I was a mechanic and recovery vehicle operator in the US Army for 20 years, spent thousands of hours doing this service. Don't forget to check the oil in the geared hubs, the small reduction gearboxes at each wheel. They do not hold much oil, so even a small leak can lead to a catastrophic failure. Love your channel, keep up the great work!!!
Yeah I caught that too. They did pretty good, but missed the hubs. I’d probably of checked the fuel filter on the firewall for water too. Army 63b and recovery, 12 years👍🏼
That brings back memories. Days upon days spent in the motor pool under a scumvee taking a nap because we had already pulled daily, weekly, and monthly PMCS. All you are missing is a drip pan, a chock block, and the pioneer tools and rack.
Its amazing that the museum staff just happen to have all these spares ready to hand and know what substitutes can safely be used. Most impressive - as usual.
That´s a very early Humvee. Hints are the remnants of the early one-armed mirrors in front of the windshield, and the vehicle data plate on the outside rear left fender. Only very early Humvees (say ´85 or ´86) had those plates. I´m pretty sure the gunner protection kit on the turret was later added on, as it was usually only used on later M111x or M115x Humvees. Great episode, as always. I just posted a link into our Humvee owners group.
Thank you for explaining everything that is going on and the "why". Have no idea about engines but love Workshop Wednesday and feel like I learn a lot. Salutations :)
What a job, park an 80 year old panzer in the morning and perform detailed maintenance on an old battle wagon, then take it for a ride. Great video. Thanks!
I love how you maintain the vehicles,and am a mechanic and still find that soothing to watch.Find your channel very informing,keep up the great work that you do...
Kurt's fascination with everything is so cute. I imagine i was the exact same way when i used to work on stuff with my uncle. Also, the guys explaining everything so nice and clear as well, all nice!
hiya, Nice video; thank you all. Great seeing a bit more of a modern fighting machine. A complete walk-through of it and its capability would be good. That 88 looked sad sitting in the middle of the parade ring, slowly rusting away. It was always my favourite Airfix kit, well, that and the British Grayhound. The SAM? Stay safe, Steve...
This was a really great video. I remember talking to a person I knew who was in the National Guard. He told me that Humvees were simple to repair to a regular car engine. I knew he was full of it when he told me that, but this video confirmed it.
I own a Humvee M998.. I love these Humvees...Just to let you know... Those bushings do not use a 27 mm socket... Every nut and bolt are ASE Sandard ... Those bushing bolts are 3/4 inch ... The oil drain plug is 9/16 ... The same that General Motors used for over 60 years ... Wish I could be there to give you hand ... These Humvees are very special to me.. And my business Sincerely, Captain Ron Naples Florida
The M1025 (the one in this video) was used before Desert Storm, the Humvee variants you’re thinking of are the uparmored M1113 ECV series, which was developed further during the GWOT. Slant backs were issued far more than just to MPs as well.
It amuses me how ordinary mechanical objects and procedures excite KOERT so much 😁. Good on you for sticking your hand up, not all of spent their life crawling under and in vehicles trying to keep them running 😁
A Day in the Life of a Tourist visiting "The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum", and the sign at the door states we have a new Tour - Kurt will lead you around all exhibits and discuss the maintenance of each vehicle, his 'specialty' is the HumVee.
Thanks Sooo much for your Workshop Wednesdays. I look so forward to them. Most Guys would proberly find a simple service to a vehicle BORING! but I was fascinated by the detail these guys attentend to a vehicle. Keep it up.
5:22 a pretty simple and effective way to clean those is to make an adapter (basically a piece of round wood with a hole for an air hose in the center) and put some pressure on it outside (not much, you don't wan't to rip them open tho). You can do an even better cleaner if you have vibrating base to sit the whole thing on. Dust just falls out of the stuff.
