Farmer Phil’s Tank - Episode 3 - We Try Out The New Engine, Will It Start Or Did We Buy A Wreck?

[@raykaufman7156]

I love how Ted shows up to QC the warmup...😄 You guys are great fun to watch.

[@Slaktrax]

You're absolutely correct, the 60 Mk 13A was finally giving a reliable 840hp. Good luck from a Brit ex-tankie with over 4,000 track miles on these Chieftains. Any questions you might have gimme a shout. 🙂✌

[@mikeandhev]

I have heard a lot of Leyland L60 engines and they always sounded like they were on the limit but this one is the sweetest sounding L60 I have ever heard, you certainly have a good one and it should (hopefully) be a good 'un. Great content Mat, keep it up!

[@gusgone4527]

Agreed! It runs beautifully, must be the one Leyland got right. Perhaps they should just keep it there on the stand and never give it hard work to do. Start it up every couple of months and let people gaze in wonder at how things should have been. Wrap the bugger in cotton wool and heated blankets the rest of the time. A 24/7 guard could be a wise move too.

[@mikestarkey7989]

L60 and gud un, isn't that an oxymoron?🤣🤣

[@stevenbreach2561]

Only took Leyland 30 years to sort the L60 out

[@nicholasviney5975]

6:40 Joe looks like a french DJ that mixed too skittles and magic smarties. That engine sounds sweeeeet

[@MrHewes]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johndrew3202]

What a beautiful sound from that engine!! You lads really work hard at this renovation business, and the videos are fascinating. Thanks Matt and everyone.

[@rangeroverl322]

Now that L60 sounds sweet , that's the red top engine ? You gotta keep this one . Going to be a beaut 👍👍

[@scottyj8112]

5:50 "have you got the fire extinguisher ready...... No......Brilliant...Go on." Great moment.

[@MrHewes]

What could possibly go wrong?

[@nriqueog]

Awesome vid...that engine sounded great, like it came out of a performance shop. ;) Sooo, don't forget to get plenty of video of the crew PAINTING this beast.

[@twin40dave]

Wow that Engine sounds sweet , even the dog 🐕 was surprised, he thought is was woof 😄 🤣 😂

[@petewood2350]

Some photos of it out side the Pub, or if keen inside the Pub.

[@Michael-he7xn]

Brilliant guys! (Loved the dog lounging on the rad.)

[@damianpeterkelly1234]

love the dog supervising, we all know who is the boss here

[@MrHewes]

Ted is the boss

[@grahamkeithtodd]

AH! the sweet chieftain exhaust haze. i remember it well .... lol but got to admit, that's one of the nicest sounding Chieftain engines i have ever heard!

[@leet6825]

Instead of the 4leg, use 2x 2leg and 2x chain blocks. Allows you to adjust the lift without rerigging! Good work tho, sounds great.

[@barryfoster4557]

Holy shit. That engine sounds first class. I hope the local pub has a big car park to accommodate that beast 👍

[@andrewdowns3403]

Great job , looking forward to it running . good to see the dog supervising what you all are up to , greeting from Australia

[@philgrimsey3637]

Flipping beautiful sound from that supercharger and the whole L60. Just subscribed after seeing your videos on tiktok and what a first video for me to watch 👍 Ah see thee...

[@navnig]

Them old JCB 537-135's are brill machines....I learned to drive telehandlers on one of them.....Loved it!

[@MrHewes]

It’s the Swiss Army knife for this job

[@navnig]

@@MrHewes And none of the electronic bullshittery you get on today's machines, reliable as hell!

[@Steve-bo6ht]

My word that's what you call compression probably best L60's I've ever heard as she had any mods can never remember the rev uptake on ours to come up so fast sounds an absolute beast.

[@rogercamp2910]

We used 2 fixed leg and 2 chains with swashbuckles on the long side to level the engine up.

[@matthewpayne42]

Another awesome video from you guys, thanks and keep them coming soon.

[@royjennison3916]

Guys the best way to stop a run away motor , is a CO2 fire extinguisher straight in to the intake , this removes all oxygen , and with out oxygen the motor will stop . i done this twice in my career

[@pjrebordao]

Amazing throttle response from such kind of engine !

[@MrHewes]

Very lively

[@joeseels]

Engine sounds like a beast! Saw one used on a tractor puller other day at gt Eccleston! 😀

[@mack1541]

what a sweet sounding Pack however i did cringe when i saw the fan belts had'nt been removed, one of the golden rules my old man used to say was the pack is never to be static run with the belts on as the fan blades are known to detatch themselves from the hubs

[@MrHewes]

Well they stayed in place thankfully

[@mack1541]

@@MrHewes during school holidays i used to go into the workshop and helped with the pack lifts, and we were running up a pack on the stand and the craftie had forgot to take the belts off and you could see the tips of the fan blades flexing. needless to say the craftie got a bollocking from my old man.

[@tompas11A3n52KkX]

Great job lads. That engine sound is like music. Thumbs up!

[@echohunter4199]

Beautiful engine! First time I ever heard the Challenger power pac running. Our M2 Bradley power pacs sound great when we test stand run them before installing but once they’re connected to the system they get muffled. Well done men!

