WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Leopard MAIN BATTLE TANK transmission repair project SAVED by a fan!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 เม.ย. 2024
- Museum Mechanic Steve, receives a special package from a channel fan and is able to proceed with the repairs to our Leopard Main Battle Tank!
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To ALL the folks that said "Thank You", You are ALL entirely welcome, and I'd do it again. Actually I was hoping to see it run today, but oh well. Cheers to all.
There will be a part III for sure, Chuck! 😉
Thank you Chuck you are the man!
You deserve a ride in the Beast!
Thanks, Chuck, from one history fan to another.
Well done, Chuck! Top man!
Big shout out to Chuck for coming to the rescue
I really hope Chuck reads the comments below and sees how many people from all over Australia (and the world) are thanking him.
I certainly hope so! His donation has saved Aus Armour literally thousands of dollars and many hours of labour in fixing the problem with the Leopard.
Again, well done Chuck!
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Massive thanks to Chuck for saving this piece of history
Chuck, I’m hoisting my coffee cup to you sir!
Steve deserves a double PhD in mechanics. Auto mechanic to a self taught tank mechanic. What a truly gifted and skilled craftsman of the trade. Totally impressed. And thank you to Chuck for providing parts.
Chuck is a champion! What an awesome help to the team.
Superb way to go, a German tank repaired in Australia with parts and tools supplied by a very generous American whilst being watched by this enthralled Englishman, just love TH-cam and it’s worldwide following. Looking forward to next week to see Chucks parts and help bring the wonderful Leopard back to life.
A German tank from a Belgian cavalry unit ...
That special moment of vindication for Chuck and everyone else who keeps boxes with interesting old bits in the back of the shed.
I keep showing things like this to my wife to convince her not to throw away any of the things I am collecting. You never know when someone needs it.
So anyone in need of a couple of used tires (bold and flat spots) of a Dacia sandero and a left headlight (broken) hit me up!
You guys are very lucky to have a Steve on hand.
I wish he was my neighbor
Three cheers for Chuck!
Thank Chuck!! Absorbing videos about some complicated wiring. 26 minutes of clear viewing.
Way to go Chuck! It is also very impressive how Steve can figure it out without a manual. Great video as usual, Kurt.
I am a little shocked that Ausarmour couldn’t get a complete set of leopard manuals from the Australian military as we used the leopards for decades.
Are they in dual language?
@@Charners I would highly doubt the Australian military would train there mechanics to read German 🤔
@@jeffreypurcell4681one would obviously expect these manuals werwere translated to english for aussies.
Google it
I am surprised that the L3 Corporation did not spring for some good PR. I know that they have hundreds of these crimpers at their Greenville, Tx plant. They also build and rebuild mil spec connectors there every day. You might reach out to them to see if they would become a sponsor of your repair facility.
Your generosity makes you an honorary Aussie in my book, Chuck!
We want to honor you Chuck, though we want to say honour. The intention is the same and the feelings are genuine 😎.
THANKS CHUCK!
Steve is a legend - pragmatic thinker and problem solver
Awesome for Chuck to send over those components and a video on how to use them.
I think Chuck just earned him a trip to aus armour 24'
🎉🎉
Well at the very least he has earned himself a Special Leopard VIP Package. He has just saved Aus Armour thousands of dollars in parts, search time and figuring out time!
Well done Chuck!
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
@@markfryer9880 right!
Chuck is a legend
Thanks Chuck! What a legend. Great show tonight, Steve is such a great presenter.
I love how some guy in the US casually has these millspec connectors and tools just in the shed! XD
You sir sound like you have some interesting stories to tell!
What a legend!
Good on ya Chuck!
Thank you Chuck for your generosity! We all appreciate your donation..
Great work Steve, and a very generous donation from Chuck. Outstanding.