I love these videos. Australians always seem so nice and friendly. Then you see them play their football and you realize that inside they're crazed lunatics. 😲A foreign power would be nuts to invade their country. 😀
I served 11 yrs in the U S Army and reported to my first unit in 1986,shortly after the army started replacing the M151's with M998's.I noticed that the example that they have is an earlier version with the brakes mounted to the differentials. Something to be aware of is the tendency for the bolts holding the calipers on to back out and start hitting the bolts holding the half shaft to the flange on the diff. I experienced this issue several times and started including checking them in my pmcs and tightening them periodically.
to check the clutch fan operation you can disconect the electrical line that is near the black box on the drivers side engine bay. when the line is disconnected the fan kicks in. something i picked up from AM General back in the day. Used to start the engine with WD8 wire as a jumper on the test connector but i cant remember which spots. only used it a few times when the ignition switch went out.
As a humvee owner in Brisbane, nice to see. Definitely don't forget the spindle locking nuts. What model slant back is it? It's an A0 truck as it still has the early mirror brackets and what looks like the 6.2 v belt, or could be the mid 6.5 v belt. Look forward to seeing it when I visit.
As a mechanic and a Qc there is few things I see here. The end of the clamps an the air filter housing should be under the air filter housing guard. The right side mirror is useless in this way you can not see anything in the mirror. Not mounted correctly. Its in the manual along with many useful information
DROVE m1044/45 SERIES tow HUMMVEES AND THEN m998 tow RIGS AND FINALLY THE m1114's from 85-07 lots of hrs on them to go over the dash 10. I loved em but i would make a few improvements to them
wow.... Why can`t you find out history of this humvee? Ican see Beau and work on Stug in the background :-D . At 19:19 I see 88mm will you restore them? Greetings from Poland 🙂
Do you have the -10 Field Manual for the Humvee? If not, get one! During my time in the Michigan Army National Guard, I was around Humvees quite a bit even though my MOS was communications and not motor pool. This is important. Check the 3 castellated nuts on each wheel. These are inside each wheel. Check to insure the cotter pin is there and installed properly. I have found two that were missing and one nut on the bottom of the drivers rear wheel was starting to back off. Having the cotter pin gone and the nut come off will cause a major problem going over a big bump!!! Going into Iraq, we put a nylon stocking over the intake for the air system. This was to filter out the sand before it could get to the filter. One fun thing was watching new troops reaction when the fan switches from low to high. They think the Humvee is ready to blow up or worse. During our convoy into Iraq in 2003 in July, it was very hot. We pulled the plug to force the fan into high speed. Normally, a Humvee operates at 180F. During the convoy, our ran all day at 220F. Not a problem. 240F on up is when you start to worry! It can be one tough vehicle. Don't ask about milage! It is military. Uncle Sam is paying! Lastly, in Iraq, we did not use diesel. We used JP-8 jet fuel. No problems. Motor Pool told us the JP-8 cleaned out the carbon in the engine! Have fun driving the Humvee! I did in the National Guard!
Little trouble starting, typical. Inside every US Army Humvee is its dispatch book, a green plastic book to keep papers for the vehicle. Almost every one of them you will find a perfect circular soot mark on it. If your Humvee has trouble starting you take that book and place it over the exhaust pipe blocking the exhaust and the Humvee will fire right up. Don't know why this works but on most the Humvees I was assigned this was the only way to start it.
I was a mechanic and recovery vehicle operator in the US Army for 20 years, spent thousands of hours doing this service. Don't forget to check the oil in the geared hubs, the small reduction gearboxes at each wheel. They do not hold much oil, so even a small leak can lead to a catastrophic failure. Love your channel, keep up the great work!!!
I hope they read your advice.
I wonder if they have the -10, -20, and -20p manual's
Yeah I caught that too. They did pretty good, but missed the hubs. I’d probably of checked the fuel filter on the firewall for water too. Army 63b and recovery, 12 years👍🏼
Also gear hub spindle nuts....they are notorious for coming loose making the wheels fall off.
@@gaboonviper85 Depends on if the previous owner put in the updated locking ring. I still have my special socket for doing those hubs!!!
That brings back memories. Days upon days spent in the motor pool under a scumvee taking a nap because we had already pulled daily, weekly, and monthly PMCS. All you are missing is a drip pan, a chock block, and the pioneer tools and rack.
Brilliant as usual, Kurt is a natural narrator and the quality of the filming, editing, sound etc... as good as anything done on TV or UA-cam.