[@alanbrown2847]

Being an ex chieftain driver mech would loved to have a drive She will a good looking best when she's painted Well done boy's good job 👍

[@fittermat]

Won’t be long now, hoping to paint it in the next couple of weeks

[@ianmitchell3725]

Good to see that you are under supervision of the dog 🐕 you can trust them

[@mikeandhev]

A dog 🐶 is a great help in a pack lift situation.

[@philgrubb638]

Cracking job being done chief

[@martdram]

last time i saw this it was a sad sight in a field slowly sinking ...and all seized up ....looking very good now ..well done guys ....

[@MrSimonfoz]

I only wish your videos where longer I enjoy them so much thanks .

[@brianwillson9567]

Beautiful, bringing such impressive machinery back to life.

[@edwijngaarden5715]

Man the sound of a tank engine i love it .👍👍

[@JJAmes-mb4du]

Thank you for making these videos.

[@Andy-qo6rq]

Well that sounded so so nice 👍👏🏻 that will be so nice driving down the road. Ticking over like you said sounds sweet as a nut. Looks like jobs a good un. 😂

[@blxtothis]

Well there goes the Bat problem!

[@mikeakhurst1855]

That engine sounds sweet. Great job guys.

[@NitroMaxOriginal]

My Dad used to drive one of these when in the army. He said they were one of the fastest lightweight tanks he ever drove, sadly passed now.

[@abstract0014]

What else did he drive? I'm a little confused on how a chieftain can be lightweight and fast

[@johnstephens6974]

How is 56 tons "lightweight" ?

[@stevenbreach2561]

Er,are you sure he didn't drive a Scorpion?

[@markhepworth]

56 ton main battle tank.

[@robleary3353]

Love this channel!.... Enjoy the bravado between the team (piss taking in Aussie parlance), love the old bits of kit being bought back to life; and love the skills being used to get said things running!. Good on ya, Maddog Melbourne Aus.

[@QALibrary]

there I was thinking you put the engine in first then the gearbox because you have more room etc

[@66kbm]

So, @ 06.30 the noise from that L60 sounds like it should be in a Drag Racer. If it sounds like this "RAW", what is it that gives Chieftain its distinctive "whining/screaming" engine noise?

[@johnnunn8688]

Supercharger, I imagine?

[@Jpdt19]

Wonderful. Well done lads

[@stephransley4371]

Great job.

[@jasonkentish]

Top tip .Don't have the fan belts on when running up. Your more likely to catch a fan blade in the face than get a piston through the block. Those blades are fitted using feelers gauges to get the spacing between the tip and fan cowl .When the pack is run up out of the hull the cowls can flex due to not being retained by the hull and boom !

[@Woodn509]

Red top is also mk13a L60, but earlier one, later when that’s all they had, they just painted the whole engine duck egg shell blue, always need to be level to the vehicle when fitting the engine, was a bugger fitting them with the vehicle on a slope.

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

Great vid as usual love the sound of that engine keep them coming 👍

[@marknewell7355]

As far as all the 4 L60s I've heard that's by far the healthiest also it didn't throw its leg out of bed. Definitely think you need to engine swap one though just to see what can be put in one a big cat or Cummins or even scania v8

[@allthingsmotorized1885]

scania v8 would be very cool but it would need to mech injection

[@reddo84]

Wicked upload form the team Motor sounded great! Cheers Jim

[@paulellis6022]

I’m curious as to why you needle gun the rust. In my industry, oil and gas fabrication, we use needle guns to remove scale and flakes, for surface rust we use angle grinder with wire wheels, either 4.5” or 7”, if you’re feeling brave,and strong, a 9”.

[@k-mc94]

They love a bit of VWF

[@Hewitt_himself]

the 200 layers of paint and filler (post millitary) applied over the years, to be a mk 11 its got over 50 years of "repaint them to fight x" And im guessing armour plate might file down sand paper rather fast

[@PaulJohnson257]

That’s sounds awesome

[@gijohn2]

Good shit, keep it up

[@aarondavies8486]

Used to have one of these in Manby where I live but didn't have the Chobham armour pack on it I love the cheiftain

[@steven9562]

@aarondavies8486 the chieftain at Manby went basingstoke then over to america

[@aarondavies8486]

@@steven9562 did it really wow

[@glynluff2595]

Yea looks and sounds like one complete with the appalling smoke haze! Joy of REME days!

[@simvrod]

Engine sounds great.

[@paulpalmer7353]

"Chuck a Gearbox in, chuck an Engine in" You make it sound so easy 😆

[@babaganoush6106]

Is there any chance you can drive it to the pub? Do you have to tax mot and insure it? Or register it as a historic vehicle and therefore not pay tax or mot it?

[@MrHewes]

Free tax no MOT needed and cheap insurance

[@marknoxx4698]

The L60 is multi fuel can you just dump petrol derv or what ever you want in it with out any mods

[@johnstephens6974]

Not true, it took the fitters several hrs to swap from one fuel type to another. Draining one fuel, change fuel filters, change fuel pump, change injectors and several other tasks.

