Centurion ARV Starts… ish

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

My working theory is that Ted is actually a white dog covered in engine oil from being petted all the time. Another great episode, don't ever try to get too polished and professional. Now in the right frame of mind to take the starter motor and lift pump off the tractor. I realise where I have been going wrong with my mechanical work is the lack of suitable head wear.

[@davidfielding6645]

Good evening gents. I think you will find that Land Rover was employed as early ARV by the Met Police at Heathrow airport. The amber lights was for use airside. AYL with T suffix was a Met number plate of my memory serves me correctly. P.S. Luv the channel

[@mattcartwright8272]

Mr Huge, you are closing in on being awarded the accolade for having the sketchiest AF channel on KZbin. Supreme effort, keep going!

[@AndrewKelly-q9x]

Another cracking instalment from the team. Really cool the way you dealt with the fires even after the extinguishers ran out. No flappers in your mob.

[@prime1971]

with all that easy start, petrol and liberal gas axe application perhaps the next purchase should red and made by Dennis!

[@solobushcraft1]

It’s always a good sign when the Engine is on fire when you’re trying to start it😂 You know you’re doing everything right

[@samrodian919]

At least you know you have fuel, maybe not in the right place though lol

[@tomgriffin286]

The mighty Foden is definitely the workhorse of the yard, it's a pity they are no longer built Good to see you have more fire extinguishers. Great stuff and a great channel.

[@Sledgie555]

Well.... if its not on fire and you're not beating the fire out with jacket.... you're just not trying enough. That Foden is worth its weight in gold !!! pulled that thing like taking a piss.

[@DoubleUBee]

Thanks for the excellent demonstration of the magneto! You guys are awesome and I'm happy to see you guys getting the views you deserve!

[@d15roy]

I amazed that they had a spare magneto just hanging around!

[@nikoshi1988]

Leave it to the Brits to invent an extinguisher that accelerates a fire instead of putting it out ;) Top job guys. Keep the content coming!

[@cogboy302]

Excellent bit of finessing with the large adjusting spanner. Oh, see if you can get in touch with the Fire Safety Officer at your local hospital. They are likely to have hundreds of retired extinguishers (Foam, Powder & CO2) that they'd probably let you have for free. - Speaking from experience.

[@csnelling4]

REME tool box 😉

[@gusgone4527]

@@csnelling4 A large spanner to remove the offending part and replace it with one from the stores. Combined with a big hammer for the fine adjustments. It's true, I've seen them do it.

[@johndrew3202]

Yes indeed, great fun being had by all! Think you need some slightly bigger extinguishers for next time, good to see you making progress on these heritage vehicles so you can get them working again, sometime.

[@gusgone4527]

They are being sold to either Ukraine or Russia. Depending on the highest bid.

[@MrHewes]

Don’t talk utter rubbish! I won’t deal with either

[@CombatantArms]

I know the Ukrainians are going wild for FV432 platform vehicles. Buying them by the hundred from private dealers.

[@kittehgo]

​@@MrHewes I agree it's utter rubbish, why would you sell your extinguishers?. 😁

[@gusgone4527]

@@MrHewes A joke my friend, just a joke. But if the price was right ...

[@dartmoordave]

Nice to see a little conflagration, takes me back to my Chertsey days when we got a Conq with Windsor turret back across Long Valley. The fuelling failed so some loon got it going by pouring petrol from a Jerry, straight down the inlet. I followed at a distance.

[@ford351w83]

I do have to say for working on such big and expensive things they are working with a limited amount of tools every time I see someone with an adjustable wrench in hand to do the smallest task I have more tools to work on cheep turds of cars manufactured in todays time cars that won’t last as long as those tank though. y’all keep up the good work guys love watching y’all keep history alive and know

[@CustomcrowdMitroc]

I'd happily move from Australia to the UK just to work with these guys not goijg to lie. Looks like a blast

[@johnnunn8688]

You know you have to work in the freezing cold and the rain and snow, right? Knew a couple of Aussies in Perth, building labourers. They told me they had a year out in the UK and to make ends meet, they worked on sites. First time it rained, they headed for the site hut. ‘OY, wankers, fuck you off to’. 😂🤣

[@jbuckley2546]

Some great channels on Tank and armour resto's from Aus.

