Farmer Phils Tank Episode 2 - Removing The Broken Engine From The Only Road Legal Tank In The UK! 

The joys of a pack lift, the last time I did one of these was for 04EB66, my tank at the time back in around 1986 on the Soltau training area Germany fuelled by Herforder german beer and something from Wolfgang's Schnelly Wagon ;) It's quite sad to see these old Chieftain's in such a poor state

Now THAT is some seriously impressive heavy engineering. Well done lads. 👍👏👏

This takes me back, a Chieftain pack having to come out was an all too familiar experience for me, I always got the job of removing the twiflex coupling bolts that connect the centrifugal clutch to the engine - happy days 👀👍

Video quality and presentation has come along a treat! Awesome work there boys.

FANTASTIC VIDEO GUYS 🤘 Great photography and well explained!! THIS is what we wanted to see !! ( yes we know that's not always possible) Oh what I would do to get my hands wrapped around that engine extraction... sigh them were the days at Duxford BRILLIANT WORK GUYS !! KEEP IT UP !!

Great to see more of the mechanical side and time-lapse is great 👍😎

Great to see the old wrecker earning its keep.

One thing I've learnt about tanks in these videos; there ain't much that can't be fixed with a whacking great hammer and a can of WD40

First thanks for taking the time to post this video, and promising more to come. Great to see you all working on and resurrecting otherwise neglected kit. I personally don't mind the "banter" it adds to the fun. As someone with limited knowledge of such machines I sometimes would welcome a simple bit of on screen text to say what it is your working on, is the part of the machine being removed etc. Cheers

Perfect video format, semi montage semi walkthrough, more of this, I loved it!

What is the back story to you guys? How did you get started in military vehicles?

best video of this type i have seen Excellent work boys

You are right about the early engines unfortunately. I was a loader on modified MK2 in the first half of the 70's. I cant remember the number of pack changes we had . Coolant leaks were common, and the white cloud being blown out of the transmission decks was regular. Another problem was the fan belts constantly snapping, and damaging hydraulic and fuel pipes as they flew off. It was a great shame because the gun and fire control system was brilliant. I loved shoveling HESH rounds up the breach as fast as the gunner could fire them, but saying that our gunner was pretty good and got on target with a few rounds, and as for SABOT I dont ever remember him missing on the first shot.

Video editing / quality has improved so much

Tax ran out on 1st Oct 2008, BNT185K.., its on the tax checker website.

Having restored a centurion myself, I see the Chieftain - even a rusty one - as a thing of beauty 😁

And you got the old wrecker out to lift the engine out Just like back in the day with these two All your guys needs was some old green overalls and we would have thought we were watch the actual army doing it 👍👍

Dvla still have it on record. Last taxed 2008, last V5 issued 2005

Fantastic editing and videography coming along great channel and content thanks lads

One decent thing about the L60 for me it’s the best sounding engine of all✅

Can’t wait to see the finished job. Bet by the time you have finished, the proverbial sewing machine will sound rough in comparison.

Poor old thing!. From the external shots, looked like it had beem used for tank 'dodgems'. Bodgey bros, (Aka Mr Hughes and off sider) did it!. Always an education. Where was Matt on this one? 🤣

Love the way you keep the old machines going ,but to an old Tanker it's a shame the electrics can't be fixed ,traversing a turret by hand was always a nightmare. And the sight of a Chieftain traveling cross country with the gun on Stab was impressive, so I assume the electrics are all shot out ,but I do like all your videos so crack on ..

Good stuff lads . If all else is unmolested it should make for a decent pub runner I reckon 😉

BNT… nice Shropshire registration number 😊👍🏻

Good job lads. I'm all with you on this. You know I have worked as a mechanic for18 years. As for now I'm not. Working I mean. Now I just sitting here comfortably tilted back and sipping a really good smokey Islay whisky. What can beat that? All the rain that falls on England must mean that you have Europe's largest rainforests. Right?

I never get tired of seeing your videos

I love seeing old martian working it is so cool

wicked! like the way the channel is going. Cheers Jim

I’m surprised no one has Tesla converted one of these yet. Plenty of room for batteries and I assume everything is driven of a single hydraulic motor. Perhaps a project when you get to 100k subs

if you put new engine in please keep it as an L60, the noise alone is worth every penny! lol

Joe's lost his hanky, good job his mum put the elastic on his gloves or he would lose them too. Good work on the Centurion, cant wait to see that tearing up the field

Epic video 📹 😎 👌

I've watched the 3 most recent videos now and i have to say the music is far too loud compared to the camera recorded audio. Please learn audio balancing and then turn down the music level so it matches the camera audio. I'm not a video editor, i don't have a YT channel and i know how to do this.

Just to let you know there was a road legal centurion out near Carrington in Lincolnshire and surprisingly that was owned by a farmer

I keep telling Joe y'all need to just become youtube professionals. Have the content for it for sure.

Good job mates.

Give me challenger pack lift any day. Doing a chieftain 1 on exercise was a right pain in the arse

Sure you’ll have that engine sorted in no time. Maybe not how it’s supposed to be but sorted 😂

Awsome video what’s made you change from Milwaukee to snap on impact gun?

