I'm an ex Aust army mechanic, now in my 70's. Back in the day we used to have problems with the Centurion's Meteor, when the magneto engine speed governor, which was a small counterweight built into the magneto rotor, would cut spark at around 2800rpm, which in turn would cause a series of backfires. The backfires would ignite excess fuel in the carb venturi & would melt the secondary venturi, made of a fairly soft white metal, which would be ingested into the engine, causing a catastrophic failure. By removing this governor weight, we were able to get about 4 times more life, in engine hours, out of the engine. Plus a good tank driver would rarely over rev them as the power would drop off anyway, hence governor removal did not seem to cause any other problems. Really enjoy your work, please continue!!
I was once drying out the mag from my BSA 650 on the radiator in my mams living room. Bike mags don't like the rain you see. When I thought it was about dry I poked a rag covered finger inside to clean the slip ring and gave the armature a good spin with my other hand. That was an experience, I must have left my common sense outside in the rain that afternoon...
Got a friend who is very successful business dude but absolutely no common sense so when I asked him to put his finger in my bth mag off my A10 he said how can he help ...twist it ..... absolutely gold 😂⚡⚡
@@wilburfinnigan2142I hate when people shout some bs to make others lol dumb when they don’t know what they are talking about. The meteor IS an aircraft engine that’s been detuned to be used in tanks.
Wow fabulous and I just noticed the engine was overhauled at 27 District (Command) Workshop in Warminster, this was my first Posting in REME and I spent 3 wonderful years there.
It never gets old seeing you and Jack bringing something back to life. Seeing the flames spew from the sides of the Meteor was beautiful. I can't wait to see everything fully working in the near future. Even better will be seeing the fully refurbished Mk III moving under its own power. I hope that the Tank Museum is appreciative of the risks Jack takes. 😊😊😂❤❤❤😂😊😊😊
I pissed myself laughing at the clip of Marvin being electrocuted after Jack 'connected' the batteries... I've rewatched a few times it has to be said 😂😂😂
Sounds like someone had a dictionary for breakfast before the shoot took place lol, so eloquently put, love these tank videos, I had many RC tanks in the past, some with sound kits, but none sounded as good as that RR V12 with open exhausts
Spectacular video Joe!!!!! So well explained, my wife now wants to see the toilet float work!!!! You guys were walking on water today brother. Well done. Oh ya, the shop looks top shelf too. Thanks Jack! 😃👍🏻👍🏻⚙️🧰🔧🛠🔩🪛
Great to have the tour around the Meteor engine and lovely to hear it coming back to life with only minor recommisioning work requied, fascinating stuff keep up the good work.
Mr Hewes. Sir. I must congratulate you on a well thought out explanation of how this engine works and how it relates however briefly, to a normal car engine. The simple way you did this was helpful to those like myself, who have watched your channel with fascination as you did what you do with these vehicles to get them up and running. Please continue to do the odd video on explaining how things work like this one.
Great job on the shop Jack, not a small project. A great tutorial Joe. Having heard four Merlin's, a Spitfire,a Hurricane and a Mosquito start, warm up and fly. They are a great sound.🥰 For pure noise you want A Wildcat, Corsair, Avenger and Skyraider all 50 feet away warming up!😵💫
They were all stunning for their time. Merlin got the most development (including larger oil pumps) so oil usage was less than any other variety of the day. The American radials guzzled oil. The P47 carried 45 gallons of oil. Flying with full drop tanks they had barely enough oil to get home.
That was a bloody brilliant video The engine running in the dark was phenomenal Love the way you talk us through the engine before the running. Well done to all Involved 👍👍👍
Nice job there guys, good to hear it sing. To think that Engine was running around in the 1st Gulf War and now it's sat on your workshop floor just waiting to to get put in it's new home 👍👍
Takes me back years to the Local Repair Section at Bovington. I was a Tels Tech REME working as a Vehicle Electrician (Sparky) with the A Veh Mechs - the black hand gang Mainly on Chieftain and CVT(T)s with the occasional Centurion ARV. Oh the joys (!) of the pack lift!!!
The Meteor is coming up really great but it makes the whole difference working on the engine on it's stand then inside the tank. Always doing a great job 👏 👍👍
Another thing to consider between wet sump to dry sump systems, are tanks going up down steep gradients and oil washing away from the oil pickup pipe hence the dry sump system on the Cent. They solved the problem on the J60 (CVRT’s)with a baffle system in the sump . I believe I still have a magneto points file somewhere in my tool box . I notice that was a 27DW rework engine , if you get an engine from 31DW I may of been a part of its rework and the signing off inspector.
