I was a CVRT Spartan driver back in the 80’s, I had a clutch go in the middle of nowhere… myself and the commander striped the tank down and replaced it. A hell of a job with basic CS tools and some tools from our Techs. Nice to see the original Jaguar engine in place 👍
I think the reason this tank failed was because it was too twitchy for a conscript; you'd have to love the machine to make it work. In the Army, especially tankers, hitting it twice as hard with a bigger hammer is about as sophisticated as they like to get. Not really their fault when the privates would much rather be somewhere else.... but for a collector this seems to be the ideal tank to have.
Spent 3 years working on cvrt's in a first line LAD pulled many a box and engine out, one suggestion I would make is to fit a spare gen gelt and secure it out of the way , saves a whole load of messing when they snap look forward to having fun when putting the quill shafts back in. If you don't get it back within 5 mins then get some one else to try
No worries mate we are happy thst you still did give us a fix . Im not shaking so much now the fix is sorted out now 😅😅😅. Graham did a great job giving us our fix .😅
Glad you made the move and landed your dream job! That you had you own channel would make you an ideal candidate for this! Great to see you on screen again!
Take two of the NBC locks of the back door of the spartan to fit the drive splines when you pul them out . Little tip that a cvrt track pin will fit the bolts on the generator if that needs working on in the future.
Gearbox input Oil pump drive shaft. They do fail but not on the extent of what he said. When the Cummings engine was retro fitted to CVR T then they had serious issues with the pump shaft. The Gearbox works on Oil Pressure so once the Input pump drive shaft fails. All gears are lost. It drives all the time the engine is running and independent of the centrifugal clutch. You will always have to remove the drivers seat, Fire Wall and 'T' Piece to remove the Gearbox. Enjoy the experience!
It doesn't compare in difficulty, but I remember the instructions in the owner's manual of the Austin America my mother had in my teens for changing the oil - "Remove the old oil filter, using whatever force may be necessary."
look up "Woods Metal " and Mr Gellers stunts will become more obvious, You can cast a spoon in woods metal and hand it to somebody to stir the sugar in their coffee and ther look on their face when they see the bottom has melted off the spoon as they stirred their coffee
My grandfather, whom was later a tech teacher, passed his diagnostic engineering course with 110% final grade. He did so by making his own tools to work out the problem on the broken cars they were given, as there weren't enough to go around for the entire class during their final exam. This reminds me a lot of his stories.
I honestly wish I had just a tenth of the talent these blokes have with machinery. My dad was bloody good at it being a trucker driver. But I'm a mechanical dud. I can sell pretty much anything though...
My Dad passed away in August and I had a bunch of old junky tools I gave to his mechanic friend. I kept the nice matco set he's always had. That kids got a bunch of old tools though to make into whatever he needs when the time comes.
It’s always impressive to see the hard work you all put in these machines, and then think how a drone worth a few hundreds can basically render any of them useless. Thanks for your content.
I am glad to see the workshop is back to business as usual. I hope that each and everyone there had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Looking forward to more videos.
I've adapted so many wrenches for specific tasks during my life time. I usually tried to use cheap wrenches, not my expensive ones. I retired in 2016 and gave my shop and tools to my grandson to support his growing family.
You can get a set of Starter Wrenches that are made just like you made. They were designed for starter bolts that were back behind the starter. Also, a set of offset open-end wrenches that had one end at almost 90 degrees to the other end are worth their weight in gold. Some old German mechanic is laughing at your getting the short end of the shaft.
Great to have Graham there explains thing to the T. Can I ask what he is doing with his tank and jeep.It would be great to do a video on the build of the jeep?
TBH Graham is kinda my hero. Bro just up and restores his own tank, one day says “eff all this” and drops everything to move away and pursue his dream. You go, dude.
Thank you for another great video, I would love to have a autographed photo of the WorkShop Wednesday crew. Keep the videos coming as always Stay Safe and take care.
2:28 you've never worked in a workshop, if you've never made a mess on the floor. Period. I can 100% say this, because even in Bugatti's (from the days of the Veyron) picture perfect shop, with revolving tiles that slide away from the engine rack that's affixed to the floor on a track, and all that jazz and bling... there's puddle stains. :) They cleaned them well, but they're still visible.
