WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Repairing Stalin's Pickup Truck
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AusArmour Mechanic, Steve, continues our "repairing Soviet vehicles" theme with the Soviet Artillery Tractor!
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I think Steve needs a matching pillow to complete his comfort package. Plus an endless supply of coffee and biscuits just as a reward for squeezing himself in there. One of the best thing to happen to the museum and workshop Wednesday was Steve joining the team. A master mechanic extraordinaire…plus a great sense of humour.
Totally agree, you could almost have a channel just for Steve 🙂
Yep, a Steve channel, entitled Where's Steve? Much like Where's Waldo?
Maybe a hottie if he gets stuck overnight😅?
Steve “I’m getting to old for this kind of lark” the heart felt cry of all of us old spanner jockeys.
I think I find the Soviet stuff so fascinating cause it always just seems to manage to be such a paradox.
This thing is somehow both gorgeous, and butt ugly. Rugged and unreliable. Brilliantly conceived and batshit insane. Simple and convoluted.
You can drop the coolant straight out through a hatch, but you have to contort yourself nineteen ways to do the oil filter.
Thanks for persevering through and sharing the journeys with us Steve & AAAM. Really enjoying the presentation style and sharing of the thought process and insights.
I was pleasantly surprised that Comrade 10mm didn't join the countless others when poor Steve was literally contorting himself to get into the engine compartment!
Here in Oz we’ve had - Steve “the crocodile hunter” Irwin, RIP.
We now have - Steve “the Soviet tank wrangler” FromAusArmour.
Good on ya Steve!
Steve is like a terrier, he just won't quit.
Nice to see a soviet vehicle actually designed for ease of maintenance for once.
Soviet vehicles do not need maintenance, comrade as they never break down. Ease of maintenance is only for weak and feeble capitalist machines.
i think the thing was designed to take the whole cab off when working on the engine. You can se the connection points of the cab to the chaises at the @13:00 mark
Steve suffers Soviet engineering for our entertainment
Can we say masochist boys amd girls?
Great line.😀
Steve you are the MAN! Spelunking in an old Soviet vehicle does not look like the best job. But many people appreciate the work you guys do. Great job to all connected with Aus armor. Thank you from America.
Earning the Respect of countless Service Mechs everywhere
Damn right
Love it, love it, love it. Steve is quickly becoming my favourite Workshop Wednesday...
Greetings from South Carolina, USA! When we captured Al Asad air base in Iraq in 2003, we captured one or two of these with some kind of Soviet era radar unit mounted on it. I have some photos of it if you are interested. Thanks for another great video!!!
One of the most badass looking military vehicles ever built!
Once again, Doc Steve tells the Russian Engineers, "Hold my beer," and then digs into a beast of a machine. Despite the tight twists, turns, and the constant ongoing knuckle bruising battle with Stalin's beast, he persevered with only one BLEEP. Great job Steve.
AHA one bleep so far!!! AHA TWO BLEEPS!! Me with an afternoon on a Continental in an M3 was all bleeps!!😂 AHA THREE BLEEPS! Good show lads!!
By taking us along in your repair adventures, we gain a whole new appreciation for what it takes to keep a museum fleet running.
Well done!!
Your Russian is improving, Kurt!
As for Steve, I'm a retired RAEME Vehicle Mech, whose career was spent working on Armour, so you have my unending sympathy.
Great show, as usual, lads...
Great video, Steve keeping it real with the bleeps 👍
Steve really seems to see it as his mission to educate the public. I love the First Person Mechanic experience. What a great guy!
Misery loves company. Even if its virtual.
i love the way you say " WENNNSDAAAY"
Stunning wagons , many still giving faithful service in Siberia and in the north where they are invaluable in the forests and mud . Pull anything
A friend of mine had a Russian agriculture tractor for his farm, which used the same V12 engine. And as the and couldn't get replacement oil filters and found out that he could use two large tiolet paper rolls end to end as a stop gap measure. Cheers
I think your friend was "mistaken". Using toilet paper rolls would be a good way to ruin even a Russian engine.
@@obsidianjane4413 Are you sure? In America there were toilet paper oil filters used on cars in the fifties/Sixties...
@@ricksmith4736 No there wasn't. There were/are filter systems that use media that resemble TP, but they are not the stuff you wipe your butt with.
@@ricksmith4736 yep pretty sure.
There were Frantz oil bypass filters (still in business I think) which did say in the 1950s and early 1960s that tp rolls could be used but later advised that 'modern' toilet paper was not suitable and would break down. I didn't ever see it in use but some of the government issue tp in use at the time was pretty much indestructible!
Steve taking another hit for the team! Great video, really shows how claustrophobic these jobs can be.
Yes, we do appreciate all the dungeon crawling he does, and great work bringing the cameras in at good spots.
What an amazing man Steven is Sing his praises because servicing these beasts is an ordeal!! Well done!!