I suspect the dry sump on the Meteor engine had more to do with its aviation origins (Merlin) than a desire to lower the C of G on a tank. Dry sump is needed on aero engines on aircraft that will be doing a lot of violent manoeuvring to ensure that there is always an oil supply to feed the pressure side of the oil pump and to scavenge oil from an engine that might be inverted, pulling heavy G loads or on its side. This is the reason they are also used on a lot of competition cars e.g. my 1977 Porsche 911 RSR and on motorbike engines e.g. the S&S V Twin X-Wedge engine in my Morgan Three wheeler.
@@FairladyS130 I can just see some war ministry policy wonk saying: "you are telling me we can save 10/6d per engine by making them wet sump - well bring it on" As long as the sumps were well baffled, wet sump would have worked perfectly well as a tank engine. For example one of the largest production runs of any tank engine, the Ford GAA, is wet sump.
@@csnelling4 So why are all bulldozer engines, which often operate at much greater angles than tanks commonly do, without any exception I can think of, wet sump. Dealing with gradients is just a matter of having a decently deep sump and well designed oil scavenge pick ups. The early Meteor engines were often made from Merlin engines which had been declared non-airworthy. Typically an engine that had been in a belly landing and where the crankshaft would have suffered a shock loading when an under power or windmilling propellor came into contact with the ground.
Great work all round. Engine looks amazing and didn't recognise the workshop. Having the tools like that should help you keep everything organised. Thanks for the start-up explanations. I sometimes use a drill on a twisty-type 'bottle' jack and it gets very hot in just a few seconds. Can see why your's struggled here.
Just before my time on Chieftain and Challenger (Mk1) but I believed from my older peers at the start of my time that when fitted in the Centurion they only ever changed 11 of the spark plugs as that 12th one was just too hard to access.
Dear Joseph, These Rolls Royce V12 engines were very well constructed and at that time the biggest petrol engines made. Simultaneously Rolls Royce also built huge ship engines running on oil like a Diesel engine plus the company was (and still is) famous by their constructed engines for planes. I hardly an believe this engine was in your living room for such a long time and it still runs rather well. That says enough for the quality of these sort engines. Look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
@@dickdegraaff5452 WRONG !!!! NOT the largest "petrol engines made !!! the RR Griffon was larger, the PACKARD M2500 PT Boat engine was 50% larger than the Meteor and is an older engine, then we go into aircraft engined PW &Wright R1820 & 30's PW R2000 Wright R2600 PW R2800 Wright R3350 and PW R4360. All these are gas "Petrol" engines of the time, do some research before runnin your mouth !!!
Thomas Crapper invented the system for toilets in Victorian London, as the toilet flush at that time was a plug which was removed to flush and often not replaced, this allowed toilets to continually flush. It was called the "Water Waste Prevention System". Cheers
I'm an ex Aust army mechanic, now in my 70's.
Back in the day we used to have problems with the Centurion's Meteor, when the magneto engine speed governor, which was a small counterweight built into the magneto rotor, would cut spark at around 2800rpm, which in turn would cause a series of backfires.
The backfires would ignite excess fuel in the carb venturi & would melt the secondary venturi, made of a fairly soft white metal, which would be ingested into the engine, causing a catastrophic failure.
By removing this governor weight, we were able to get about 4 times more life, in engine hours, out of the engine.
Plus a good tank driver would rarely over rev them as the power would drop off anyway, hence governor removal did not seem to cause any other problems.
Really enjoy your work, please continue!!
Thats what happens when you over rev the engine !!!!
Looks like I wasted a lot of my time then setting up the governors to cut out @ 2600 rpm
I was once drying out the mag from my BSA 650 on the radiator in my mams living room. Bike mags don't like the rain you see. When I thought it was about dry I poked a rag covered finger inside to clean the slip ring and gave the armature a good spin with my other hand. That was an experience, I must have left my common sense outside in the rain that afternoon...
Been bitten by a magneto off a lycoming years ago. Life lesson never forgotten.. 😂
Got a friend who is very successful business dude but absolutely no common sense so when I asked him to put his finger in my bth mag off my A10 he said how can he help ...twist it ..... absolutely gold 😂⚡⚡
An old electrician friend once told me it's only a shock if you don't know it's going to happen! 😊
Quite something to see the glow from the open exhaust valves. Also a good demonstration of why Spitfires spit flames out of their exhausts.