Thanks lads, see Darrel still looks a bit rough around the edges, although with the usual smile of confidence 😮😂 Look forward as always to the next video. Best wishes to you all.
been there seen that, all good fun, some things are bolted in so well, you wonder why bother, and those bolts are usually still there because nobody ever bothered to remove those parts, when replacing the awkward bolts are generally left off which is when that term, 'somebody's been here' comes into play - incidentally, we backward engineer some parts for CVRT, got a load of complete fans and still waiting on belts to come in via Mars i think a good cheat before removing engine and/or gearbox, do laser alignment between input/output where the shaft goes and double check that interconnecting drive shaft is for diesel or petrol respectively, no doubt you know that, i had to learn that one
A bit of a job going on this CVRT that needs to be done. Sometimes I think you need long spaghetti size fingers to work on the very narrow points 🤦♂️🤦♂️! But you guys are already doing a great job 👍👍👍
@@Daniel-S1 Yes, I had a look after seeing this. It seems there was an upgrade program for the CVRT that included a diesel engine and automatic transmission.
Make sure the coolant is always up to spec on that Jaguar Engine because they have very long head studs that go all the way down to the Main bearing area and guess what when they snap and they do they almost always snap way down the bottom. That of course requires some home made very long extensions to drill and remove the broken stud, Almost as bad as the pages in the Workshop manual on the Jaguar V 12's where they show you where to take the hacksaw to the heads to cut them into three pieces when they just will not come off. Not as concerning as having to use alloy plates and panelbeaters hydraulic spreaders to remove Ferrari Cylinder heads if they have been neglected coolant wise. So Guys you have been warned be totally anal when it comes to coolant in those Saracen Alvis Sabre variants to save yourselves future grief
On my first 1970 BMW, I had to remove the horrible short and flat seat and replace it with a better and adjustable one, so I needed a very slim top to do it. An ordinary top couldn't do it!
There are days when I reckon some of these designers just did things to be mean… starter motor in the valley of a V8, starter under the exhaust manifold (of course, if the starter isn’t working, odds are the manifold will be cold, but still)… thanks Graham and all at AAAM.
I was a CVRT Spartan driver back in the 80’s, I had a clutch go in the middle of nowhere… myself and the commander striped the tank down and replaced it. A hell of a job with basic CS tools and some tools from our Techs. Nice to see the original Jaguar engine in place 👍
I was just going to say something about not wanting to do that in the field, have a great New Year. Charles
What was the ratio? Good team skills or ease of repair of the vehicle?
Oh yes, you're right... Jag XJ6, correct?
I think the reason this tank failed was because it was too twitchy for a conscript; you'd have to love the machine to make it work.
In the Army, especially tankers, hitting it twice as hard with a bigger hammer is about as sophisticated as they like to get. Not really their fault when the privates would much rather be somewhere else.... but for a collector this seems to be the ideal tank to have.
Spent 3 years working on cvrt's in a first line LAD pulled many a box and engine out, one suggestion I would make is to fit a spare gen gelt and secure it out of the way , saves a whole load of messing when they snap look forward to having fun when putting the quill shafts back in. If you don't get it back within 5 mins then get some one else to try
Was my absolute honour helping out 🤟
No worries mate we are happy thst you still did give us a fix . Im not shaking so much now the fix is sorted out now 😅😅😅. Graham did a great job giving us our fix .😅
I feel your pain having done this job in a German wood in the middle of the night!
Thanks Graham good to see you again
Glad you made the move and landed your dream job! That you had you own channel would make you an ideal candidate for this! Great to see you on screen again!
Glad someone was able to film in time to stop the riot and letter writing campaign we have planned for missing a Workshop Wednesday. :D
Awesome to see Graham back making videos! You will be wise-cracking in no time.
Young fella will be an asset im tipping, Well done Lad
Take two of the NBC locks of the back door of the spartan to fit the drive splines when you pul them out . Little tip that a cvrt track pin will fit the bolts on the generator if that needs working on in the future.
Pretty awesome that you guys are giving Graham a shot at featuring a tank repair video.
Gearbox input Oil pump drive shaft. They do fail but not on the extent of what he said. When the Cummings engine was retro fitted to CVR T then they had serious issues with the pump shaft. The Gearbox works on Oil Pressure so once the Input pump drive shaft fails. All gears are lost. It drives all the time the engine is running and independent of the centrifugal clutch. You will always have to remove the drivers seat, Fire Wall and 'T' Piece to remove the Gearbox. Enjoy the experience!
Always nice to see with how much desication your crew is working on your collection
Thanks for this episode, absolutely love the cvrt series since having an action man scorpion as a small boy.
