LSVW for sale - Crown Assets

[rob love]

Gilles, you are certainly an optimist Good luck.

Admittedly some of the Lsvw problems can be fixed by selection of more suitable parts. But some of it is due to poor engineering. And of course the drive it till it drops attitude of the operators did not help. At the end of the day though, the Lsvw was supposed to be a fleet vehicle, and it did not pass.

Here are a couple of pointers to head you in the right direction:
1: Replace the oil sendindunit with another brand. They were trouble from day one. The diaphragm in them fails and they leak out the drain vent hole. The less knowledgeable mechanics tried to block the vent hole with rtv but that only works until the pressure equals out on the diaphragm at which time you get zero reading all the time.

2: At one point the LCMMs talked about putting the bands around the drums like you would have on a brake lathe. Apparently that quietened things down.

3: We had a lot of failures, some of them fatal to the vehicle due to fire, of the multiple hoses running from the cooler to the transmission. Consider upgrading those as they start to leak.

The list on these is very very long, and as I am currently on holiday in Mexico, I do not want to spend any more time on Lsvws.

[Wpns 421]

Thanks Rob
We will talk when you get back from sunny Mexhico. But you are right the vehicle is problematic, we just want it for shows and local driving. I am an optimistic on the truck, if it catches fire the insurance will pay me a lot more than it is worth.

Gilles

[manfrednemi]

Well I bought two of them from Kingston and they were delivered today. Im away from home but will be back on Friday to start the process of firing them up. New batteries are on the way too. If any of you pros have pre starting advice for the amatuer let me know! I shall keep you posted.

Regards

Mannie

[jdmcm]

Can you buy the rest of them so we can get on to the G Wagons?!!! Daddy needs a green SUV!!!

[manfrednemi]

I agree! I would buy them all if we could get the G wagons!

[manfrednemi]

The first one fired right up and purred. Number 2 has frozen rear brakes. Will work on that one tomorrow.

[Ryan Harriman]

Originally Posted by manfrednemi

The first one fired right up and purred. Number 2 has frozen rear brakes. Will work on that one tomorrow.

We fired up two more of the ones I got today and no issues so far. I'm going to fire up some more of them tomorrow once I check over the fluids. One of ours has frozen rear brakes too but they have been sitting awhile.

Ryan