[@tylerstansbridge4263]

That land rover is very cool indeed 😎 👌 love to see a will it start on that 😂

[@MrHewes]

Good idea 🤣

[@Desro1970]

I discovered by complete accident that if you spray loose nut on what ever is burning hot by torches the loose nut will evaporate in a cloud of toxic fumes before it reaches what ever is seized up. So mechanics like myself and millions of others think that using a copious amount of heat and loose nut will do the trick. Well the only "loose" you will get is a temporary buzz of loose nut fumes without actually loosening anything. I've discovered this while working on an exhaust manifold of a Ford car. The torches were out of Acetylene so I had to improvise. I needed the manifold bolts so it was imperative to spare them. So I went for a simple propane torch and I had the idea of using 15W40 and I saw the rust gobble up the oil where it was mostly needed. The heat was enough to loose the exhaust manifold bolts but not hot enough to vaporise the thick oil so the lubricant got into the threads and got loose easy. So less heat more lubricant is the idea instead of superheat and not lubricant in the threads at all.

[@philsa9402]

This is fantastic.... reminds me when I am at work I have very similar antics Lol keep up the good work 👏

[@tonywatkinson3523]

Like a dream job, heavy machinery and fire. Very envious! 😂

[@Nuclearsight239]

i know there are some things we don't see but it seems like a nice job to work on "old" tanks

[@ayj636]

God id love to work with these lads, knew exactly what they were talking about and every innuendo too!

[@alamocannon3791]

Thats a first for me, Bump starting a tank !!

[@MrHewes]

Pioneering!

[@nriqueog]

It's a GOOD thing they seem to know what they're doing!

[@MrHewes]

They do?

[@johnnunn8688]

@@MrHewes 🤷‍♂️.

[@johnnunn8688]

@ 2:50, must have been SOOO tempting to set your bobble alight 😂🤣.

[@memelord6201]

aint got no gas init

[@FrontSideBus]

French fried potatoes...

[@connorquerin]

Looking forward to seeing that AMX-13 move!

[@gusgone4527]

FIRE! FIRE! Don't panic Mr Mannering.

[@alexwhitfield8566]

New to the channel and going through all your videos, loving the content lads keep it up 🙌💪

[@Gibbo919]

I love this stuff, keep it coming!

[@johnnunn8688]

Thanks, Mr Hewes, that was top fun. 👍

[@samleigh7817]

When did they fit afterburners to centurion ARVs? Love the immediate action drill, Centurion runs, Centurion stops! Mag off, mag on!

[@johnnunn8688]

You forgot the , ‘cock, hook and look’. 😂🤣

[@samleigh7817]

@@johnnunn8688 with the decks lift, hook , look. or eeurg, snick oooh!

[@Sholly97]

Tip on the CO2 extinguisher from a firefighter, you'll get a lot more out of it if you have it on in one large burst rather than lots of small ones. Will be more effective at starving the flame of oxygen too.

[@stuc734]

I mind being on the back decks of a Cent arv in Batus in the 80s, when the engine went up in flames whilst it was pulling my brocken down Chieftain. You've never seen tankies jump off the side of moving vehicle so fast in your life...honestly though it was going to go boom but tge Reme driver pulled the fire extinguishers and then we all had to await a further double recovery....in a red template...squeaky bum time!!

[@bazwabat1]

In a know it all voice: "Of course your problem is the fire is supposed to be on the inside of the engine.."

[@andrewlitchfield4843]

The Landie is a good looking thing!😍

[@mikedalt3622]

She’s a beauty thanks for the upload :)

[@danielkieran1427]

I'd love to see you guys doing work on a Ferret, Saladin or Saracen too. Maybe as I make my way through your videos I'll find something. I'm 23 years old and within the next few months I am buying my own Ferret. It's a big leap for me to be taking but I can't wait and I am learning plenty from this channel.

[@johnnunn8688]

There’s a Ferret at the Gloucesters Regt Museum. It’s outside so you could crane it out for free?

[@danielkieran1427]

@@johnnunn8688 A free Ferret?😮Now that would be something incredible. I can see it on Google maps outside the museum. It looks to be in nice shape!

[@brand_b719]

You boys are the most American Brit’s I’ve seen 😂 To a hammer anything is a nail. Pitter patter let’s get at er

[@richard5652]

love the pink bobble hat . . . he seems a very nice boy :)

[@brushnut1909]

You guys are always entertaining!

[@Calamity_Jack]

This episode was straight 🔥

[@A-Yorkshire-Man-Abroad]

Remember seeing these in the yard at Wittams in the mid 90’s

[@kylejackson7119]

You guys do own torches!!!