Chuck, you’re a legend ❤❤❤
Welcome to the world of aviation electronics. That crimper is a staple tool. FYI, if I remember correctly, you are only allowed 1.5 the diameter of the wire from the exposed conductor to the back of the terminal. One of the biggest struggles is determining if a connector is a 'push from front' or 'rear release' connector. Basically how the 'locking mechanism' latches into the plug
More stupid fun facts, the 'collar' of the pins usually have a color coding system that is similar to electrical resistor coding. Goggle it for some fun acronyms. This will tell you what crimper to use, and what 'locator' to use for a proper crimp
Steve’s a “wiring whisperer” - awesome!
Thanks Chuck, Kurt and Steve, another brilliant Workshop Wednesday. I reckon Chuck must have a really interesting shed. Cheers
Excellent job brings back memories. As someone who’s changed the coolant in diesel engines 100’s of times I can recommend a 12v pump and mix the coolant into a 25ltr container and not lifting dozens of buckets 👍. Plus some lubricant on the wires helps too.
Well played Chuck 🫡
Without Chuck no big cat. Nice work, preferably the small detail of a fuse when testing, Steve is incredibly thoughtful in everything he does.
Very well done to all of you and the generous subscriber ! (it always surprises me to see gems like that crimping tool being hoarded/ treasured/ donated)
Kurt … it’s not “silly”. “Welcome to Workshop Wednesday” brings a smile to my face knowing that for at least a few minutes I’m going learn something, see something interesting and maybe see a part history preserved.
It’s not silly… it’s a trademark.
Thank you Chuck!
The continued "SILLY" intro, is what first caught my attention and got me to watch. It is the correct measure of hopeful joy and enthusiasm, Kurt. And after many episodes and getting to know who is who and who does what I am still watching and laughing along. You folks do a hell of a lot of very good specialized work, and your part of documenting and inquisitive camera work does well to showcase these projects being done. Yes the Tanks are sometime a blown up basket case, but so far not more than the crew can handle, and fun to watch fellows stretch their talents. This channel is in my must watch group of channels I follow. As I said before I found you guys by ACCIDENT, and STAYED after I heard " HIGH!. I'M KURT FROM AUS ARMOUR... WECOME TO WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY!!".
Even Dimitri did a fair job of imitating Kurt's line, and after the disbelief ended I saw you guys in the back ground, I thought "the guy's good but he is not Kurt.
I've wired up looms using those crimps before, in a previous job. Just that crimp tool itself is worth a fair bit of money. Very kind of Chuck to donate that and everything else to you. Well done to Steve for his work in fixing the transmission too!
Well done Chuck🤓🏆🏅
3:39 Oh wow, cooked, in the bad sense. Super nice of Chuck to send airlift for you guys.
Excellent news, well done Chuck and Steve. 👍
What a wonderful fan Chuck is!
What a legend.
Chuck you legend!
You all make great work to restore the tanks. Thanks alot. Greetings from Germany.
Thanks Chuck, very generous, 🇦🇺
Firstly, thanks to Chuck for being a star and helping the chaps. Secondly thanks to Kurt and his no doubt small team, all the guys on the shop floor and the big boss of the museum. These videos have created a world wide community of people fascinated by what you all do,so much so that people send their advice and now even parts.
This is down to the great Australian personalities of all concerned.
Good on ya fellas......
I can tell you the states are one of your biggest fan bases for sure, We love you guys and what you do.
A big thank you from the UK to Chuck . Your a member of the World i want to live in.
Rewatching the video, there's two different type of connectors depicted here. The first one that he tore apart is a 'solder cup' type, where the pins are permantently soldered in the connector. There is a rubber boot that isolates each wire from it's neighbor. The 'Daniels' crimper is used on a newer style of connector where the wires are crimped onto a pin and then locked into the connector
This generous gift is a testament to every member of the Australian Armor staff.
We the audience love y’all like a neighbor.
We see a need - and sacrifice our own rare parts to keep your operation going.