This is a tank engine never intended for an aircraft !!! DUUUUHH!!!!!!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 Um, you do know what the Meteor engine is based on, don't you?
@@wilburfinnigan2142I hate when people shout some bs to make others lol dumb when they don’t know what they are talking about. The meteor IS an aircraft engine that’s been detuned to be used in tanks.
@@farmersboy yeah reject Merlin aero parts , and no supercharger !!!! DUUUUHH!!!!!
@@WS-47ha Its PART of an aero engine, rejected parts and most made of cast iron and no supercharger !!! DUUUH!!!!!!
I must say this whole thing is done in a very British way , I love it well done chaps .
English
complicated and back @$$ward !!!!
Wow fabulous and I just noticed the engine was overhauled at 27 District (Command) Workshop in Warminster, this was my first Posting in REME and I spent 3 wonderful years there.
I served my apprenticeship @ 38 central workshops REME @ Chilwell spent my last 2 years in the test house mainly on meteors & meteorite
Will it fit in my VW golf?
Nu cred...e prea Mic😂😂😂
If you cut open the firewall, maybe. 😂
Of course. So long as you don't intend to try to fit yourself in with it.
It could happen if you sat on the roof, Mr Bean style and gave up the entire cabin to that engine 🤔
I want to see the conversion done
One of the best intros to ICE I have heard in many, many years!
nicely done... first time i have seen a mechanic do a proper pre start check out - smart young man !!!!
It never gets old seeing you and Jack bringing something back to life. Seeing the flames spew from the sides of the Meteor was beautiful.
I can't wait to see everything fully working in the near future. Even better will be seeing the fully refurbished Mk III moving under its own power.
I hope that the Tank Museum is appreciative of the risks Jack takes. 😊😊😂❤❤❤😂😊😊😊
Is Jack on the same pet insurance as the dog ?
@@WisdomShortvids Don't be daft. That's going to be too expensive. 🤣🤣🤣
Re the flames - brilliant view watching the valves light up
That home alone bit had me in stitches 😂
Beast of an engine and what a soundtrack when it's running
I pissed myself laughing at the clip of Marvin being electrocuted after Jack 'connected' the batteries... I've rewatched a few times it has to be said 😂😂😂
That Meteor rips & Jack's tool wall is the mutts nuts , a workshop fit for hero's 😂😂😂
What I should.d have said its the Ted's testicles!
Excellent episode. Have to confess you & Jack make a great duo.
Love it, total masterclass stuff that you just won’t see anywhere else
Sounds like someone had a dictionary for breakfast before the shoot took place lol, so eloquently put, love these tank videos, I had many RC tanks in the past, some with sound kits, but none sounded as good as that RR V12 with open exhausts
Good to see my old mate Chris's monika on the paperwork. Yeah, I used to work there too.
Spectacular video Joe!!!!! So well explained, my wife now wants to see the toilet float work!!!! You guys were walking on water today brother. Well done. Oh ya, the shop looks top shelf too. Thanks Jack! 😃👍🏻👍🏻⚙️🧰🔧🛠🔩🪛
Pretty sure he showed that on one of the other Centurions, possibly El Cid.
Great to have the tour around the Meteor engine and lovely to hear it coming back to life with only minor recommisioning work requied, fascinating stuff keep up the good work.
Mr Hewes. Sir. I must congratulate you on a well thought out explanation of how this engine works and how it relates however briefly, to a normal car engine. The simple way you did this was helpful to those like myself, who have watched your channel with fascination as you did what you do with these vehicles to get them up and running. Please continue to do the odd video on explaining how things work like this one.
Those exhaust flames always look awesome
Great job on the shop Jack, not a small project. A great tutorial Joe. Having heard four Merlin's, a Spitfire,a Hurricane and a Mosquito start, warm up and fly. They are a great sound.🥰 For pure noise you want A Wildcat, Corsair, Avenger and Skyraider all 50 feet away warming up!😵💫
Yep, although the best noise of all is from the Bristol Centaurus ;-)
They were all stunning for their time. Merlin got the most development (including larger oil pumps) so oil usage was less than any other variety of the day. The American radials guzzled oil. The P47 carried 45 gallons of oil. Flying with full drop tanks they had barely enough oil to get home.
That electric shock clip though 👌🏻😂
Nice workshop upgrade!
Nearly shit myself 😂😂
What an absolute treat! Thank you for taking the time to make this, an awesome piece of kit. 💪😊👍
Very nice walk through. Walls are looking great. Should really help with the lighting.
