WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Fitting 2 new engines into our WWII M5 Stuart Light Tank 

True...but there is also the saying....if it won't go...chrome it. But the chaps are top flight mechs. When they fire up those engines it is going to be sweeeeeet !

As a purist, yes I think the tank is now diminished in terms of historical accuracy. What happens when the track assemblies wear out? Do we just bolt on bits of a Komatsu to “keep them rolling”? How far do you go before it stops being a historic artefact and becomes a fairground ride? It’s one thing to build a tank from a collection of bits from a number of destroyed tanks, but is it really necessary to wear out original tanks just so people can have a ride?

@@tuppyglossop222 same could be said for rare historic aircraft , why risk flying therm? .. because an aircraft in a museum is cold dead thing, it's lifeless .. but to see it in the air, to hear the roar of it's engine, sunlight glinting off it's canopy as it banks awy .. it lives again ... how is this any less?

@@donbeary6394 Yup, that's great. But what about when it''s all worn out? When most of the working parts have all been changed for modern ones. Like the old hammer that's had 3 new heads and 5 new handles. Is it still the same machine? And what about if you crash it like the old Niki Lauda F1 car? When it's gone, it's gone...

@@tuppyglossop222 The museum has to make some money. It's not just so some people can get some rides and if it comes down to it, they'll likely fork out for someone (like their connection in Poland) to make more tracks. Also, the amount of track time these get, is minuscule compared to the actual time set they were designed to do. It's purists like you that get entire collections trashed, because the cars are static and never changed from original spec. I've seen it some many times now (here in Europe) it's not even funny. Rare cars gone right to the scraper because they were too far gone to even be good for parting. Wooden wheels eaten by insects, rats making a bonanza in the engine bays with seized engines and ruined paint from years and years of dust and zero maintenance, because inevitably, the fart that owns these cars passes away, so nobody even knows what these things are worth. In case you're wondering, not one, not two, but three collections were found because the new owners (stupid people from the same family) sent the cars to the scrapper. At least these days with the internet, the promise of monay has them asking first, scraping later, when they're told they wouldn't make much after costs of repair. Purists can walk the plank as far as i'm concerned, you lost us too many rare things with your demented attitudes.

They put the bling in tanking.

Pimp my tank

Glad you mentioned this. I was thinking this is the most shiny engine I ever seen in a Armour Vehicle

I wonder when it was first implemented?

@@akula9713 The M3 Medium (Lee-Grant) had the first attempt… 2 Hours for an engine change but the transmission was separate and came out through the front of the tank (but was just as fast to change (that’s what the big bolts on the front of the tank are for)). German tanks took two days to change engines and transmissions and requires significant demolition of the vehicle to reach them.

@@akula9713 my understanding is the poor maintainability of the German tanks in ww2 lead to the use of a power pack in the Leopard 1. I think it was the first major tank to go that route, but I’d love to be corrected by someone with better info.

Still waiting for them to design skid steers like that!

@@brentfellers9632 I’m really interested to know why they don’t. I can only imagine how many hours are wasted globally by extended machinery down time.

Its like the SE here in the states, you pace yourself and stay hydrated, take breaks.

@@MostlyInteresting shit fucking sucks, plain miserable

@@MostlyInteresting most Aussies live in Mediterranean climactic zones, a bit like California. That's why we have such a big wine and outdoor living culture. We always joke that humidity will send you crazy and all Queenslanders are a bit insane

They don’t wear underpants in the tropics.

I grew up in Chicopee Mass. There's a great park there, Szot Park... with a fantastic Stuart on display. As kids we would climb all over it. I believe it has been in the park since the late 50s, early 60s. Google it's pictures... 👍🏽🇺🇸

loads of m5 stuarts still running in uk, europe and usa

All the massive AFV will be slowly rumbling by the awestruck spectators, then out of the dust cloud, the little Stuart will come speeding by "eeeeooowwwwww". 😀

Same thing I was thinking. Hope they will atleast throw some rooster tales at armourfest

and if you beat them over a 100 , they can blow you up !

Nope, do the weekly shopping

maybe theyre going to reenact the drag race gis filmed back in the day vs a jap tank lol.

Twin inline 6s probably should have been barras

With the grouser tracks, more like sparks and concrete dust than smoke.

good thoughts, I was wondering about proper transmission fluid levels also

It still weighs about 30 tonnes!

Where they 4 cylinder engines originally?

@@jonowens460 They seems to have equipped with two V8 cadillac engines.

@@yattaran1484 thank you. I know they would put Continental and Caddy engines in some U.S. tanks. My father was a mechanic in WW 2 and told me that.

The Matilda infantry tank also has 2 engines, originally AEC and later on Leyland inline-6 diesel engines, but, here's the kicker... both those engines were originally powerplants for London double-decker buses of that time!

Uh, not an LS.

@@999torino I know..was only a mechanical joke due to the fact the Vortec and the LS both are almost the same with the only difference is the application. Vortec is for heavy duty trucks and LS for passenger cars…for my understanding both variants can be traced to the old 357 from the tri-fives (55-56-57)

@@cristiancruz5079 Sorry, but NO. LS is a different engine than the traditional small block, which does date back to 1954. What you are calling Vortec is only a later version of the smallblock with different cylinder heads. The LS is a clean sheet design, with a skirted block and vastly different heads. The most common source for a LS is from a truck, not a passenger car.

@@999torino thanks for the clarification🙂…LS means Luxury Sport.

Trade school and I'd be betting in the RAEME, if not Armoured Corps.