Where’s Mat - thought he was with you for the week? Not the same without him berating everyone! :)

You guys are amazing. 😎

Guys, Just an idea but... I believe sand blasting this tank would be one of most satisfactory video ever!

The L60 engine was not a crap engine quite the opposite, it was simply under powered for the job it was asked to do with only 10.2hp per ton to move a 44ton tank. The Chieftain tank was never meant to be 44ton. At the design stage the Chieftain was designed to come in at around 38t to 40t class tank but instead came out at a whopping 44ton this concerned British Leyland engineers as they knew the L60 engine was the wrong engine for the Chieftain tank but the government were insistent on keeping with the L60 engine against the recommendation of the British Army and British Leyland group to move away from the L60 and to design a new engine that was not multi-fuel as this didn't help the L60 engine reliability. NATO partners gave up on developing a multifuel engine, but the British Government was not going to fail on this multifuel engine tank. British Leyland was instructed by the government to improve the output of the engine performance. the problem with increasing the horsepower put a lot of strain on the L60 450hp engine. British Leyland on first attempt got the HP up to 650hp. Now the problems really started with the L60 engine and one of the main problems was the ability reduce the heat generated from engine which exceeded way above the original tests carried out by Leyland engineers. The additional engine heat was caused by the engine being super tuned to get the horsepower up. Vickers made changes to the louvers to increase air flow into the engine compartment to cool the L60 engine down. By now the MOD became the proving ground for the L60 engine which pissed off a lot of the tank crews at the time. The early upgraded engine suffered from twisted engine blocks causing the block to crack under torque stress plus suffered from engine cook off due to the tank crews not following shut down procedures, the extreme heat in the engine bay caused lead seals to fail and piston liners to drop that caused steam to bellow out of the exhausts - this was rectified with improved seals fitted in the MK13a/14a engines. The L60 MK13a, and 13a Red top engines was painted duck egg blue whilst the latest and last 13a(14a) red top engine was painted lime green, these engines are reliable and powerful. I think I read from the 13a red top engines, these was rebuilt by the MOD REME and a new company formed by ex-Leyland employees, these engines was hand built with the latest improved parts. I have a L60 13a(14A) red top completely refurbished by the MOD and never put back into a tank, this engine is over 900hp. I will put a short video up of this engine and feel free to look at our restored Chieftain 04EB32. This tank is very much complete and fully operational except for the gun of course but everything else works, the gyroscope works and trims, turret turns under power, IFCS computer works, the big search light operates. The only thing left to do is remove the engine pack, transmission and GUE so as to repaint the engine bay and repair hydraulic starter. For me British Leyland group, L60 engine, engineers, REME all deserve praise for what they did to improve the L60 engine. These engineers where the best of the best because they at to work with a engine that was never designed to move 65ton when fully loaded and let’s face it there isn't a better sounding howling engine on this planet than the L60 engine.

someone showing off with the editing and cinematography but I bet it helps when you have extra time to do stuff

Why not look nice in black boiler suit overalls ? You would look so professional and be health & Safety too ! Regards Stephen

Looks epic !!

Ooo you spoil us good sir whot whot

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That's mint 👌

I don't know what's worse, a very rusty engine bay or one filled with concrete.!!!

Wow I didn't realise how much space there was at the back of a Chieftain

Wolfgang could get where ever there was a pack lift or track bashing going on. Legend!!

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Chaps two questions what is the gun shroud made from ie cloth or asbestos also can we have a close up of the stilbrew add on please

I want to see what's being done, hear about why it's being done & all the other stuff like your earlier videos. Skipped all the bits with the raucous noise pretending to be music. Sorry but it grates like fu@k for me. Not having a dig, just think it's the wrong direction, as too many Septic channels do the same thing.

Chieftain + engine problems Nuf said

What was that other small exhaust just above the right hand side main engine one ?

cool show lads, had to jog it forward music is crap give me impact gun every time

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What the heck is that lead in noise?

Farmer phils chieftain was 00fd82

Did you find my 10mm socket

That's why you never park anyhing outside for long periods.

Would that be farmer phil harding chieftain

you guys must have shares in WD40!! Looks like the chief needs a WD40 bath

For God sake give Joe a lemsip

Is it possible to upgrade a mk11 engine and turn it in to mk13 ?

How the hell do these guys even learn this stuff?!

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Bl00dy hell, a soundtrack! Thought I'd stumbled onto the Gas Monkey channel........ Great content though.

Doesn't it need to be MOT'd ?

what makes this road legual vs others?

How about a little more explanation of what you're doing as the video progresses. Or at least put in writing what the parts are you're removing, as you take them off.

How long do you think it will take for you to get banned from every drive through in the country with that? :D

T piece, just lift it you silly person…. Got pulled up for using the actual words 🤣 jumped on many of them to make them move! I cringed when I saw where your tools were, on the side decks, lost lots of them that way! L60 was a cracking engine, when used frequently! The last Mk, 13, was red and then duck egg shell blue. I also thought that they got them to 800bhp in the last ones, even though Wikipedia says 750.

Good video....marred by awful music played far too loudly-just-like-every-other-video-on-yourube

Horrible music

Someone have covid?