WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: How to service your US Military Humvee

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  • Mechanics Ryan and Rob are hard at work getting our ride vehicles ready for AusArmourfest 2023. This week, they service our US military Humvee!
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  • @ludercoarms
    @ludercoarms ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I was a mechanic and recovery vehicle operator in the US Army for 20 years, spent thousands of hours doing this service. Don't forget to check the oil in the geared hubs, the small reduction gearboxes at each wheel. They do not hold much oil, so even a small leak can lead to a catastrophic failure. Love your channel, keep up the great work!!!

    • @causewaykayak
      @causewaykayak ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hope they read your advice.

    • @shanedalysptt
      @shanedalysptt ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wonder if they have the -10, -20, and -20p manual's

    • @jamieseagraves2985
      @jamieseagraves2985 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah I caught that too. They did pretty good, but missed the hubs. I’d probably of checked the fuel filter on the firewall for water too. Army 63b and recovery, 12 years👍🏼

    • @gaboonviper85
      @gaboonviper85 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also gear hub spindle nuts....they are notorious for coming loose making the wheels fall off.

    • @ludercoarms
      @ludercoarms ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gaboonviper85 Depends on if the previous owner put in the updated locking ring. I still have my special socket for doing those hubs!!!

  • @NSYresearch
    @NSYresearch ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Brilliant as usual, Kurt is a natural narrator and the quality of the filming, editing, sound etc... as good as anything done on TV or TH-cam.

  • @WhiskyCardinalWes
    @WhiskyCardinalWes ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That brings back memories. Days upon days spent in the motor pool under a scumvee taking a nap because we had already pulled daily, weekly, and monthly PMCS. All you are missing is a drip pan, a chock block, and the pioneer tools and rack.

  • @NinjaKittyBonks
    @NinjaKittyBonks ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never realized that native Aussie critters play some great music! Thanks all ❤

  • @justfly7730
    @justfly7730 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I can watch you guys drive your panzers all day.

  • @blackeaglefabrication2369
    @blackeaglefabrication2369 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I came home from working on heavy equipment all day. To watch my dose of workshop Wednesday to see you doing what I just did all day. 😂

  • @causewaykayak
    @causewaykayak ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Its amazing that the museum staff just happen to have all these spares ready to hand and know what substitutes can safely be used. Most impressive - as usual.

    • @dennisp.2147
      @dennisp.2147 ปีที่แล้ว

      A Humvee's drivetrain is basically a mid 1980's one ton Chevrolet Diesel truck.

  • @aserta
    @aserta หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kurt's fascination with everything is so cute. I imagine i was the exact same way when i used to work on stuff with my uncle. Also, the guys explaining everything so nice and clear as well, all nice!

  • @DazzaBo
    @DazzaBo ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Appreciate you asking questions that might seem like they have obvious answers to others, Kurt. 👍

  • @bigmac60
    @bigmac60 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice change. Good to see some of the other people who look after the collection

  • @CaptainCamperLP-CCLP
    @CaptainCamperLP-CCLP ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It`s nice to see a different kind and era of vehicle. Keep up the good work and the diversity in showing different types and ages of vehicles!

  • @arnderr5465
    @arnderr5465 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That´s a very early Humvee. Hints are the remnants of the early one-armed mirrors in front of the windshield, and the vehicle data plate on the outside rear left fender. Only very early Humvees (say ´85 or ´86) had those plates.
    I´m pretty sure the gunner protection kit on the turret was later added on, as it was usually only used on later M111x or M115x Humvees.
    Great episode, as always. I just posted a link into our Humvee owners group.

  • @Ravenlord79
    @Ravenlord79 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Allways pleasure to see professionals working. And not need to get dirty, just drink coffee and relax😊

  • @DavidDragonhammer
    @DavidDragonhammer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how you maintain the vehicles,and am a mechanic and still find that soothing to watch.Find your channel very informing,keep up the great work that you do...

  • @russwoodward8251
    @russwoodward8251 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a job, park an 80 year old panzer in the morning and perform detailed maintenance on an old battle wagon, then take it for a ride. Great video. Thanks!

  • @sweethomevirginia7746
    @sweethomevirginia7746 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for explaining everything that is going on and the "why". Have no idea about engines but love Workshop Wednesday and feel like I learn a lot. Salutations :)

  • @paulorchard7960
    @paulorchard7960 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tuned in tonight to see more tank bits but got a humvee oil change! Great change and although not a tank still sexy! You guys do great work!

  • @NSYresearch
    @NSYresearch ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The new chap Rob, reminds me of the vintage Action Man sailor with realistic hair and beard ....

