CF LSVW photo reference gallery

[rob love]

Not sure if Scott is nominating the LSVW as worst vehicle ever in it's armoured kit form, or in all forms. I would nominate it as worst vehicle in all forms.

Re the problem with the trailer spare tires, this dated back to the 5/4 tons replacing the old M37s as well. As a result, spare tire kits were installed on the majority of the M101 trailers, and an appropriate tire (either M101 or the 8 bolt pattern Manacs) were installed on the bracket. We ran the older trailers until almost Y2K, by which time some were nearing 50 years old.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

Not sure if Scott is nominating the LSVW as worst vehicle ever in it's armoured kit form, or in all forms. I would nominate it as worst vehicle in all forms.

I never thought that comment through

Its funny reading Robin's comments above about the cold weather starting. When I was the Troop MT Rep, I remember watching the Weather Network every morning to determine if I needed to grab a slave cable on my way out to the yard first thing in the morning. I seem to recall -12c was the magic number. Even better was the fuel fired coolant heater, which when it worked, would most certainly have ran the batteries down to the point of preventing cranking the engine once the coolant was warm enough to start the engine. Like someones sick idea of a practical joke...

[rob love]

IF the coolant heater worked, it was great. It would have the engine toasty warm in 15 minutes or so, and the truck would start. That was way better than cranking and cranking and engine which was never going to start.

But the early heaters were very prone to failure. Apparently the new heaters are better, but my recent experience with the LSVW did not require me to do much outdoor work.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

But the early heaters were very prone to failure

They gave Immersion Heaters a run for their money in the "bang" department

[rob love]

Didn't see a lot of the heaters go bang, but did see a lot of the plastic drive pulleys strip themselves. I used to keep bins of parts dedicated strictly for these heaters in the tool crib.

The lists of LSVW failures is endless.....underpowered, frequently caught fire, fuel problems, electrical problems......even a simple thing like the oil sending unit has not been fixed after 20 years. The sending units develop internal leaks and constantly require replacement. I had word from the LCMM recently that the LSVW divestment program was starting. However, it now appears that with half of the B vehicle fleet being mothballed, that many of the LSVWs may be kept around as a source of spare parts for the remaining trucks.

[Dano McLaren]

Thanks for getting this thread going. I have tried, unsuccessfully to post some additional photos. Will keep trying.