Never realized that native Aussie critters play some great music! Thanks all ❤
I can watch you guys drive your panzers all day.
I came home from working on heavy equipment all day. To watch my dose of workshop Wednesday to see you doing what I just did all day. 😂
Its amazing that the museum staff just happen to have all these spares ready to hand and know what substitutes can safely be used. Most impressive - as usual.
A Humvee's drivetrain is basically a mid 1980's one ton Chevrolet Diesel truck.
It`s nice to see a different kind and era of vehicle. Keep up the good work and the diversity in showing different types and ages of vehicles!
That´s a very early Humvee. Hints are the remnants of the early one-armed mirrors in front of the windshield, and the vehicle data plate on the outside rear left fender. Only very early Humvees (say ´85 or ´86) had those plates.
I´m pretty sure the gunner protection kit on the turret was later added on, as it was usually only used on later M111x or M115x Humvees.
Great episode, as always. I just posted a link into our Humvee owners group.
Nice change. Good to see some of the other people who look after the collection
Allways pleasure to see professionals working. And not need to get dirty, just drink coffee and relax😊
I've owned one of these for years so I know how to service it, but imma still watch this
Just fix it with flex tape
Spray paint over all dirt and rust!
Appreciate you asking questions that might seem like they have obvious answers to others, Kurt. 👍
Thank you for explaining everything that is going on and the "why". Have no idea about engines but love Workshop Wednesday and feel like I learn a lot. Salutations :)
Thanks guys!
Tuned in tonight to see more tank bits but got a humvee oil change! Great change and although not a tank still sexy! You guys do great work!
What a job, park an 80 year old panzer in the morning and perform detailed maintenance on an old battle wagon, then take it for a ride. Great video. Thanks!
I love how you maintain the vehicles,and am a mechanic and still find that soothing to watch.Find your channel very informing,keep up the great work that you do...
Kurt's fascination with everything is so cute. I imagine i was the exact same way when i used to work on stuff with my uncle. Also, the guys explaining everything so nice and clear as well, all nice!
Oh I like that oil filter tool
The new chap Rob, reminds me of the vintage Action Man sailor with realistic hair and beard ....
Thank you for sharing
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Well that was a bit different and entertaining too - Cheers fellas.
Great to see you guys running RYCO on the vehicle. 🤙
Thanks again, it was a nice story and a nice video. Also saw Bo for a while
Great to hear the kookaburras 😃
Takes me back to 2001 when i spent 9 months doing nothing but drink beer and eat pies, happy days.
This is great!
I’ve been waiting all day!
Made my Wednesday as usual. Cheers to all the crew!!!
Love your work 👍
hiya,
Nice video; thank you all. Great seeing a bit more of a modern fighting machine. A complete walk-through of it and its capability would be good.
That 88 looked sad sitting in the middle of the parade ring, slowly rusting away. It was always my favourite Airfix kit, well, that and the British Grayhound. The SAM?
Stay safe, Steve...
British ran greyhounds? Didn't know that.
Amazing channel! So many running vehicles!
Looking forward to a tour of the vehicle and it's equipment... don't forget the radio... thanks very much for the video
Did you checked the hubs? Very important! Only a tiny oil reservoir.
This was a really great video. I remember talking to a person I knew who was in the National Guard. He told me that Humvees were simple to repair to a regular car engine. I knew he was full of it when he told me that, but this video confirmed it.
I chuckled when the Humvee wouldn't start on the first try. Did someone forget to wait until the _"Glow Plug"_ instrument panel light shut off? 😮
Sat so long, that fuel system had drained back? Had to crank it over for little bit for the fuel pumps to get fuel to cylinders?
I was thinking the same
No glow no go 😂😂
Best part of restoration and maintenance is running them!
‘Expert’ Kurt mechanic tip #1 😂
Shoulda put a bumblebee for the thumbnail 😂👍👍👍
I own a Humvee M998.. I love these Humvees...Just to let you know... Those bushings do not use a 27 mm socket...