  • @philswift8311
    @philswift8311 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've owned one of these for years so I know how to service it, but imma still watch this

    • @frostedbutts4340
      @frostedbutts4340 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just fix it with flex tape

    • @bpdp379
      @bpdp379 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spray paint over all dirt and rust!

  • @gg86
    @gg86 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you checked the hubs? Very important! Only a tiny oil reservoir.

  • @robinlecomte1242
    @robinlecomte1242 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A Day in the Life of a Tourist visiting "The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum", and the sign at the door states we have a new Tour - Kurt will lead you around all exhibits and discuss the maintenance of each vehicle, his 'specialty' is the HumVee.

  • @stretch3281
    @stretch3281 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to hear the kookaburras 😃
    Takes me back to 2001 when i spent 9 months doing nothing but drink beer and eat pies, happy days.

  • @aserta
    @aserta หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:22 a pretty simple and effective way to clean those is to make an adapter (basically a piece of round wood with a hole for an air hose in the center) and put some pressure on it outside (not much, you don't wan't to rip them open tho). You can do an even better cleaner if you have vibrating base to sit the whole thing on. Dust just falls out of the stuff.

  • @HUMMERKINGZ
    @HUMMERKINGZ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GOOD JOB GUYS

  • @Matthew-cx4zg
    @Matthew-cx4zg ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow. That sound. I spent a year in Afghanistan in one of those 😛

  • @anthonysheedy8549
    @anthonysheedy8549 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great to see you guys running RYCO on the vehicle. 🤙

  • @nickraschke4737
    @nickraschke4737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh I like that oil filter tool

  • @roberthocking9138
    @roberthocking9138 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It amuses me how ordinary mechanical objects and procedures excite KOERT so much 😁. Good on you for sticking your hand up, not all of spent their life crawling under and in vehicles trying to keep them running 😁

  • @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595
    @dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I chuckled when the Humvee wouldn't start on the first try. Did someone forget to wait until the _"Glow Plug"_ instrument panel light shut off? 😮

    • @aritakalo8011
      @aritakalo8011 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sat so long, that fuel system had drained back? Had to crank it over for little bit for the fuel pumps to get fuel to cylinders?

    • @davidbarnsley8486
      @davidbarnsley8486 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was thinking the same
      No glow no go 😂😂

  • @claytonnans5639
    @claytonnans5639 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks guys!

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for sharing
    🎖️⭐🏆🙏🇺🇲

  • @TheSlugstoppa
    @TheSlugstoppa ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well that was a bit different and entertaining too - Cheers fellas.

  • @wojciechmusia9486
    @wojciechmusia9486 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Made my Wednesday as usual. Cheers to all the crew!!!

  • @dougcanning4524
    @dougcanning4524 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looking forward to a tour of the vehicle and it's equipment... don't forget the radio... thanks very much for the video

  • @nandi123
    @nandi123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these videos. Australians always seem so nice and friendly. Then you see them play their football and you realize that inside they're crazed lunatics. 😲A foreign power would be nuts to invade their country. 😀

  • @MyHMMWVaddiction
    @MyHMMWVaddiction 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The HMMWV should start fast. You should check the smart start box and glow plugs.🍻

  • @rtbdmd
    @rtbdmd ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "What did you do at work today honey?" "Oh, I drove the panzer 4 around for a bit!"

  • @thedolt9215
    @thedolt9215 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do I always want to sit back and drink beer when I hear an Australian accent?

  • @ariedekker7350
    @ariedekker7350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks again, it was a nice story and a nice video. Also saw Bo for a while

  • @steve20118
    @steve20118 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing channel! So many running vehicles!

  • @LB__1
    @LB__1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a really great video. I remember talking to a person I knew who was in the National Guard. He told me that Humvees were simple to repair to a regular car engine. I knew he was full of it when he told me that, but this video confirmed it.

  • @michaeldarby3503
    @michaeldarby3503 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those red bushes have add atleast 10 bhp

  • @stephencoster9532
    @stephencoster9532 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    hiya,
    Nice video; thank you all. Great seeing a bit more of a modern fighting machine. A complete walk-through of it and its capability would be good.
    That 88 looked sad sitting in the middle of the parade ring, slowly rusting away. It was always my favourite Airfix kit, well, that and the British Grayhound. The SAM?
    Stay safe, Steve...

    • @awf6554
      @awf6554 ปีที่แล้ว

      British ran greyhounds? Didn't know that.

  • @toweroftrollgaming
    @toweroftrollgaming ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those are great to work on. I would know cause I was a light wheel mechanic in the US Army

  • @BorisKupriianov
    @BorisKupriianov ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:01 The T-34-85 tank is awesome!