God what a nightmare. Disassemble half the tank just to get the transmission out. Seems like it'll be fun getting it all back in haha
It doesn't compare in difficulty, but I remember the instructions in the owner's manual of the Austin America my mother had in my teens for changing the oil - "Remove the old oil filter, using whatever force may be necessary."
Imagine coming into work to discover that someone had gone all "Uri Geller" on your favourite spanner?
look up "Woods Metal " and Mr Gellers stunts will become more obvious, You can cast a spoon in woods metal and hand it to somebody to stir the sugar in their coffee and ther look on their face when they see the bottom has melted off the spoon as they stirred their coffee
Good thing it was my own spanner
_"benda da bloody spoon"_ ... Luigi 😆
My grandfather, whom was later a tech teacher, passed his diagnostic engineering course with 110% final grade. He did so by making his own tools to work out the problem on the broken cars they were given, as there weren't enough to go around for the entire class during their final exam. This reminds me a lot of his stories.
I honestly wish I had just a tenth of the talent these blokes have with machinery. My dad was bloody good at it being a trucker driver. But I'm a mechanical dud. I can sell pretty much anything though...
That was a QOY wagon served on them for years as well as Scimiter
Good luck everyone on it.
My Dad passed away in August and I had a bunch of old junky tools I gave to his mechanic friend. I kept the nice matco set he's always had. That kids got a bunch of old tools though to make into whatever he needs when the time comes.
Great job Graham enjoyed your presentation
It’s always impressive to see the hard work you all put in these machines, and then think how a drone worth a few hundreds can basically render any of them useless. Thanks for your content.
Fascinating. Nice work Graham. Thanks.
Great job Graham, always like your commentary and presentation. Brilliant
Great vid, can't wait till the next one.
Thank you for our Weekly fix, its so much a part of ones week, so its very difficult not to have it, Thank you guys.👌
Good effort Graham. I like the CVRT. Could just about fit one in my driveway.
It's not going back together properly without Ted to supervise...😊
It seems it's a long way to go before the CVRT become healthy again !. Nice job Graham ! 👍
I am glad to see the workshop is back to business as usual. I hope that each and everyone there had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Looking forward to more videos.
I've adapted so many wrenches for specific tasks during my life time. I usually tried to use cheap wrenches, not my expensive ones. I retired in 2016 and gave my shop and tools to my grandson to support his growing family.
Gosh, am keenly eager for the next instalment of this maintenance fix/ repair job.
Can't miss those valve covers even if they are blue. 4.2L Jag. Cool.
Good to see XA coupe guy doing videos keep up the good work
Good to see you doing a video, Graham. It is a bit different than a EJ.
Museum staff all seem to be good presenters. Well done Graham.
Well done young man
You can get a set of Starter Wrenches that are made just like you made. They were designed for starter bolts that were back behind the starter. Also, a set of offset open-end wrenches that had one end at almost 90 degrees to the other end are worth their weight in gold.
Some old German mechanic is laughing at your getting the short end of the shaft.
Happy New year mates! Great to have you guys back on the tools and as always thanks for the great content.
Great to have Graham there explains thing to the T. Can I ask what he is doing with his tank and jeep.It would be great to do a video on the build of the jeep?
Interesting stuff here boys.
TBH Graham is kinda my hero. Bro just up and restores his own tank, one day says “eff all this” and drops everything to move away and pursue his dream. You go, dude.
Great video
Thank you for another great video, I would love to have a autographed photo of the WorkShop Wednesday crew. Keep the videos coming as always Stay Safe and take care.
Kurt's friend did great on the camera work and Graham had "fun" working on the Sabre. Well, we know he bickers, but he loves it.
2:28 you've never worked in a workshop, if you've never made a mess on the floor. Period. I can 100% say this, because even in Bugatti's (from the days of the Veyron) picture perfect shop, with revolving tiles that slide away from the engine rack that's affixed to the floor on a track, and all that jazz and bling... there's puddle stains. :) They cleaned them well, but they're still visible.
Thanks lads, see Darrel still looks a bit rough around the edges, although with the usual smile of confidence 😮😂 Look forward as always to the next video. Best wishes to you all.