A shout out to the owner of the museum - he has chosen a top notch staff to represent his dream🤠😍
Well done Steve! Reminded me of the time that I've spent repairing those multi-pin connectors, never greasy and oily like that though!
What an excellent example of the positive power social media. Thank you Chuck.
I have to give Steve a lot of credit for stepping up to a challenge like that with little documentation and learning it on his own. Well done sir! Shout out to Chuck for leaning in and providing some much needed assistance with parts and video knowledge transfer.
I think we need more cameos of people saying "Hi, I'm X from Y and welcome to Workshop Wednesdaaaaaaayyyyy"
God bless Steve !!! Love his addition to the team !
I hope we can see one of the spare engines started outside of a hull at some point!
When I saw the cable connector crimp tool, it brought back so many memories of repairing cable harnesses in everything from M-113 to M1A1 tanks. A true godsend that.
A special thanks from Arizona to chuck for helping out with the parts and tool and to steve you do excellent work and to the museum for saving history
I posted this as a reply elsewhere, but thought it might be useful information for those wondering about 'repair manuals' for Australian military equipment.
I'm ex RAEME and worked on the Leopards in Australian service, not very long after we received the final deliveries of them. Getting a set of 'manuals' as suggested isn't that simple. All in service equipment had Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Instructions (EMEIs) and the EMEIs were held by repair units at authorised levels of repair - i.e. unit levels of repair only carried EMEIs and special tooling needed to carry out necessary tasks. There are other levels of service and each carried EMEIs and special tooling commensurate with those levels of repair. There were only a couple of full sets of EMEIs for the highest level of repair (huge volumes - this was pre computer systems for such things, remember) held by the Australian Army. Even these did not break down every single component as we had access to current (at the time) factory expertise if needed as well as support from other nations using the Leopard 1 in service.
Once the Australian Army divested ourselves of the Leopard those full sets of EMEIs were in demand from our allies still using Leopards in active service, so they got 'first dibs' on the EMEIs as you would expect. Even the EMEIs that covered the highest level of repair would not cover complete breakdown of components that were ordinarily replaced as an assembly. In a case like the repairs here we would have replaced the electrical assemblies and the components removed may have gone back for factory overhaul. It's very unlikely we would have seen repairs like this anyway as the repairs undertaken here are examples of vehicles reaching time in service Australian Army equipment simply wouldn't reach.
Wow, so generous. I wouldn't be surprised if that crimp tool was USD $1000. Chuck is a star!!!
What a mission!!! Good to see Al working hard in the background, would love to see an update video on his progress
Coming soon!😉
This cabling is a great example of the type of work that the Maintainers told us humble tankers not to touch under any circumstances. Crew maintenance would do a lot of work, but disassembling those cables looks like delicate work not to be done in a tactical hide!
What a valuable addition Steve has been to the crew at Aus Armour!! Just cant imagine fixing a Leopard in battle field conditions. Hey Kurt, if you keep zooming in on those repairs they are going to get you on the other side of the camera. Cheers from Canada
We certainly have some very talented people.
Thnx for the shout out about the missing bolts for the identification plate, maybe I wasn’t the only one who noticed. As always, I can’t wait till Thursday afternoon here in NL for my new Workshop Wednesday video.
Thanks, Chuck, from the USA! Faced with a similar situation in the US Army, we had little choice but to order a new wiring harness. If one wasn't available, we tended to rob (cannibalize) the necessary assembly off of another vehicle that was already "down" waiting for parts. This was a bad business as we had to be careful that vehicles were not transformed into parts queens that were likely to never run again.
Thanks to Chuck, he spent more than a Buck, saved AusArmour from some serious Muck, ..that cool guy Chuck, needs a free ride in this whence repaired battle-Truck !!
Massive thanks to Chuck for helping with the parts and tools, also a huge hoorah to Oz Armour's very own Mechanical genius and Carl Barron doppelganger Steve... Just kidding Steve lol
Chuck is a Godsend.