  • @billyponsonby
    @billyponsonby ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ‘Expert’ Kurt mechanic tip #1 😂

  • @kiwifruit27
    @kiwifruit27 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, looks like the Chieftains 88 could do with a makeover 😂

  • @Culwhch
    @Culwhch ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve been waiting all day!

  • @tgfcujhb7583
    @tgfcujhb7583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shoulda put a bumblebee for the thumbnail 😂👍👍👍

  • @roncaptain9527
    @roncaptain9527 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I own a Humvee M998.. I love these Humvees...Just to let you know... Those bushings do not use a 27 mm socket...
    Every nut and bolt are ASE Sandard ... Those bushing bolts are 3/4 inch ... The oil drain plug is 9/16 ... The same that General Motors used for over 60 years ...
    Wish I could be there to give you hand ...
    These Humvees are very special to me.. And my business
    Sincerely, Captain Ron
    Naples Florida

    • @RakTheGoose
      @RakTheGoose 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the 27mm he was talking about was the diameter of the swaybar, not the bolt

  • @54mgtf22
    @54mgtf22 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your work 👍

  • @Wom54Bat
    @Wom54Bat ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Sooo much for your Workshop Wednesdays. I look so forward to them. Most Guys would proberly find a simple service to a vehicle BORING! but I was fascinated by the detail these guys attentend to a vehicle. Keep it up.

  • @josephkerley363
    @josephkerley363 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best part of restoration and maintenance is running them!

  • @nickraschke4737
    @nickraschke4737 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see a new face there too.

  • @dgchj
    @dgchj ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, thanks! Seems like you have some beast machinery there. We would like to see more of this kind of maintanance and mechanical stuff

  • @neilfairless4589
    @neilfairless4589 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any video from Aus Armour is a great video, keep them coming Kurt.

  • @masaharumorimoto4761
    @masaharumorimoto4761 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the best I've ever heard sway bars explained!

  • @noahwall4150
    @noahwall4150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great!

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg Kurt reveals his middle name: Kurt Mechanic Ausarmour
    ngl, best name ever

  • @Jess-pu6gu
    @Jess-pu6gu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was awesome! Learnt so much!

  • @neilpalandri-jones689
    @neilpalandri-jones689 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    at last!!!!

  • @kriszml
    @kriszml 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a mechanic and a Qc there is few things I see here. The end of the clamps an the air filter housing should be under the air filter housing guard. The right side mirror is useless in this way you can not see anything in the mirror. Not mounted correctly. Its in the manual along with many useful information

  • @vinnywelsh
    @vinnywelsh ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy the maintenance videos.

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @999torino
    @999torino ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you got rid of the "Orange Death" oil filter, and even prefilled the new one. Good on ya.

  • @jerry50bmg65
    @jerry50bmg65 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love my HMMWV

  • @shamus813
    @shamus813 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is a post Desert Storm era Humvee. Slant back humvees were used alot by combat support Military Police units.

    • @bpdp379
      @bpdp379 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Looks like an M1025? We ran the M1026 in the scout platoon in Korea exactly like this but it had a recovery winch. Pretty sure the 1025 had no winch.

    • @TheRazorbackpilot
      @TheRazorbackpilot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The M1025 (the one in this video) was used before Desert Storm, the Humvee variants you’re thinking of are the uparmored M1113 ECV series, which was developed further during the GWOT.
      Slant backs were issued far more than just to MPs as well.

    • @shamus813
      @shamus813 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRazorbackpilot has the wrong Sideview mirrors then.

  • @stephenparkes626
    @stephenparkes626 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video guys hope kirt learnt something 😂😂😂😂

  • @AdeRailfanPJL81
    @AdeRailfanPJL81 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so... when will you guys take the humvee to fraser island like those aussie 4wd?

  • @jamiesharp3726
    @jamiesharp3726 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a humvee owner in Brisbane, nice to see. Definitely don't forget the spindle locking nuts. What model slant back is it? It's an A0 truck as it still has the early mirror brackets and what looks like the 6.2 v belt, or could be the mid 6.5 v belt. Look forward to seeing it when I visit.

  • @LarsLinde
    @LarsLinde ปีที่แล้ว +2

    11:19 casually driving pas a WW2 German 88mm FLAK

  • @Manta-82
    @Manta-82 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome to the team :)

  • @punisher1038
    @punisher1038 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love HMMWV !
    I have HMMWV!

