My new toy! An LVT

Arron Walker · #1 16-11-06, 08:35

Hi all,

I have been lucky enough to purchase Phil's LVT. It is a beautiful machine and Phil has looked after it very well. I hope to get it swimming in 6 months.

Here are some photos. By the way, does anyone have any LVT parts they want to sell.

Regards
Arron

Arron Walker · #2 16-11-06, 08:37

And on the truck

Arron Walker · #3 16-11-06, 08:38

What a lovely machine!

Arron Walker · #4 16-11-06, 08:39

I know you want more!

Arron Walker · #5 16-11-06, 08:40

Just playing around.

Ryan · #6 16-11-06, 08:42

That's one big beautiful toy!

Arron Walker · #7 16-11-06, 08:43

Did I mention the crane!

Arron Walker · #8 16-11-06, 08:44

And who said a Buffalo can't fly!

Keith Webb · #9 16-11-06, 10:03

Congratulations on your new toy. It really looks the goods!

As for parts, you could speak to John Belfield in Melbourne - he still has a couple in the yard I think.

Arron Walker · #10 16-11-06, 11:33

Keith,

Have you heard when or if John's going to sell the remainder of his collection?

Arron

Keith Webb · #11 16-11-06, 19:42

The things John has left are in some ways more interesting than what was sold, although most of it is in poor condition outside in the yard.

He does sometimes sell these to collectors so it's worth having a talk to him.

phoenix · #12 17-11-06, 02:54

Now that's one impressive looking vehicle!!

Congratulations

42mk1carrier · #13 17-11-06, 04:07

Very nice

oztankboy · #14 17-11-06, 09:53

Well I'm happy to see it go to a good home. As much as I would had loved to had restored it it was not going to happen in a hurry. Here is another photo we took when we were playing around...

Phil...

Arron Walker · #15 17-11-06, 10:03

Hey Phil,

I'm going to try and see if our tractor (via the PTO) can run it around while the engine is getting rebuilt.

What type of oil goes in the transmission? 60? And do you know how much oil?

Arron

oztankboy · #16 17-11-06, 10:31

Hi there Aaron!

Well in 1 of my manuals it states a SAE 60 oil for both the engine and the drive line. Tim Berry passed on this information to me in regards to what type of oil they run in their radial aircraft. And from what he told me it is about 1/2 price to what I am paying for the type of oil I have been useing.

W120 is recommended when the ambient outside temp is 25 celcius on average. It meets SAE - J-1899 and MIL-L-2285. It is an ashless dispersant oil.

Shell product code :60067
Aviation Grade: 120
Sae viscosity: 60
Viscosity index: 110
Gravity,API@60F: 26.7
Colour: 5.0
Pour point: -20 degrees c or -4 farenheight
Flashpoint: 264 degrees c
Carbon Residue,wt%: .25
Sulfur,wt%: 0.18
Ash Content,wt%: 0.006
Precipitation No: 0
Cu Corrosion: 1
Water,wt%: none
Reaction test: neutral

Aeroshell oil single grade are ashless dispersant lubricating oils for aircraft piston engines. They are approved by:

Teledyne Continental MHS No.24B
Lycoming No.301-F
former MIL-L-22851D
SAE J-1899
Pratt and Whitney Service bulletin No. 1183-S
Curtiss-Wright
Franklin engine company.

Aaron if you are interested drop me a line and we may be able to get it cheaper the more we get.

As for how much you need well for gearbox/diff/final drive you will need atleast 30qts which is about 15lts. Now that for the Stuart so seeing the final drive on the Buff is larger a 20lt drum is probly the way to go.

And when it comes to the engine/air-cleaners you need about the same ammount. So i just got 2x 20lt drums.

Phil...

Arron Walker · #17 17-11-06, 10:46

Thanks Phil,

I'll see what price my brother can get. Being in the motor industry he may get a good price. I'll let you know.

Arron

Tony Smith · #18 17-11-06, 11:02

Quote:

Originally posted by oztankboy
As for how much you need well for gearbox/diff/final drive you will need atleast 30qts which is about 15lts. Now that for the Stuart so seeing the final drive on the Buff is larger a 20lt drum is probly the way to go.
Phil...

30 US Liquid Quarts = 28.39200 Litres
30 US liquid Pints = 14.1960 Litres

Arron Walker · #19 17-11-06, 11:16

Tony, now your just confusing me. So its 14.2 litres, right.

Tony Smith · #20 17-11-06, 11:43

Dunno, Phil said it's 30 Quarts which is 28.4 lt. If he's putting in approx 15lts, maybe it should be 30 US pints? I hate to fire up such a beast to find you have half (or twice!) as much oil as you should. If the gearbox should fail, you'll be minding your p's and q's!

oztankboy · #21 18-11-06, 04:47

Well I cocked up with my convertions

But anyway the quarts figgures are taken from a manual on the Stuart and the gearbox/diff assembly has a dipstick on the filler tube so you can go wrong if you fill it to the "F" then check again after ur run it to allow for the cooler and lines to fill up.

Phil...

Arron Walker · #22 19-11-06, 11:31

I have got some photos from this weekend working on the LVT. First we got the old engine out of the back.

Arron Walker · #23 19-11-06, 11:44

connect the tractor

and take it for a drive!

oztankboy · #24 19-11-06, 15:56

Hey there Aaron!

Well great to that the idea worked. So what was it like to take the beast for a drive and how far did you go in it?

Phil...

Arron Walker · #25 19-11-06, 22:58

We only took it about 300m. The tractor PTO turns in the opposite direction to the original engine, therefore, we had to have the transmission in reverse to go forward. Dad was a little worried about going too far in reverse at this stage.

The tracks are still too tight from rust, but apart from that it when well.