Sherman Tank Start up

[MegaZombieland1234]

that is quiet compared to today's tanks

[DET832]

Nice job guys !! Keep it going !!! Just did a 1960 Ford MUTT. It "ain't" a Sherman but you have to start someplace !!1 Good luck....

[KittyFooFo0]

i'll buy one dozen.

pls and thx.

[DugBlz]

Well after a delay in the project, I guess this is part 2 of that rebuild. A tribute to the original crew, the Jumbo is in final stages of restoration and soon will be complete. look at be/drUhB-hsgGQ it shows the restart after a wet storage due to other projects. Thks Dave. Come by and say Hello.

[NaturalNate0]

what a beast

[napalacrosse]

Looks like it just came off the showroom floor

[22tasos22]

Big engine aint it ? xD Is this the one that went BOOM when shot ? :D

[undercoverLsX]

weren't some shermans radial engines?

[dastotalebroetchen]

@undercoverLsX Yes

[wun1gee]

@undercoverLsX Not all of them. Ford and Continental and even some GM V8s were also common in Shermans.

[hamrite]

incredible...just like new.

[redreaper2020]

wow.

How'd you get into restoring tanks, dave?

[desmodronic916]

Im in love.

[Avatar230594]

do they have any restored with the radial

[Zynkthe1st]

1/2 mpg

[AndrewMay100]

what are the red funnels/ nozzles in the engine bay ? are they a fire extinguisher unit

[agwrangler]

@AndrewMay100 yes, its the fire suppression system.

[Bamchucknorris]

thats the sound of hell at your doorstep lol

[JettandJahn]

This was probably the safest US tank to drive in WW2, in a hull down position virtually nothing would be able to hurt it (at least not frontally) cannon doesn't pack much of a punch though.

[GreyFergy101]

@JettandJahn This was one of the nastiest tanks in ww2 to drive, lol. Two of the main reasons were; 1: Ammo was stored up half of each side of the tank, then the rest was fuel storage, meaning that unless the sherman was nearly out of ammo and fuel you could expect a nice bon fire if the tank got shot. The second reason was they were petrol engines, meaning if the engine or fuel caught on fire it was going to burn, lol. Not exactly a safe tank. Still it is the most amazing tank ever

[AMEchief172]

what's the MPG?

[bailey2829]

@AMEchief172 i have a feeling its more like GPM

[AMEchief172]

@bailey2829 lol you're right

[agwrangler]

@bailey2829 haha, heck yeah!!

[kainhall]

wait, you know that whow on the history channel (i think at least) , you guys have some familyer projects, like the polish river panther.....

i wish i was able to work with you..

[DAKOTA56777]

Uhh your camra mic makes the engine sound very bad.

[GfCommando]

Sounds like my wifes mom.

[clubtcb]

tank looks factory fresh again. Nice work!

[74duster318]

I'm currently working on an m4a3 with the GAA, restoring the engine compartment at the moment, and man is it a sweet tank to work on. Hopefully when finished it'll look like that one does, that engine compartment is beautiful!

[DX721]

wow didnt know those where gas engines!

[Fowarderboy]

The Canadian variant of the M4 Sherman was Diesel.

[ck002]

most Canadian shermans were readial C4's. Late war shermans were switched to twin detroit diesel.

Reason was during wartime it was faster to make petrol and they didnt have the logistics to run two fuel supplies.

[turtles24601]

i love how the cooling fans are connected to the engine, via a belt to a gearbox via a drive shaft. I love engineering like that.

[CDEANO58]

There two generaders on the one side ,But not in pic.

[caddydave]

@CDEANO58 The early model GAA Shermans had generators mounted to each fan drive unit. Later in the war (and on this tank) they used a single generator mounted to the rear of the transmission. The single generator is driven by a fan belt directly off of the driveshaft behind the driver and bow-gunner..

[dfkjyhnoetyujh]

THAT IS A GAS FORD V8

[valentinian2003]

Maybach HL 230 P 45 - 12 cylinder / 700hp (late)

[mpwelk]

It's all good... Problem was they needed something faster, I think, and this was before the widespread use of turbochargers with diesels. You're right, nothing beats a diesel sound though!

[Xelmon]

This is when I wish that I could stand just around the engine... Those old diesels have a roar like nothing else.

[mpwelk]

That ain't no diesel, son.