Every nut and bolt are ASE Sandard ... Those bushing bolts are 3/4 inch ... The oil drain plug is 9/16 ... The same that General Motors used for over 60 years ...
Wish I could be there to give you hand ...
These Humvees are very special to me.. And my business
Sincerely, Captain Ron
Naples Florida
the 27mm he was talking about was the diameter of the swaybar, not the bolt
This is a post Desert Storm era Humvee. Slant back humvees were used alot by combat support Military Police units.
Looks like an M1025? We ran the M1026 in the scout platoon in Korea exactly like this but it had a recovery winch. Pretty sure the 1025 had no winch.
The M1025 (the one in this video) was used before Desert Storm, the Humvee variants you’re thinking of are the uparmored M1113 ECV series, which was developed further during the GWOT.
Slant backs were issued far more than just to MPs as well.
@@TheRazorbackpilot has the wrong Sideview mirrors then.
That's the best I've ever heard sway bars explained!
It amuses me how ordinary mechanical objects and procedures excite KOERT so much 😁. Good on you for sticking your hand up, not all of spent their life crawling under and in vehicles trying to keep them running 😁
3:01 The T-34-85 tank is awesome!
A Day in the Life of a Tourist visiting "The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum", and the sign at the door states we have a new Tour - Kurt will lead you around all exhibits and discuss the maintenance of each vehicle, his 'specialty' is the HumVee.
Those are great to work on. I would know cause I was a light wheel mechanic in the US Army
Any video from Aus Armour is a great video, keep them coming Kurt.
That was awesome! Learnt so much!
Wow. That sound. I spent a year in Afghanistan in one of those 😛
Great video!
Nice, thanks! Seems like you have some beast machinery there. We would like to see more of this kind of maintanance and mechanical stuff
Those red bushes have add atleast 10 bhp
Thanks Sooo much for your Workshop Wednesdays. I look so forward to them. Most Guys would proberly find a simple service to a vehicle BORING! but I was fascinated by the detail these guys attentend to a vehicle. Keep it up.
Welcome to the team :)
5:22 a pretty simple and effective way to clean those is to make an adapter (basically a piece of round wood with a hole for an air hose in the center) and put some pressure on it outside (not much, you don't wan't to rip them open tho). You can do an even better cleaner if you have vibrating base to sit the whole thing on. Dust just falls out of the stuff.
Great video, looks like the Chieftains 88 could do with a makeover 😂
I really enjoy the maintenance videos.
GOOD JOB GUYS
I love these videos. Australians always seem so nice and friendly. Then you see them play their football and you realize that inside they're crazed lunatics. 😲A foreign power would be nuts to invade their country. 😀
Great video guys hope kirt learnt something 😂😂😂😂
The HMMWV should start fast. You should check the smart start box and glow plugs.🍻
Omg Kurt reveals his middle name: Kurt Mechanic Ausarmour
ngl, best name ever
Why do I always want to sit back and drink beer when I hear an Australian accent?
at last!!!!
Good to see a new face there too.
so... when will you guys take the humvee to fraser island like those aussie 4wd?
"What did you do at work today honey?" "Oh, I drove the panzer 4 around for a bit!"
I served 11 yrs in the U S Army and reported to my first unit in 1986,shortly after the army started replacing the M151's with M998's.I noticed that the example that they have is an earlier version with the brakes mounted to the differentials. Something to be aware of is the tendency for the bolts holding the calipers on to back out and start hitting the bolts holding the half shaft to the flange on the diff. I experienced this issue several times and started including checking them in my pmcs and tightening them periodically.
I love my HMMWV
to check the clutch fan operation you can disconect the electrical line that is near the black box on the drivers side engine bay. when the line is disconnected the fan kicks in. something i picked up from AM General back in the day. Used to start the engine with WD8 wire as a jumper on the test connector but i cant remember which spots. only used it a few times when the ignition switch went out.
As a humvee owner in Brisbane, nice to see. Definitely don't forget the spindle locking nuts. What model slant back is it? It's an A0 truck as it still has the early mirror brackets and what looks like the 6.2 v belt, or could be the mid 6.5 v belt. Look forward to seeing it when I visit.