[@petrolhead28]

Touching the horn brave man

[@RobSchofield]

Well, now I've seen it all. Bump-starting a tank

[@stevebarmore3509]

Watched a M10 being started once jerry can for fuel tank electric pump on top of jerry can jerry can on steel deck once the pump welded its self to the jerry can and the jerry can welded its self to the decking well it got really exiting at that point LOL

[@briancollins2027]

I stopped watching when you had the load mouthed guy doing the commentary. I’ve come back to your channel now and so glad I did. So much better now!

[@MrHewes]

Poor Mat 🤣

[@fastmover45]

keep em coming we love this !

[@benjimenfranklin7650]

I think it's really a dragon it's always shooting out fire.

[@philglover2973]

Thanks lads very informative 🇬🇧

[@luksweam]

19:03 an AMX13 ! :D Gotta go buy some metric tools? That is going to be some fun to take it for a spin.

[@samleigh7817]

Vous etes en OTAN?

[@robleary3353]

Always a laugh!, always an education!. Nice one!. Nuff said!. 🤣

[@EndersSaga]

goodness, just found this channel. I don't know anything about building anything, but how close peoples faces and hands get to that flame that the dude is waving on the end of a stick terrifies me.

[@casto-]

I’m starting to want a foden just to pull crap round 🤣😍

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

I admire the no fucks given attitude to engineering.

[@anthonyhunt6048]

Loving the rat in the window frame!😂

[@LazurusEnterprises]

Now I know the answer to a question I was gonna ask in another video about the what looks like a White armed response / paddy wagon Land Rover . . . . . Need to invest in more fire extinguishers guys. . . . . . Almost every video I’ve seen so far has had things on fire in them lol. Daniel.

[@TheGhostzZ]

I am not a tank engine guy, but if you got that much backfire there is something with either the valves opening in the wrong moment or the spark happening at the wrong time

[@patchmack4469]

love the videos and boyish banter - feel the love haha - completes my weekend quite shocked you didn't have the marshmallows at hand - slackers Seb has an OBE, they give them to anyone don't they, nothing means he's of any use unless he does a good brew back in the day i knew a chap who was semi-retired from them SAS boys - in the day he was one of the chaps in the back garden during the Iranian siege handcuffing all who came out the back door ready for processing, i.e. those who should be there and known by staff and those who were up to no good - apparently them there SAS boys asked the police very nicely if they could borrow there nice new shiny 72 seat coach as they could get everyone and their kit onboard (i believe at the time the bus was used by a London police band, band of what i don't know) apparently them police said no, so the nice boys from Hereford went and repossessed it - there had been some discussion about who owned it, the police thought they did (natural mistake to make really) and the Hereford lads thought it belonged to someone called EIIR which of course means its theirs - i often wonder how true the story was, it sounds very likely, and the way it was told to me sounded very genuine, but either way still a funny story - i got a load of those

[@slammerf16]

A mate down the pub told me that landrover was second onto the balcony during the Iranian job.....

[@peterlibretto4517]

This is so funny to watch, "that was a walk in the park"😂 "Mint condition" I worked on all this when I was in the Reme years and it was a pile of crap then

[@rock0122]

The Land-Rover was Clearly used by the Police, (Stickers) the SAS used Range Rovers at the time of Embassy siege.

[@QALibrary]

AMX-13 is very nice but how on earth did you get your hands on one!

[@elrobo3568]

And the runner up for the Darwin award is......

[@pirated8557]

Great content 👍🏼🏴‍☠️✌🏼

[@nicholasviney5975]

Adam has gone full pikey spec, he needs more tea

[@stevetpa590]

You boys need to use some Kroil 🇺🇸

[@markstone5597]

um....you checked the oil right!!! amazing project here.

[@Caliban_Cam]

As us aussies say, “cant be fuckin tight if its liquid”

[@Themassaman1]

@16:30 its like watching my warthunder crew try to figure out what to do before unlocking fpv

[@BlueButtonFly]

2:10: Fucking perfect. He's basically Lou Costello.

[@jessen00001]

5:05 There's some suppressed daddy issues 😅🤪 Getting it out 👍😜

[@spacewalrus999]

Joe, would you like some more extinguishers? I have a large collection of expired ones that I would be happy to donate to the cause.

[@MrHewes]

That would be most fantastic!!

[@spacewalrus999]

@@MrHewes How would I go about getting in touch?

[@oldmanwith]

If you still need any more after you have these from spacewalrus I’ve got a pallet load you can have.