That was a bloody brilliant video
The engine running in the dark was phenomenal
Love the way you talk us through the engine before the running.
Well done to all
Involved 👍👍👍
Running an engine open head is a whole fucking mood
I love the positive energy you bring to your videos, it's contagious.
Quite impressed with the Milwaukee drill! 😮
Nice job there guys, good to hear it sing. To think that Engine was running around in the 1st Gulf War and now it's sat on your workshop floor just waiting to to get put in it's new home 👍👍
For cleaning the points pinch a nail board from one of the ladies. It does both contacts at the same time.
My Grandfather taught me that one. He has a jar with nail boards of differing grades
Favourite UA-cam channel no question, love the explanations on the more technical aspects of these engines. Keep up the good work!!
That was actually bloody brilliant watching that beast of an engine run and spit fire in the dark!!!
That is mother of all spanner walls! Top notch as always. MINT!
So awesome seeing history be restored, besides the fact that the engine looks & sounds wicked running in the open like that!
That shelving and organization work is exquisite.
That engine sounds so great. hits 2-ways, tanks and old aircraft...👍🇺🇸😎
Love when Joe gets all enthusiastic and hyper.. he loves this machine...... And great job on the workshop Jack.. nice work..
Just what you want on a cold winters morning. Brilliant, especially filming through the light sensitive lens.
Takes me back years to the Local Repair Section at Bovington. I was a Tels Tech REME working as a Vehicle Electrician (Sparky) with the A Veh Mechs - the black hand gang Mainly on Chieftain and CVT(T)s with the occasional Centurion ARV. Oh the joys (!) of the pack lift!!!
them were the days
I adore that sound.
Brilliant, thanks for taking us around , nothing like experience , very interesting ,
The Meteor is coming up really great but it makes the whole difference working on the engine on it's stand then inside the tank. Always doing a great job 👏 👍👍
Hold on.... you mean to say you never ran it up when it was in the living room ????
😂😂😂
Best Show on TV featuring Fonzarelly and Ritchie Cunningham, Happy Days...😊 Miss u already..
That was brilliant right up until the " Ooooh Ooooh ooooooh" 😂
Very informative and interesting video. Clearly know your Meteor engines and great seeing it run up.Jacks done a great job with the workshop
Meteor Centurion tank engine, no supercharger, brings back memories , worked on these during 1970’s
So did i
Another thing to consider between wet sump to dry sump systems, are tanks going up down steep gradients and oil washing away from the oil pickup pipe hence the dry sump system on the Cent. They solved the problem on the J60 (CVRT’s)with a baffle system in the sump . I believe I still have a magneto points file somewhere in my tool box . I notice that was a 27DW rework engine , if you get an engine from 31DW I may of been a part of its rework and the signing off inspector.
You might know this. Why was the test sheet marked, Ex-Op Granby? What was a Meteor doing in the Gulf War? Cheers.
@@johnnunn8688 Cent ARV's AVRE's etc
@@andyt3304 , thanks. I googled the armour that went but they didn’t mention them.
Brilliant video glad Jack is back and the workshop looks mega.
The shop looks great. Very well organized.
Damn that's a beautiful sound...
Listen to that music! Jack...the shop look awesome! Great work!
Very interesting! Impressive work!
Thank you for sharing!
I suspect the dry sump on the Meteor engine had more to do with its aviation origins (Merlin) than a desire to lower the C of G on a tank. Dry sump is needed on aero engines on aircraft that will be doing a lot of violent manoeuvring to ensure that there is always an oil supply to feed the pressure side of the oil pump and to scavenge oil from an engine that might be inverted, pulling heavy G loads or on its side. This is the reason they are also used on a lot of competition cars e.g. my 1977 Porsche 911 RSR and on motorbike engines e.g. the S&S V Twin X-Wedge engine in my Morgan Three wheeler.
Tank engines need dry sump lubrication systems too.
@@FairladyS130 I can just see some war ministry policy wonk saying: "you are telling me we can save 10/6d per engine by making them wet sump - well bring it on" As long as the sumps were well baffled, wet sump would have worked perfectly well as a tank engine. For example one of the largest production runs of any tank engine, the Ford GAA, is wet sump.
Got to be honest ...I thought spitfire as soon as the lights went out .ha ha ha.
Hill gradients and oil pump pick up pipe running dry .