[@marknoxx4698]

@@johnstephens6974 thank for the reply I was about four or five when my dad played with them and he is not with us any more to ask him but this content is bringing my child hood back to life

[@999wilf999]

"We want to drive it down the road before anyone stops us." How is anyone going to stop you? It's a tank, not like the police could PIT it out!

[@woooster17]

Would sand blasting be better/quicker at removing detritus than a needle gun?

[@ditzydoo4378]

(singing) Farmer Phil he had a Tank e-i-e-i ooooh with a Boom-Boom here. and a Boom, Boom there. Here a Boom, there a Boom. everywhere a Boom, Boom Farmer Phil he had a Tank. e-i-e-i Oooooh.

[@dannyv2335]

Very healthy sounding engine 👍

[@rogueemerald]

Love the content!

[@samrodian919]

Engine sounds sweet as a nut, just like one properly run in and probably less than 100 hours on it. Sweet!

[@dw-bn5ex]

Should be able to take France with the jeeps.

[@AutoAddictSteve]

Can i ask about the Diamond in the shed, are you doing a vlog on that build? cheers Steve

[@MrHewes]

We may just do

[@lesthiele4921]

The Chieftain is looking great, if you need a assistant driver I will put my had up, never driven a tank before but I can learn, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[@johnnunn8688]

MOST Kiwis, live in Australia!

[@lesthiele4921]

@@johnnunn8688 hi sJohn, that is almost true, I believe the population of NZ is now close to about 5.000.000 so there is still a few left.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@lesthiele4921 🤣😂

[@stevenbreach2561]

Join the queue behind all the Brit ex drivers and even gunners!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

That sounds amazing, I assume it’s a two stroke diesel 👍👍

[@MrHewes]

Yes

[@woody0393]

YESSSSSSSSSSS L60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnnunn8688]

I’ve used a needle gun, just once, on an MRD. I didn’t like it. ☹️

[@stevenbreach2561]

Sounds sweeter than any I ever crewed

[@maddthomas]

When are you gonna get THE Chieftain out to your place? Lt Col. Nick Moran.

[@andywarrington4738]

love it

[@johnnunn8688]

You should get some dogfenders!

[@williamkennedy5492]

Don't let Greta see all that smoke 😁 great video thank you.

[@steven9562]

Is that the chieftain that was at long mynd

[@18robsmith]

Thinks - How would civi-plod stop you in that thing?

[@tonychamberlain8057]

Can you tell me please who is playing on this video?

[@grandadlovestheo2387]

Sweet 🇬🇧👍

[@888johnmac]

who the hell is Farmer Pail ???? but glad you're resurrecting his tank

[@hammyh1165]

Typo , it's phil

[@888johnmac]

@@hammyh1165 .. lol i know .. my comment was mainly for the you-tube algorithm ( and now they've corrected it )

[@stephenhowes7542]

Of course it will , it’s a chieftain ( said no REME tradsman ever )

[@Mclboy914]

Has the silence anything to do with the visit from some american visitors?

[@robh4671]

The MOD should have gone to Rolls Royce for an engine for this beast.

[@stewartbrown8115]

At the time it was a NATO req for a multi fuel engine,and at the time the only viable contender was leyland with some input from RR Bearing in mind the original proposed weight of the chieftain was going to be about 46 tons,not 56 tons

[@michaelreynolds1904]

You all need to get Ted some hearing protection. 😊

[@haemhorrhoidian]

I agree, get boat parts and invade France!! :-)

[@1chish]

Blimey nowt wrong with that engine and yes that idle was pretty cock on. Adding beautifully to our emissions output. Crack on then ....

[@ianatkinson8464]

😎👍

[@byerlymeadows3083]

So this is the tank WhistlinDiesel bought?

[@fittermat]

This is the one!

[@vickershaft]

Loving the video's but I have to ask, Have you shaved you legs Mat? Or is it a wax job hahhaha

[@MrHewes]

🤣🤣

[@nrs91]

who is farmer pail? lol

[@gagasmancave8859]

There is something seriously wrong with that L60 , its sounding far to sweet

[@smudger797]

🤠

[@rudiknapen4863]

what is the point off reving the crap out off that engine?,,

[@kimminsonclayton6383]

That's pure engine porn running sweet and sassy, love the music as well 👍👍 the engineer in me says nice! The kid in me Says Wow I want to play 😁

[@LeeTanczos]

Phil?

[@thebritishengineer8027]

Hold on.... if you get the Chieften actually running, how will it then be authentic...!! And next time you do an engine bay I offer to donate masking tape & masking paper, Rolls Royce trained one does not paint an engine bay like an Urko from Halewood. "Why did Ford call it's mini the K.A.....?". "A our kid look at that ugly Ka they want to build...".

[@johnnyrvf]

You don’t believe in warming an engine with a reputation for blowing up before giving it some welly then…

[@mickleblade]

Don't worry, it'll die. I think the mean time to failure was about 40 miles!

[@jonost24]

Sweet as a nut!!

[@wazza33racer]

Omg, who thought it was a good idea for the injection pump to have its own separate oil supply?? Unlike ever other engine ever made?? Complete insanity.