Great to see more work on the Leopard!
Steve is a wonderment!!! Tank saver!
🤗🏆💙🙏
Thank you for sharing this
Yes, thanks Chuck from St. James, Mo. Having worked on these connections in the USAF and also medical ewuipment over the last 50+ years you really saved the day, week, month, year!
Yep. Chuck. You're a star. There's a whole bunch of us guys that you'll never meet but are indebted to you for your generosity in helping Aus Armour !!!!
Thanks to Chuck and the Team for keeping this tank running.
I did my service at a Leopard 1A4 in 1984 in germany and this brings back all the memories. Keep on With your passion.
Bravo Chuck ! You Rock Sir ! Ty.. Steve job well done sir !
Looks like you got yourselves a 1-01 crimper with a 1-02 turret. Great bit of kit. One word of caution, don't ever press down or release the turret on the red selection with the crimper handles closed! I've seen a few damaged over the years by people doing that.
Great work on the wiring job Steve!
Cheers to Chuck!! Legend Mate
I reckon tank mechanic "Mr Hewes" has a lot of experience with those milspec connectors. His channel has seen a lot of basket case repair jobs on armored vehicles from the same era as the Leopard.
wow! chucks a superstar!
I love this community! You guys did another great job and thanks Chuck for sharing the parts! So cool to watch this all come together every week. Can't wait for next weeks episode!
That Sherman in the background looks mint.
Get in Chuck!!
Thank you Chuck, for helping Steve out. You are a gentleman and a scholar. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
that SdKfz on the background :D
Thank you to Chuck, reckon you have save them a lot of money, and many hours of horrible fiddling, remaking those plugs and wires.
Just FYI those cannon plugs are standard across many civilian and commercial aircraft, you should look at aircraft scrappers for spares, where I use to work had 2 5 gallon buckets of various sized cannon plugs from small to huge, 1 pin to over 100, just a matter of getting the right set, also just about any A&P mechanic would be comfortable repinning or rebuilding a connector or harness like that. Might be an avenue of support you haven't thought of perusing before.
"Three blokes, one transmission." 🤣
Oh wow thank you guys for allowing us to watch and learn from you. What a treat!!!!
I used crimpers just like that on aircraft in the Navy. They work real good.
From memory it only took about 45 mins to a couple of hrs to do a pack lift and exchange but Jason would be able to tell you exactly 😊
It’s funny that on the one hand, the remove/replace of a complete Leo 1 engine pack is a pretty simple and straight forward process.
On the other hand, once you start work on said removed engine pack, it’s way more complex to get into the guts of it to strip, repair, replace components.
Just when you think you are winning, you lose!!
On a side note, I haven’t seen Ryan (Beau’s brother) around for a fair while, I assume Steve took over his mechanic role??
Cheers,
So great that that connector had the terminals letter coded. Too many times I have started replacing a simple Molex connector and lost my orientation and started wiring it backwards.
Chuck , you are the MAN !!!!
Bravo Chuck for the assist. I dabbled in this stuff for 50 years, yet I'm still all eyes and ears when the Aus Armour lads are at it. You just never stop learning. Well done Steve.
A sparky that gets his hands dirty…..never thought I’d see the day❤
Thank you Chuck, many hands make light work, many minds overcome obstacles and Steve gives me inspiration to crack on.
State side we call those Cannon connectors used in all military and heavy duty installations ,from one piece of equipment to another Ie; from a power supply to a device .I worked on Oil field research equipment for years and cannon connectors were used by the handfuls ,wearing rings and watches is a no no working in those tight spaces ,Just saying , I look forward to every Wednesday segment watching you mates work on these tanks always interesting and informative ,The Cannon Pin crimping tool you received is a Oh so valuable piece of equipment for your work ,I really enjoy watching Steve work through problems ,and getting things done
What a great viewer! Well done.
Chuck, you’re a mad dog. 💪 thanks mate