[@gvenn]

​@@MrHewes Nice to meet you and Ted! Shame we couldn't have stayed longer to chat, but thanks for the tea. Hope to see you soon (with or without more extinguishers)

[@scottyj8112]

Adam: "Smells like napalm" '𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩' Adam: Starts hacking the shit out of that rover engine.

[@georgeanderson3754]

What do you do with restored or repaired tanks, once you’re done fixing them?

[@Stormraught]

I like how you can smell this video

[@richardwedlock9526]

rough arse engineering at it's finest :)

[@hamishsheinkels1478]

Don't worry. I'm sure it's just the original heating setting in 😂

[@randomnickify]

New experimental External Combustion Engine?

[@jfro5867]

Great watch 👍

[@Herbybandit]

Just a bit of carb work and it'll be fine 🙂 👍

[@Rokonroller]

Thanks buds

[@darrenparfitt1520]

O know, not the jacket 🔥🔥😂

[@MrHewes]

It was a fair send off

[@Reegan86]

Ah yes. Gasoline engines in tanks… 🔥 😂

[@MrHewes]

Wonder why they don’t use petrol anymore

[@johnnunn8688]

What is it the bloke says in Jaws? ‘We’re gonna need a bigger fire extinguisher.’

[@honestmcgyver]

Definitely need more fire extinguishers

[@MrHewes]

Can’t ever have too manny

[@ewanstewart8011]

When brake cleaner or easy start isn’t manly enough for your tank try Lynx Africa 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@brand_b719]

Y’all gotta invest in some air hammers/chisels My hands were throbbing after that hammer cracked your hand.

[@MrHewes]

I got strong hands

[@henrikcarlsen1881]

The title should have been that it fired up. That would have been true in more ways

[@Icebuntrucker]

Hope you will do some videos on the sas landrover ?.

[@gusgone4527]

It's unlikely to be a SAS land Rover, unless they stole it from the MET at Heathrow. I wouldn't rule out that possibility. The beggers will steal anything that's not fastened down. I've seen them do that too!

[@SteveBrosig-dh3xz]

Timing problem, valves hanging open, but doing the same thing over and over and getting the same result is definitely insane

[@multilinkacs]

Nice job removing the fuel tank. How much do you make on scrap ?

[@Alan316100]

I see Fred Karno is alive and well 🙂

[@bigold81electra]

I’ve restored a Cent and I’ve a lot of respect for them, so I gotta say that was absolutely brutal to watch. Maybe cut back on the crowd-pleasing torch, hammer, and setting stuff on fire technique?

[@MrHewes]

There’s a good reason I torched the fuel tanks out, the official way is to remove the exhaust branch manifold, however they are extremely fragile and hard to replace, I would never run a cent with belly fuel tanks because they are known for back firing. Also without the belly tanks it allows for regular maintenance, you may have “restored” a cent but I actually use these things a lot not just paint them and park them in a shed for 25 years. The GUE had seized up solid because the spark plugs had rotted though. With powerful modern Batterys it’s totally pointless anyway. Especially in an ARV. If you haven’t had to use a Torch on a centurion you haven’t worked on one that has been abandoned out in the elements for 30 years.

[@bigold81electra]

I agree with removing belly tanks and pup engine, they just get in the way, so we did that. Just didn’t involve so much torching and bashing with a hammer.😊 The one we restored was ex-Canadian army, 1952, parked outside since mid 70’s so getting on 50 years. We’re a museum with about 80 running vehicles and we drive them around regularly for the public. The old girl runs like a charm. Doesn’t backfire! The only reason I might consider putting a pup engine back in is the power traverse draws about 150 amps when going full bore during shows and even with 4 batteries they get dragged down pretty quick. I use a torch all the time, nothing to beat it for freeing up rusty shit. Malcolm

[@Sledgie555]

After watching this a second enjoyable time.... should I send you a longer cold chisel ?

[@66kbm]

AMX 13 WOW

[@demelitia]

Did someone switch out the fire extinguishers contents for petrol?

[@harrythompson6977]

buckets of sand can be useful if going towards a rebuild anyway

[@jimmywilson4322]

I think your a good team and Eager. But that gas axe runs at 1200 deg . So a quick joke cold End up nasty .so have fun but Stay in charge . He will tell you At a later time that hes hand is Saw. I see a guy once attempting Un coil.the pipes .and tun the torch scross hes face In seconds he had white blister Straight scross face luckily It didnt catch is eyes .take Care and take note.

[@RBFR01]

That would be very painful and slow using a crummy shifter to take bolts out, how do you not use the electric impacts?