LSVW for sale - Crown Assets

Hans Mulder · #1 13-01-16, 19:40

Wpns 421 · #2 14-01-16, 11:24

Like Ryan said good runners but no stopping. What I will doing with mine is:
1. change the tires and replace them with 286X75x16 with a less aggressive thread than the military thread, less weight on the truck
2. We will be relining the brake pads with a soft asbestos type lining, the present lining are very hard and will cause excessive noise, become glazed faster. Hopefully the softer brakes will help, we will let you know the results. The brakes will be redlined in Ottawa.
With new brakes and smaller tires I should get better performance. MTF
Overall the trucks Ryan and I got are very nice, I have no bodywork to do and minimal touchup and adding personal touches.
It will go to safety in the springtime as it is too cold to work on it now.
Don't judge a book by it's cover, remember while they were in the forces these vehicles were always severely overloaded, often driven by people who only car was a Kia Rio. The controversy of this vehicle reminds me of any other vehicle that everyone said was the worse made... The ILTIS..
We have owned Iltises since they were surpluses and once we collectors got our hands on them we love them. Ask Carolle my wife, Stuart, John Granger.
Give the LSVW a chance, even if it is under powered it will still get us from point A to B, our hobby is not built for speed and we have vehicles that are slow but good to look at.
If you are interested in a LSVW wait to see the results as to what they sold for, I believe the next lot will have a lower starting price I will ask the following "How much have you paid for an old rusted out shell or a non runner, deadhead????
Yea I like the LSVW, but then again some people say I am weird.

rob love · #3 14-01-16, 14:21

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 · #4 14-01-16, 16:30

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 · #5 26-01-16, 00:43

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 · #6 26-01-16, 05:00

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

manfrednemi · #7 27-01-16, 02:37

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

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