@@csnelling4 So why are all bulldozer engines, which often operate at much greater angles than tanks commonly do, without any exception I can think of, wet sump. Dealing with gradients is just a matter of having a decently deep sump and well designed oil scavenge pick ups. The early Meteor engines were often made from Merlin engines which had been declared non-airworthy. Typically an engine that had been in a belly landing and where the crankshaft would have suffered a shock loading when an under power or windmilling propellor came into contact with the ground.
Guys, that's a thing of great beauty. Thanks for sharing.
Should pop it back in the living room, would rather watch that for an hour than pretty much most TV!
Engine sounds awesome and the shop is looking great!
The setup is now looking professional and that you know what you are doing
Used in Tanks, and Armed Personnel Vehicles. Rolls Royce has a massive history in England.
I want that in my Land Rover Defender 90. That would wake the neighbours up at 6 in the morning. Great engine.
Brilliant how smooth it is 😃😃😃😃😃
I still prefer seeing and hearing the RR lighting up as the Christmas tree.
Great job as usual,the shop is looking like a store display,very nice!!
Thank you for letting us watch and its a great engine when its running it souds good 👍 and take a break and drink tea 🫖
Beautiful light show,love how you can exhaust valve opening,
Such a mixed bag when you start up some of the powerplants without any history, must be nice to know this one was rebuilt.
'The human solenoid' has to be on a t-shirt now
Brilliant video; superb presentation.
Bravo Mr H. Cant wait to see the beast come to life.
Only you could think of turning over a V12 with a Milwaukee drill😂
Excellent job. Amazing to see the old girl run.
good job guys, im iimpatient to see the FV-4005 restore and good job to jack for workshop storage and partitioning 👍💪👏
Car youtuber: “straight piping my lambo!”
Mr hewes:” FUCKIT, WHO NEEDS AN EXHAUST! NOT MY SHITBARN!”
Great work all round. Engine looks amazing and didn't recognise the workshop. Having the tools like that should help you keep everything organised. Thanks for the start-up explanations. I sometimes use a drill on a twisty-type 'bottle' jack and it gets very hot in just a few seconds. Can see why your's struggled here.
What a absolute beautiful sight of the RR V 12 running ,ya done well mate
There is just nothing as cool and violent as a tank engine! Good show boys!!
Good job on the workshop looks very professional
What a beautiful piece of British Engineering. Great to see it burst of life.
Just before my time on Chieftain and Challenger (Mk1) but I believed from my older peers at the start of my time that when fitted in the Centurion they only ever changed 11 of the spark plugs as that 12th one was just too hard to access.
One of the best tank engines of all time.
Dear Joseph,
These Rolls Royce V12 engines were very well constructed and at that time the biggest petrol engines made. Simultaneously Rolls Royce also built huge ship engines running on oil like a Diesel engine plus the company was (and still is) famous by their constructed engines for planes.
I hardly an believe this engine was in your living room for such a long time and it still runs rather well. That says enough for the quality of these sort engines.
Look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
Definitely not...has to be diesel
@@marc9796 I said 'one of' and I stand by that.
@@dickdegraaff5452 WRONG !!!! NOT the largest "petrol engines made !!! the RR Griffon was larger, the PACKARD M2500 PT Boat engine was 50% larger than the Meteor and is an older engine, then we go into aircraft engined PW &Wright R1820 & 30's PW R2000 Wright R2600 PW R2800 Wright R3350 and PW R4360. All these are gas "Petrol" engines of the time, do some research before runnin your mouth !!!
Thomas Crapper invented the system for toilets in Victorian London, as the toilet flush at that time was a plug which was removed to flush and often not replaced, this allowed toilets to continually flush.
It was called the "Water Waste Prevention System".
Cheers
Nice job on the workshop Jack. I first thought that you must have been borrowing a mates place. Good to see the engine firing up so well.
Nice job there Jack,looks alot better and organised 👍😉
The Meteor running in the dark was awesome 👍
Awesome video thanks lads wow that's amazing 😊🇬🇧
Workshop looks ace btw. Well done Jack.
impressive RR that , and Jacks handy work is prity special too looking very professional now guys
work shops looking mint
Nothing like hearing and seeing a V-12 crackling with life.
Basically, you love it cos it werfs flammen and makes loud noises!!! I get that.
Great job guys
Cool shots showing the open valves.
Anthony
Well done Jack the shed looks more like a garage now😎👍
Inertia is a fantastic word, very pleasing on the ears.
shop looks great
That wall of spanners... lovely!
Love all this information, brilliant video again.
Been binge watching your stuff, subbed!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Looks and definitely sounds a thing of beauty.
You have some fantastic toys in your toybox
Nice episode guys 👍