[Xelmon]

*clueless shrug* It's big, and from here, there is little difference in sound.

I also assumed that E8 tag implied, "Easy-8's" which were diesels unlike other Shermans.

[jcricket46]

omg. That engine looks beautiful. Thank you guys for the video and what you are doing. It means alot to some of us. My dad drove an M7 with the same chassis as an M4. Not sure exactly what engine they had in those but I always wanted to know what they sounded like. Thank you very much for your work in preserving a piece of history for us.

[lainey500]

looks like its just out the box brand new !!

[blownglasslide]

Is it a Jumbo, or an Easy Eight?

[choatelodge]

No horizontal volute springs in that brief view of the road wheel suspension. It's not an 'Easy Eight'.

[blownglasslide]

Cool, thanks. I thought I saw VVSS, but I wasn't sure. Jumbo it is.

[meye0022]

that Easy 8 looks/sounds like a beaut!

[nocrap62]

Love those old engines....

[turboslag]

Some guys sure have nice toys to play with !!!

[peepeevagi]

I thought a Sherman had a radial engine in it.

Ah well.

[ck002]

they did, but they also used GAA V8, 30 cylinder multi-bank, twin detroit diesel. It really depended on what was available and where the particular tank was built (and what model of sherman it was)

[peepeevagi]

30 Cylinder?

...

Wut?

[ck002]

Crysler built a 30 cylinder engine named the multi-bank, named because the engine was based on 5 6Cylinder engine blocks bolted onto a central drive. it was too complicated and too heavy for only being 500hp. Practically all the Sherman M4A4 tanks (lend lease to the british) used it.

[peepeevagi]

So it was the more common one?

[ck002]

well there was only 5000 M4A4 built with the multi-bank. i think the most common was the C4 radial and the GAA They were probably the best two engines for power to weight. maybe not great because they were quite thirsty

[peepeevagi]

I dont see how a radial drinks more than the multi bank.

But, at least i know my judgments were right :P

[ck002]

hows this baby going? were nearly ready to dry fit the GAA to our sherman over here.

[cumminsturbofan101]

jeez it's got one heck of a cam

[auaiao9]

Really large fans to keep it cool.

[cox1961]

jesus what an engine!

[0501856849]

No it's not a HVSS it's still a VVSS

[choatelodge]

No volute springs but it has a GAA!

It's not an 'Easy Eight'.

What is it?

Great sound. Nothing compares to the grisly sepulchural chug of an 1100 C.I. 60 degree Ford V8.

[darkcorsair247]

is it me or there are not a lot of restored sherman jumbo's out there

[caddydave]

I think this may be the only one? I've been told that there are maybe less than 10 left world wide. We hope to have it drivable within a few months. I'll try and post video when we get it running.. DAVE

[foleydeman]

@caddydave there are way more then 10 shermans left waaaaaaay more!!!

[caddydave]

@foleydeman ,There's fewer than 10 JUMBO Shermans. 254 were made,less than 10 are left. Google "Jumbo Sherman" or M4A3E2 Jumbo Sherman..

[ck002]

were tryig to get our sherman up and running with the same engine, did you guys have problems with head gaskets? we cant get any and our only running engine is leaking oil from both of them at the driveshalf end.

[caddydave]

We have not had any problems with head gaskets yet. I think it's fairly hard to find new gaskets. I have had new head gaskets made for other engines by Molina Gaskets in Los Angeles. Does the engine run ok? How bad does it leak oil? DAVE

[ck002]

we ran the engine for about one minute, runs as good as the day it was overhauled in the by the army in the 70's. the leak isnt THAT bad but after the minute it was very noticeable. no gas was escaping so its still in good enough shape to use but if we could get another set it would save a big headache later on.

[amfan12]

I doubt you can get new gaskets, but you should be able to get custom cut gaskets+

[amfan12]

Great sound! I can['t really tell, but is the fan gearbox driveshafts coming out of the engine, or transmission?

[caddydave]

The fan gearbox driveshafts are driven by rotating flanges on the front the engine. I my "Sherman Tank engine" video you can see these flanges spinning near the end of the video. The visible flange is located just in front of the motor mount and above the temporary oil pressure gage. The engine is mounted backwards in a Sherman tank. There is a driveshaft that connects the clutch mounted on the engine to the transmission which is located in the front of the vehicle.

[netadicted]

sweet sounds!!