  • @peterjaniceforan3080
    @peterjaniceforan3080 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸👍

  • @rodolfojoseespino6729
    @rodolfojoseespino6729 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From 🇧🇷👍🌎

  • @whoknows335
    @whoknows335 ปีที่แล้ว

    I served 11 yrs in the U S Army and reported to my first unit in 1986,shortly after the army started replacing the M151's with M998's.I noticed that the example that they have is an earlier version with the brakes mounted to the differentials. Something to be aware of is the tendency for the bolts holding the calipers on to back out and start hitting the bolts holding the half shaft to the flange on the diff. I experienced this issue several times and started including checking them in my pmcs and tightening them periodically.

  • @10947792
    @10947792 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another interesting episode!! Question…..is the 88 flak gun displayed outdoors on the restoration list??

  • @corpnut2906
    @corpnut2906 ปีที่แล้ว

    to check the clutch fan operation you can disconect the electrical line that is near the black box on the drivers side engine bay. when the line is disconnected the fan kicks in. something i picked up from AM General back in the day. Used to start the engine with WD8 wire as a jumper on the test connector but i cant remember which spots. only used it a few times when the ignition switch went out.

  • @manyfaces2614
    @manyfaces2614 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We call that type a hard bck or slant bck humvee in the marines

    • @bpdp379
      @bpdp379 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Turtle shells!

  • @lynbooth1431
    @lynbooth1431 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it just me , or did Kurt just throw in a "Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures" quote at 18:02 ....."pretty soon it was time to hit the road"😉😄

  • @thorgal1976
    @thorgal1976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow.... Why can`t you find out history of this humvee? Ican see Beau and work on Stug in the background :-D . At 19:19 I see 88mm will you restore them? Greetings from Poland 🙂

  • @donniethered8056
    @donniethered8056 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Little trouble starting, typical. Inside every US Army Humvee is its dispatch book, a green plastic book to keep papers for the vehicle. Almost every one of them you will find a perfect circular soot mark on it. If your Humvee has trouble starting you take that book and place it over the exhaust pipe blocking the exhaust and the Humvee will fire right up. Don't know why this works but on most the Humvees I was assigned this was the only way to start it.

    • @bpdp379
      @bpdp379 ปีที่แล้ว

      We’d use the seat cushion…lol

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍!!!

  • @deniseclark2639
    @deniseclark2639 ปีที่แล้ว

    MMMMMM FRAM

  • @georgesgohier484
    @georgesgohier484 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice leisure workshop Wednesday.....
    BTW that old 88, out in the fields, is looking a little ratty

  • @bjo889
    @bjo889 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No idea why I’m fascinated by changing oil. I do my own an all my vehicles.

  • @Jeremy-km4dj
    @Jeremy-km4dj 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    check the water separator dont want algae like stuff in your tank. can check that at the fuel filter

  • @bobwilliams6752
    @bobwilliams6752 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you have an American WW2 155MM howitzer known as a “long Tom?”

  • @SonOfTheDevil666
    @SonOfTheDevil666 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:24 I think they are the same as my Nissan nx1600 at least they look the same

  • @joes8087
    @joes8087 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Please tell me that 88 is going to get restored or at least put inside

  • @corpnut2906
    @corpnut2906 ปีที่แล้ว

    DROVE m1044/45 SERIES tow HUMMVEES AND THEN m998 tow RIGS AND FINALLY THE m1114's from 85-07 lots of hrs on them to go over the dash 10. I loved em but i would make a few improvements to them

  • @GrandRoofingInc
    @GrandRoofingInc ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a way to find the service history of a Humvee, like where it served?

  • @dylancarson5641
    @dylancarson5641 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do you think they will restore the flak gun shown at the end of the video?

  • @outlawflyer7868
    @outlawflyer7868 ปีที่แล้ว

    You all need to make a pit so it's easier to work on vehicles

  • @jonflanagin6682
    @jonflanagin6682 ปีที่แล้ว

    They do make black neoprene bushings. Use silicone grease not oil, oil turns to glue with heat and time.

  • @rossmenz571
    @rossmenz571 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    probs a lot of work, but why not have '"mechanic monday" aswell as "fact friday" ???? more aus armour the better.

  • @wormyboot
    @wormyboot ปีที่แล้ว

    To be fair, one of the reasons I learned to work on cars is the tools are so damned cool.

  • @dmcarpenter2470
    @dmcarpenter2470 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recoiled in horror, at the sight of a Fram oil filter.

  • @Basspounder5
    @Basspounder5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They're driving that humvee way more cautiously that most US service members would.

  • @nicolasloiseau8971
    @nicolasloiseau8971 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    geared hubs ?? gearbox filter ??