"The only pleasure I can take out of this is the knowledge that the man who designed this is dead'.

Absolute lad figuring out the timing was fucked.

If you noticed the direction Ted was laying down, it was a clear of the correct timing of the distributor.
Thanks Ted.

As an 81 year old , I thoroughly enjoyed all that, thanks lads.

I was so immersed in this episode I swear I could smell exhaust fumes by the end. Stellar job lads.

The original Churchill needed a whiskey and a cigar to get going, I would've tried that first.

Thats a proper old skool mr hewes episode 😅

Telling Jack to crank it seems risky.

My Father had the greatest respect for the Churchill, having drove one for 142 RAC,  then with the 34th Tank Brigade (HQ Sqdn) from Normandy to Germany from D-Day+6 ....and this video would have made him smile from ear to ear. Bedford Engines were tremendously reliable , as were Rolls Royce, but twin them together like the Bedford Twin Six and the Rolls Royce Vulture was a complex piece of engineering that in the Vulture reliablility was a huge issue , but In Comparison ,the Twin Six was the better mating of Engines and served the vehicles well. Thank you for this, so good to hear that engine finally run as intended, and all without the detailed knowledge those wartime mechanics of the Servicing echelons in WWII had at their disposal, well done lads (and lasses)

well done to your pal he deffo knows his stuff should give him a shout out .

Wow what a marathon of forensic investigation. They never give up and the result is outstanding. Well done Ted!

What a marathon brain fukcing timing set up....... when it finally fired on all 12 my kids stood up and applauded the laptop....  I think you finally showed the younger generation what perseverance actually looks like, They had absolutely invested themselves in this mission to get this tank running without knowing anything about engines. Awesome work to all of you...except Ted... he gave up early... no biscuits !!

On shafted/splined distributors on Churchills, we squeeze a little bit of string into the splines to hold them in place during reassembly, it can save hours of faffing around.

Fixing something worn out or broken is one thing, fixing something another person has screwed up is another.

1 entire arm of sleave, just for lord of the rings. respect jack

Well done for sticking at it and what a good decision to bring in your mate.

It's a pity that there's no one left anymore who ever worked on one of these. I read that the last WWII vet in the UK died a couple weeks ago at the age of 109. Makes you wonder if anyone ever sat down with him to record his stories and experiences.  Damn good job on getting this puppy running right. Well done. BTW, I hope you made a record of all the stuff you tried, so the next time you'll have some sort of tech manual.

“Attack of the Parkinson’s” had me cracking up

Next time I see a debate between Wargamers about 1/56th scale or 1/48th scale tanks for 28mm I shall point them at this video of Jack driving the Churchill.

Ok, own up. Who else cheered when she fired up on both sides? What a ruddy puzzle that was. A great watch of proper old school, hands-on fixing. Top job!