Shear Joy! Crankshaft Split in HALF? Fixing a Blown AEC RF Engine: Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2024
- Part two of what was supposed to be a three part series, but may be considerably more episodes! Join us as we get cracking on tearing down this RF engine, featuring another guest appearance from Lord Barrington and Glyn.
Unfortunately our camera man couldn't be with us today, so the look of this video may be a little different. We are also experimenting with a new camera.
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In the meantime, thanks for watching!
Well done chaps, you all are a credit to preserving, restoring, bringing them back to life,
It's part of our nation heritage.
Very Nice to see my old Company late of Windmill Lane Southall Middlesex being remembered. AEC is very rarely mentioned nowadays, but was a PRIVILEGE to work for them and serve my apprenticeship there in 1969❤️😇
Too many times “so-called” bus preservationists are taking the very HEART and SOUL (ie the Original Engine) out and replacing it with an inferior item. AEC pioneered the development of the straight six Diesel engine in collaboration with RICARDO performance engineering. Their cylinder heads enhanced the cold starting and running. On a visit to Northolt RAF airfield during the early 1970s the personnel showing us around on a field trip from Uxbridge Technical College demonstrated the cold start of an AEC Electrical generator set for the runway lights. A competitors set in another hut had to have an oil heater maintaining the air temperature. The AEC Generator set started from cold with the temperature down to zero with the first hit of the starter button. AEC ….. Gone but not forgotten!
Well Done Lads for keeping the AEC Engine❤️
Great content guys. I replaced a broken crank in an AEC Mammoth Major in the early 80's. This brought back memories. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Hello Alan And Tim and friends. it’s good to see you back making these videos again. i’m really enjoying learning about a different type of London bus. Keep up the good work guys. I look forward to the next video.
Superb video. The humour is appreciated too.
Great video chaps .lets hope the crankshaft is the right one 👍👍
The Fleet Engineer of a coach operator I once drove for changed Reliance 760 and Leopard 680 cranks with the engine in situ, "they're too bloody 'eavy when dropped out" was the reply when asked why. Fortunately one of the workshop pits was 4' 5" wide, the workshop was an old BR boiler and firebox cleaning shed, the rails were used to mount the pit jacks on.
Great show guys. Please keep it comming. Love Brit buses. Regards Peter.
Great to see you making videos again😅
If you guys can round up a wire coat hanger and a cup of coffee I'll be by shortly to weld up that crank!.....er...8^) liked the video, cheers!
Very interesting video. Hope your replacement crank will fit, and hope you track down the bearings you need for it. I would imagine that with anything of that age the biggest part of the job is tracking down the parts. Looking forward to the next episodes.
Thanks 👍
What about using second hand from a paddock?
You've got your Mr Blobby towel all dirty 😂
Good video. Lots of interesting content. Well done guys. Looks like a heavy job at times. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Very informative video. With help from your collegues a well done job.
Much appreciated!
It's nice to see such an old AEC being pulled apart and repaired in the 2020s. Amazing really.
hi there,great video, best of luck, hope you get parts. Peter ex AEC ltd
Great video guys so fascinating to watch can't wait to see all back together. 👍
excellent , welcome back
Many thanks!
Great stuff Tim and the team 🎉
Great vid guys.....could endlessly watch you guys for hours 👍
A nice start to my Monday evening viewing, cheers lads very enjoyable, as L.B said that crank could have been like that for years, hope the replacement is the same and you find the bits you need 👍
Enjoyed that immensely chaps 👍, can’t wait for next episode 😎!!!!!!
Thanks for the video guys - an enjoyable watch. I hope that you can find all the necessary replacement parts! Cheers.
excellent@
taking appart big boy puzzle (such as engine) is very satisfying.
Excellent video, so glad you are back.
One helluva break. Hope you can find the parts you need.
Greatly enjoying the updates
Another great video. Love old school engines. You blokes could really use a forklift. Anyway cheers from Australia. Liked and subscribed.
Brilliant video. Great banter and very interesting as well
Top job lads, love the banter! 😂
Nice to see you both back ! Have subscribed but don’t like that old rock music, does my head in 😝😝😝 must be eliminated or changed to something more conducive at least ! Sounds like those American custom shows - eeerrraaa!!! Otherwise brilliant ❤❤❤!!!
Very enjoyable videos as usual
Hi, great stuff guys, many thanks.
love the channel keep up the good work
Interesting guys thanks for that.
Thats a proper engine ❤
Great Video as usual, hope your Replacement fits, it'll be a bit of a Bugger if he don't.
❤❤👍👍😎😎
I remember hearing that your boss had closed the operation?
poor mr blobby towel...whats he ever done to deserve that 🤣
Reduced to donated oily rag 🤣
need a pool of exchange units
🤗👍👌❤️
Yeah great information
about inside engine, l
agree with the Lord
President of Gallifrey
oops sorry wrong show
the crack has been there
along time......be on the
look out for a Blue Box
a little bigger than your
Telephone box , it's mine
l have misplaced it 😮🥴🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😳
Was the crank failure fairly recent or had the engine been in store for a long time?
Find these poor guys a table to put this on.
I wondered what happened to this guy. Is the old boss still float around in is dinghy
Shims on a milled face should never be necessary surely, if the face was machined correctly and accurately! That and the dodgy bearing and the fact the crank sheared possibly as a result, makes me wonder if this was a "Friday afternoon" engine!!
Why did it break ?
Probably over revved. AECs are known for being sensitive to max revs so I've been told by two separate bus operators with AH760s
Drop of no more nails and it’ll be good for another 100k 😂😂😂😂
Copious amount of JB Weld might hold for a few miles.
Why are you working on the floor? I’ve only seen 3rd world countries do that 😱😱😱
All the bits once stripped we are cleaning and working on in our workshop on the bench but safer for us to have the engine on the floor where its not at risk from falling to remove the crank. We are working with limited space and as you can imagine it takes up a fair bit of room. Sadly we dont have an engine frame / table for an RF engine without making one which would be handy should we do them regularly.
This is not Aldenham so third world method will suffice!
Electric guitar music does not enhance your video.
I’m sure they’ll take your advice on board Stephen Spielberg
Who gives AF?
Stick an electric engine in it , less wear and tear , play engine sound effects for those that like the noise
How will you simulate the reverberations, vibrations and exhaust fumes hmm? Plus the authentic experience?
Good work lads !