Steve...Mate you are my utter HERO !! And Kurt. How may takes were needed for you to say the name of this awesome machine?
Just one 😉
Was thinking blooper reel the moment he said it.😂
Please, please make these videos longer or do Workshop Monday and Friday's 😅 can't get enough of a fix 😮
I second that idea. I love these video's. Very informative and entertaining !
I know a few people who do that for fun. They call it caving😄
Fantastic Workshop Wednesday
A good one... And music to match the machine........
The most well-earned “bleeps” I’ve seen in a while!
I have never heard Steve swear so much working on anything else. Must be a right cow of a job. Like a lot of mechanical things the designers seldom, if ever, think about serviceability. Trying to imagine what it would be like working on one of these in the middle of a Russian winter. 🥶
You have to remember that at the time this vehicle was designed and manufactured vehicle life span was measured in hours. A T-34 engine was expected to last 500 hours and so a second spare engine was carried on the back deck. Now with that sort of thinking and being involved in a titanic war of destruction, do you really think that long-term servicing was a consideration?
Personally I am surprised that there were servicing hatches as it was!
Poor Steve, what a nightmare!
@@markfryer9880 It is post-war, and is on a modified T-54 or T-55 chassis, so built AFTER the "titanic war of destruction". Because they were made for 30 years, there may have been design modifications during the production span. Thus, based simply on the video, it is impossible to know if the "early" ones had the oil hatch, as this may be a later one.
you're a legend Steve...
My claustrophobia kicked in just watching you wriggle into position. Rather you than me!
Steve, you are a true gem and such a wonderful addition to the team. What a blessed day when you joined the fold.
just think steve sometime in the far flung future someone will be looking at this historical document to replicate youre work on this beast!
Looks perfect to take a few of your mates to Bunnings on a Saturday morning for a sausage sanga
Excellent! Steve the Mechanic is very entertaining and informative. Thanks guys.
You can tell how much the engineers cared about the people using it by seeing how hard it is to change the oil on it.
They were probably designing from prison.
@@busterdee8228 Brotherman you obviously know very little about the Soviet design bureaus.
@@Michael-rr7um Obviously.
people? It is designed for Soviet soldiers, they are not deemed to be humans at all.
@@antontsau Yeah whatever you say.
Well done Steve, you wouldnt be a mechanic if you did not let out the occasional expletive, keep up the good work.
Whoever designed that engine compartment was truly eeeeevil !
Kudos to Steve for going the extra mile to pull that oil filter out despite the horrendous decision by the Soviet designer to make it as inaccessible as possible. 👍 I bet that was the first time it was removed and cleaned since the vehicle was assembled at the factory.
Great vehicle with plenty of space to go to supermarket for weekend shopping
Wow, Steve is nuts (in a good way). I will never, ever, complain about working on my Chevy pick-up again.
Got to love some good old Soviet engineering!!
Great video lads. I really like that the videos you put out and the videos Bovington put out really compliment each other. Bovington seem to focus on how specific tanks were used in battle and their development, whereas you guys focus on the mechanics and how the vehicles actually work as well as documenting their restoration in detail. There's room on TH-cam for both approaches.
Looks like a cozy place to take a nap!
Not in the Cairns heat mate....too bloody hot!
Only 5 beeps Steve, looking good.
Great job as always,can’t believe Steve’s patience.
This is a beast I have seen this. The Vehicle that tows the SAM-2 is also great. The place is Fantastic.
I used to fix M113s' and this reminds me of fixing the TLC (Tracked Load Carrying) or tilley. You had to be half fruit bat to fix them for the amount of time you spent upside down in them.
Nice video guys!! What a beast that 'truck' is - kind of cramped to work on for such a big vehicle!!! Good on you, Steve to accept the challenge. The information and video is much appreciated! See you next week!! 😀
Another great episode. Ausarmour need to dig a mechanic's pit for Steve!
As a suggestion, something I always found useful for doing up clamps in difficult positions on engines is an electric screwdriver (with a torque setting if you want to get posh), a 1/4 inch drive and a Universal joint between the screwdriver and the socket. Then the spanner-turning just consists of pushing a button on the screwdriver.
Артилерийский Тягач тяжолий, I see, I click ‘like’. Amazing work, Steve.
Omg, fly me from Canada to be Steve's helper. Our combination of curse words will get everything fixed. What a beast of a truck.
One of the coolest vehicles there.
That sounds great! Very cool! I am even more envious...
Great video Kurt thank you. Steve certainly had his work cut out on this job.......contortionist comes to mind. Well done Steve!
Great work Steve. That is just a beast of a vehicle. At least you are not out on the steppe in January. Say safe and healthy, mate.
Great job Steve!