Thanks lats i’ve been wondering how the maintenance is in the Humvees. Definitely wanna get one in the future.
We call that type a hard bck or slant bck humvee in the marines
Turtle shells!
Is it just me , or did Kurt just throw in a "Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures" quote at 18:02 ....."pretty soon it was time to hit the road"😉😄
I love HMMWV !
I have HMMWV！
As a mechanic and a Qc there is few things I see here. The end of the clamps an the air filter housing should be under the air filter housing guard. The right side mirror is useless in this way you can not see anything in the mirror. Not mounted correctly. Its in the manual along with many useful information
Another interesting episode!! Question…..is the 88 flak gun displayed outdoors on the restoration list??
Glad you got rid of the "Orange Death" oil filter, and even prefilled the new one. Good on ya.
DROVE m1044/45 SERIES tow HUMMVEES AND THEN m998 tow RIGS AND FINALLY THE m1114's from 85-07 lots of hrs on them to go over the dash 10. I loved em but i would make a few improvements to them
11:19 casually driving pas a WW2 German 88mm FLAK
wow.... Why can`t you find out history of this humvee? Ican see Beau and work on Stug in the background :-D . At 19:19 I see 88mm will you restore them? Greetings from Poland 🙂
To be fair, one of the reasons I learned to work on cars is the tools are so damned cool.
From 🇧🇷👍🌎
They do make black neoprene bushings. Use silicone grease not oil, oil turns to glue with heat and time.
Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸👍
Great video. Please tell me that 88 is going to get restored or at least put inside
I got a question. What level of concrete do you use in your showroom it has like zero damage from steel tracks.
Next weeks episode we'll watch Kurt do a major service on a T34 by himself. Stay tuned
A milspec Humvee in Australia must be as rare as a Holden Ute in America !
7:24 I think they are the same as my Nissan nx1600 at least they look the same
Nice leisure workshop Wednesday.....
BTW that old 88, out in the fields, is looking a little ratty
No idea why I’m fascinated by changing oil. I do my own an all my vehicles.
check the water separator dont want algae like stuff in your tank. can check that at the fuel filter
Do you think they will restore the flak gun shown at the end of the video?
19:19 is that AA gun going to get some ❤ and anti rust paint ?
NO, just some one famous to run it over
It's better to leave grease on point, to cover and protect from dust and dirt.
Is there a way to find the service history of a Humvee, like where it served?
Do you have the -10 Field Manual for the Humvee? If not, get one! During my time in the Michigan Army National Guard, I was around Humvees quite a bit even though my MOS was communications and not motor pool. This is important. Check the 3 castellated nuts on each wheel. These are inside each wheel. Check to insure the cotter pin is there and installed properly. I have found two that were missing and one nut on the bottom of the drivers rear wheel was starting to back off. Having the cotter pin gone and the nut come off will cause a major problem going over a big bump!!! Going into Iraq, we put a nylon stocking over the intake for the air system. This was to filter out the sand before it could get to the filter. One fun thing was watching new troops reaction when the fan switches from low to high. They think the Humvee is ready to blow up or worse.
During our convoy into Iraq in 2003 in July, it was very hot. We pulled the plug to force the fan into high speed. Normally, a Humvee operates at 180F. During the convoy, our ran all day at 220F. Not a problem. 240F on up is when you start to worry! It can be one tough vehicle.
Don't ask about milage! It is military. Uncle Sam is paying!
Lastly, in Iraq, we did not use diesel. We used JP-8 jet fuel. No problems. Motor Pool told us the JP-8 cleaned out the carbon in the engine!
Have fun driving the Humvee! I did in the National Guard!
Little trouble starting, typical. Inside every US Army Humvee is its dispatch book, a green plastic book to keep papers for the vehicle. Almost every one of them you will find a perfect circular soot mark on it. If your Humvee has trouble starting you take that book and place it over the exhaust pipe blocking the exhaust and the Humvee will fire right up. Don't know why this works but on most the Humvees I was assigned this was the only way to start it.
We’d use the seat cushion…lol
Is the panzer at the start of the video a PZ IV Ausf H?
It’s a J variant I think.