Amazing
Great vid guys it's not a panzer fix but , it'll do..a cold thank you from Texas
Thanks AAAM. =)
been there seen that, all good fun, some things are bolted in so well, you wonder why bother, and those bolts are usually still there because nobody ever bothered to remove those parts, when replacing the awkward bolts are generally left off which is when that term, 'somebody's been here' comes into play - incidentally, we backward engineer some parts for CVRT, got a load of complete fans and still waiting on belts to come in via Mars i think
a good cheat before removing engine and/or gearbox, do laser alignment between input/output where the shaft goes and double check that interconnecting drive shaft is for diesel or petrol respectively, no doubt you know that, i had to learn that one
Love Steve's comment about "these Pommey systems" LOL. Aussies still taking the piss.
I like listening to Graham's running commentary
A bit of a job going on this CVRT that needs to be done. Sometimes I think you need long spaghetti size fingers to work on the very narrow points 🤦♂️🤦♂️! But you guys are already doing a great job 👍👍👍
Job well done
I agree with the comment below...more Graham please.
Cool ep guys
Aww, it's the foxy scimitar!
Great video work
9:31 "and then we can test the tensile strength of anything that's still attached!" Funny fella
nice work
HA!..."and then we can test the tensile strength of anything that is attached" fun!
Looking forward to seeing more Graham. ❤️✌️😎👍
If you don't get the gearbox alignmnt spot on when reconstructing you will never get the quill shafts back in, they can be an absolute nightmare
Nice work Graham.
Brilliant, Graham! Love the sense of humour in the face of engineering challenges.
A really interesting episode. I never knew these things are powered by a Jaguar XK engine. It looks to be based on the later 'long stud' 4.2.
Not all of them had the XK engine - I think some had diesels. Maybe this is an early one.
@@Daniel-S1 Yes, I had a look after seeing this. It seems there was an upgrade program for the CVRT that included a diesel engine and automatic transmission.
@@contributor7219 yes Cummins B series, probably turbocharged
Once fixed and running a do not tow sign might be handy?
"...test the tensile strength of anything that's still attached." 😂
Does that drive shaft include a rubber coupling?
Next job - pulling the transmission on a panzer 3. That could be fun.
Aww no "welcome to Workshop Wednnnnnnnesday" intro :D
Great to see Graham on camera now that he's made the move to Cairns & AusArmour from SA. I use to watch his work on his own Stuart Tank. Cheers
Some hard work ahead of you graham, 221’s looking great nearly finished
Needs a 351 C out of XA coup.
Cool 😎
Is the presenter's name Graham? Good job.
“Shouldn’t wobble like this and be an inch longer” that’s what the wife said……………I’ll get my coat…..
Make sure the coolant is always up to spec on that Jaguar Engine because they have very long head studs that go all the way down to the Main bearing area and guess what when they snap and they do they almost always snap way down the bottom.
That of course requires some home made very long extensions to drill and remove the broken stud, Almost as bad as the pages in the Workshop manual on the Jaguar V 12's where they show you where to take the hacksaw to the heads to cut them into three pieces when they just will not come off.
Not as concerning as having to use alloy plates and panelbeaters hydraulic spreaders to remove Ferrari Cylinder heads if they have been neglected coolant wise.
So Guys you have been warned be totally anal when it comes to coolant in those Saracen Alvis Sabre variants to save yourselves future grief
Good job Graham, by the way how is your Stuart restoration going
Oh well. My fellow German Gepard at 11:03 (in the background) 😊
Thanks.
Curved spanners are for sale in in ratchet version.
4:18 would those choice words include, Biff, Bash, Pow, splat, Kapow, Thump, Blam?
I heard you guys bought a type 69-II from the netherlands
You need to get yourself a set of spanners with a ratchet on one end
On my first 1970 BMW, I had to remove the horrible short and flat seat and replace it with a better and adjustable one, so I needed a very slim top to do it. An ordinary top couldn't do it!
Nice jab at Toyota 😂
Mr Hewes channel might be able to give advice on this one.
Good to see Graham in front of the camera again 👍👍
So is that a jaguar or Daimler based engine?
There are days when I reckon some of these designers just did things to be mean… starter motor in the valley of a V8, starter under the exhaust manifold (of course, if the starter isn’t working, odds are the manifold will be cold, but still)… thanks Graham and all at AAAM.
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Is this the best they make?
Question? I Darrall the shop supervisor?
Third, you two fight over first
So much Jaguar XK and Leyland in there
Small wonder everything is in a dog of a spot and a pain to work on
You can always contact Joe Hewes, he's somewhat of an authority on these machines.😂
I want a shirt like he has! Does Aus Armor sell them?
They sure do!