stroke max for a nostalgia kick.
@@normanedwards7220 Dont worry, ive gone classic car instead - still ruinous but an order of magnitude less
bless - Adam's poker face reminds me of a silent assassin i once knew - has that look that just one little word might turn him into a mad raging beast and rip your throat out with a snide remark - having said that i thought he did rather well, kept his cool and didn't throw his teddy out the pram, or even you Joe, your very privileged to be working so close to him without having your arms and legs wrapped around you and tied in knots, i've had that done and its not particularly nice especially on a cold day
well done for getting the old kitten purring again (not so sure about the Windows start up effect, but did make me giggle a lot)
Excellent film again. Thanks Guys. Can’t beat that sound too. 😊
I know nothing about Chieftan Tanks , but that seems to run very well , hardly any smoke, well done.
Glorious, 1 careful owner, full service history.
Bring out your can of StartYaBastard, works every time. 😆
Your hard work much enjoyed ! Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing!
I have 2 p6 Rovers, the 60's Rover one and the 70's Leyland one. The Rover one does not rust and the chrome is still there.
I feel your pain,my first car was an 80's Rover SD1. If you were quiet at night you could hear it rusting.
@@chrishavard5871but not worse than an Alfa sud or any of that jap junk that come here in the 70’s .non of them are seen at classic car shows now .there’s BL stuff still showing up …Lancia stopped selling to the public after so many warranty claims for rust .just built for motorsport after that ..
its not very often you see a chieftain running that cleanly but at least its running and you did'nt have to pull the pack
Was gonna say the same mate one of the cleanest smokers ive seen & ive seen a few
Brand new engine done 15 clicks
@@MrHewes so around 47000 feet for the American audience?
@@johanmetreus1268 Or about 9 + miles.
That adjustable wrench looks like it should be thrown as far away as possible.
Like how you've got an SP number plate, I do believe it stands for 'service prototype' if its the right no plate, its a very early modle. We had a few challenger 1's and vickers mk5 or 7's at Bovington in the mid 80's on those plates.
That would explain why it's not on the Merlin ERM database then.
It is it’s genuine number it’s a MK3
We used to call it "Special Projects" as it was on all the vehicles we had in a REME trials section.
In the last war, you would be put against a wall.
The window sounds are on point
Started my career working on Leyland Cars. They were happy days, anyone remember STAVI training with presenter Michael Rod? P.s love the Windows boot up/down, sounds like me keep accidently leaning on my PC : )
Iv,e got a leyland alloy v8 4.4 all alloy, it goes really well attached to a borg warner 4 speed manual, it doesn't boil on a 42c day because it was built by leyland australia in zetland sydney, nothing wrong with 1973 leyland p76!
Ahh the L60 I once saw one drive out the hanger but never made it out fully as the engine grenaded. I'm still in love with the Chieftain despite it's flaws. If I could afford and store one I'd buy one in a heartbeat. FYI I was a B3 crewman on these once upon a time.
L60s were designed to be driven every day, not parked most days. A huge mistake for a tank engine.
Water not known for its compressibility in the diesel system. Easy to say from my comfy chair here. Such pain. Bravo.
Definitely a child of it's time, much like a Landrover that will run forever but is a screaming horror show to work on.
When I was in a quarter of them never got out of the sheds on crash-out
Love the show great mechanical works. So many parts
I think you have a few misunderstandings about that tank. The L60 was a rush job after NATO decided dual fuel engines were a requirement for future tanks. The Germans also had problems with their DB engines. NATO soon abandoned this requirement. There were many suspicions this was the plan all along to lure Britain and Germany (the builders of the best tanks at the time) into a blind alley. The L60 was mainly designed to be lightweight and easily changed in the field, the thinking at the time was that a tank would rarely last more than a couple of hours in combat before being knocked out. If you want a tank that you can drive to Tesco’s every day, that doesn’t need an army and all its resources to keep it running, buy a Nissan Xtrail and stick a glass fibre body over it. 😂
She sounds really nice when she was running tbh. Interesting to see an early one without the stillbrew armour and big NBC pack. The GUE is a lifesaver in these situations eh?
Never had a problem with mine, except for throwing a track in 5 years as a driver.
We actually love the chieftain
British Leyland measure thier success by the size of their profits. Or more accurately, they measure their failure by the size of their losses. - Sir Humphery Appleby, Yes Minister
Beautiful tank. A surplus store in bakersfield had a Chieftain for sale a few years ago...
It seems to me that not only has this tank not been maintained but also it is clear that you do not know what you are doing!
Must admit, that's the cleanest running chieftain I've ever seen!
Well done gents, the owner will be happy it's running, even if Adam Best isn't! British Leyland's attempts to run a diesel engine on water failed! - Possibly the fuel tank was designed with a hole in the top, to catch any leaking coolant etc. Tomorrow's another day Adam, hopefully a happier one! 😁👍😁
That sound took me back to the days of my youth living here in Bordon.
I used to powder coat the instrument panels in matt black. Leyland took ages to pay me.
Good looking example with all original kit and bins
I love the problem solving between you two... 'Why's it doing that then'? 'I don't fuc*ing know'. 😆