As a former REME A mech I can confirm the K60 was far more reliable than the L60. I drove our fitter section FV432 for many years and miles with many fitter section comfort mods to it (more than our FV434) including one of the 2 rear door BV's converted to a deep fat fryer.
One of the best videos of the lot. I appreciated being able to watch you step your way methodically through troubleshooting, and explaining it as you go. And while I love all the shenanigans with your mates, it often gets in the way of following what’s going on. If you would make say, every 2nd post just like this where it was a little instructional hands-on tutorial, like we were there holding your torch for you, I think that would make your content even better than it already is.
theres nothing worse than living/working inside a 43 with the piano boards out and the pack , with the front hatch and decks off, the wagon becomes a fridge in very short order and you know that once its fixed you've got all the rigmarole of putting everything back in place again - this vid brought back many memories, good and bad but bearing in mind they were built in the 6os, the 43 series were absolutely brilliant vehicles
Very cool video Joe. The yellow carry deck worked out great for picking the pack out. Once the engine was sitting on the deck, it looks to be at the perfect height for inspecting the bits & pieces. I suspect once the windshield of the carry deck gets washed, you will have found your new favorite bargain lifting tool. Those carry decks were made for fighting in phone booths, kinda right up your alley. LOL 😃👍🏻👍🏻🧰🛠️🔧🪛⚙️🔩💰🔦⛓️
This is what we want mate - you and your proper skills. We love the nonsense as well but you are giving us a proper insight here that people follow ya for... keep it up pal
It's a pity it wouldn't crank over but it's better out of the vehicle. The little yellow crane looks almost made for the job of lifting power packs. It could probably benefit from a remote control unit so you can keep a better eye on proceedings. Good to hear Jack in the background needle gunning one of the other projects. Plus Seb getting his hands dirty for once (joke) whilst under the watchful eye of Ted. Good boy Ted!!
Always enjoy your videos. I’ve actually learned a lot. Have you thought about putting a GoPro on Ted and letting him run around your place ? Might be interesting.
Great piece, when i was working on K60's on 432 and 434's we used to use a 7/16 socket to hold the solenoid in place when it failed, and Phosbro to lubricate the rack when seized. starter motors used to be tricky but a good smack with something suitable would frequently allow them to function. We never fitted the fifth mounting bolt! To much pfaff to remove!! It was nice to see the Night Sight Box and piano panels had already been removed!
Whenever a 432 Power-Pack was lifted, there was a rush by other Vehicle Mechanics to retrieve previously lost spanners from the hullo. This practice soon stopped in 1969 when Colonel Ghadafi pulled the plug on British training in Libya. Those old battered 432s used for training in Libya, were shipped back to various units in Germany, along with the odd live scorpion.
I remember commanding a FV435 (Wavell) from Plesseys in Christchurch to Bovington. Bloody engine/gear box disconnector came loose and we crawled to a stop on a hill. We started rolling back and scared the crap out of the car following. Took us a bit to get the engine panel off, by the time we had there was a massive traffic jam. We pissed our selves laughing.
Hi Guys. I served in the forces early sixties-Seventies. Got sent to Borden in Hampshire late sixties to train in the 432s due to the need to have I think a H category to drive a tracked vehicle on the road. That was in them days and because they were built with Nuclear war in mind if I can remember they had two air filters on the outside of the vehicle. Unfortunately they could only be changed every so often from the outside. That was left to the crew to make the selection who dons the protective gear 😳.
i absolutely love these vids. i was a dirty REME tels tech in the 80's i'm certain theres loads of ex black hand gang watch these with glee. and hopefully plenty of them giving useful pointers.
I know nothing about British vehicles other than dont shoot them. I crewed 113's and M1IP's back in the day and even a few 577's just never got the chance to tear one down. I love the videos and makes my days a bit nicer to watch these.
I pulled a lot of packs out of the M60A1 way back when, you have a right mess in the engine compartment but at least you can scrub it all down with old diesel before you drain it. I'm really looking forward to the start-up video.
😮 oh.... very professional 👍👏 well done my friend's. Little yellow did alright its no Foden but for around the yard and shop I think it fits perfectly.
My my, isn't she the prettiest girl at the ball? She has had many loyal soldiers tend her every need in the past. In return she promised to keep them safe. Love the show sir.
Good to see Ted back as the Supervisor again, he has been missed. A bit of a buff and she will be as good as gold, if you don't believe me ask Ted. Is that the standard Australian Army M113 stink or are UK ones different. A combination of diesel, human farts and body odour.
Really enjoy your videos. Great work. Undoubtedly bloody hard and dirty work ! Fascinating to see how these military vehicles actually work. Also, makes a change to watch someone on RU-vid who really knows what they're doing !! Happy New Year.
I spent 40 years working at Chobham, where the 432's were deigned and tested. I never saw any of the problems with the K60 or the earlier Rolls-Royce B81 that you found. Ano Domini strikes again. Interesting video, but I did winge a bit now and then, especially as I was trained under a CAV expert for a year as an apprentice. He would have circumscribed you, some word like that.
A good start to the New Year Joe. No major disasters so far, okay, it would have been nice if the engine had started with the flat batteries, and suspect starter, but that's not why we watch! - Well done. 🙂👍💪👏😃👍
@filmbluff99 I was always doing stuff to the engine on my ford capri when I was a youngster, but the slightest problem with my kia needs the dealer apparently 😒 lol
Dear Joseph, This APV looks like a FV432 produced by GKN Sankey. If so please be so kind to let me know if I’m right because than I know the engine must be a Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel 240 hp (180 kW). This engine was bought by a friend of mine as a used engine out of such an British APV for one of his clients. My friend added a huge generator to the engine for producing power and placed the whole setup in a steel crate with an external fuel tank and covered the engine with metal panels. Don’t ask me for what purpose the generator is used nowadays. I look forward to your next vlog and send you as well as your team love from the Netherlands
@@filmbluff99 thanks a lot for letting me know. I’ve asked my friend in the meantime what happened with the engine I was talking about and it’s providing power on an island where no electrical power was installed. The engine is very reliable and runs when power is required 24/7. The island is only occupied during the summer months but every months the engine runs for an hour
Brings back fond memories of doing a hen do hire in one of these and the old mother in law getting absolutely slaughtered and here stumbling in and out that back hatch was funny me and the driver was giggling 😂
@@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886 Ha ha total carnage for sure. At least nobody there could steal your Centurion, zero chance of them changing gear and controlling the tracks when they can't shift a manual car and hold the wheel at the same time. You can judge a nation's people who pay money for a straight pipe, on a automatic diesel pickup.
The good old days, taking out the piano boards and undoing the muff coupling, usually instigating a conversation of recently encountered muffs and our preferred muff hairstyles… then the pack lift when the foden finally turned up. On one particular Div exercise 3 pack lifts in a week due to a faulty batch of starter motors, never got further than the back gates of tidworth all exercise😢
What an excellent informative video. Joe for PM & Ted for chancellor - Seb for Home sec & Jack or Adam for Transort secretary. MOD budget in their hands.
It will be good to see the old girl fully restored. Too many of them have been broken up as donors for other things along with just being scrapped for their metal.
Nice episode, Joe I like the way you add drama by pretending things are hard. Let's be honest, you have everything given and everything you work on is easily accessible 😂😂😂