Oh man. Seeing this blanket at the engine compartment looks so comfy. I can see an opportunity for some private to have some nap there hiding from NCO. I would definitely had one for sure
Steve's a keeper. I think Aus Armour should provide him with a mechanic's pit somewhere in the shop so he can under the machinery more easily. At the very least get him a new watch. That was a nasty bath it took at 6:10. Cheeers from Canada
My one year anniversary of discovering this channel is about now
I want that truck! Love to see a modern version of that!
My favorite channel on TH-cam. Maybe someday I’ll be able to visit.
I would've gladly donated the comforter my wife chose for our bed..lol...
I am proposing that Steve be move to Legend Status from now on. I know he had the sheer luxury of the Donia, but squeezing into that maze of an engine bay took nerves of steel and supporting pain killers. My claustrophobia is bad, and I can normally watch without turning away. But this evening's episode had me watching through one eye closed. All Hail Steve the LEGEND. 😇
I never knew I was Clautrophobic until I toured the Submarine at OMSI in Portland, OR..... The Diesel smell ( it was one of the last diesel subs made) and the " electric grease" smell added to my discomfort.....
Thank you Steve fascinating to watch. Go get a cold one mate.
Love this guy's work!😊
Not service friendly design. Great job Steve ! 😊👍
Has a service pit ever been considered for servicing tanks, etc.? They drive over it, and service personnel can easily access the hull bottom access ports. 🤔 😀
loved this thing when we visited back in February this year
I like the fact that post-war Soviet military truck designs - to this day - still bear a resemblance to the Studebaker US6 that they relied on in WW2.
Steve, you need to start training an apprentice that won't grow more than 50 kg and 5ft. That way you can send him to the hard to get to spots in those tanks.
They used to have Lottie The Tank Whisperer who met the specification, but she seems to have moved on and posts her own videos on YT.
yes it was usual way in Soviet tank forces - select small soldiers (middle-asians preferable) from available recruits to drive and repair all this. Why to make bigger tank if you can choose smaller crew!
Looks very similar to what the soviets used for their antarctic expeditions! Very unique tractor, I love it
I have a 1947 Dodge WC pickup truck. During WWII the U.S. sent thousands of Dodge trucks based on the WC to the U.S.S.R. as lend-lease aid. Many were ambulances, others were weapons carriers or searchlight trucks. Looking at this beast I was struck by the similarity of the cab to my 1947 Dodge. The one on "Stalin's pickup" is obviously much wider but one can clearly see that the Soviets did some reverse engineering of those old Dodge truck cabs to build it. The rear window frame looks like it would fit my old Dodge exactly.
Its impressive work, Steve, looking forevard to see you finding the Oil leak. Keep up the good work. Thanks a million.
I ALWAYS remove my watch before working on equipment like this ... haven't you learned that yet?
This looks like a lovely old beast and I'm loving the vehicle.
I used to think "Hey, it'd be cool to own a WW2 tank!" ... but I've realized that I was thinking about driving the thing about the place, swinging the turret about, whatever. But that would make me the worst person to own a tank. The person who would get the most fun out of owning a tank is the one who thinks "Hey, it'd be cool to run the spanners on a WW2 tank". You need to be a dreamer mechanic, not a dreamer driver to own a tank. :D Fascinated by the workings of the thing, not the operating of it.
You are very lucky to have such a challenging job love what you do
Excellent mechanical detail.
These are some of the coolest vehicles ever built. Talk about a monster truck! If only they had a bit of modern engineering!
Steve= legend
Thanks!
That man is not afraid of going into places that need attention, that's for sure.
Rumour has it, Steve is still under the seat!
may be get a hammock fnext rime...lol always great to watch the crew being things back to life and sometimes better.
wow! nice work Steve! they must have selected the smaller comrades as mechanics!!
My favorite vehicle at Aus Armour 👌🤙
Well done team!
Always broken, but always working!
Another very interesting and "easy" to work on Soviet vehicle. ha
Just what I would need for gold mining in Alaska!
Wow Steve - you sure know how to live - and holy crap, changing that filter that looks like fun! Good thing you’re a scrawny little chap!
Steve makes the best vids.
There is a very nice 1944 Studebaker 6 wheel done in American livery for sale in Willalooka south Australia apparently has rare pieces.
Thanks for sharing 👍
This is my favorite channel to watch. All of the characters are phenomenal. The skill, knowledge and desire to keep history alive is highly visible. It shows in all you do.
Growing up on an Army Proving Ground, armour and artillery mean a great deal to me.
Amazing work Mates!!!
so looking forward to tankfest, been trying to get to cairns since covid started!
My back hurts just watching him move around under the tanks. Someone get the man a proper service pit!
Steve is rapidly becoming the Martin Scorsese of tank repair films....🤣
11:23 Run a peice of all tread and two nuts down the center to compress and hold the covers until the keeper rings are installed. Wheels Through Time has some motorcycle repair videos that might give you some handy tips while working on the various machines you encounter.