LSVW for sale - Crown Assets

[B. Harris]

Great thread, good reading! Keep up the info your folks!

Harris

[chris vickery]

Consider at $8500 for a LSVW how close you are dollar wise to actually buying a nice historic project veh that may have some wartime history and real re-sale value afterwards. Remember guys, these LSVW trucks are not fully restored vehicles neither. Ya they are kinda neat but buyer beware and don't overspend.
I suspect the real value on these at auction 3-5k

[rob love]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Consider at $8500 for a LSVW how close you are dollar wise to actually buying a nice historic project veh that may have some wartime history and real re-sale value afterwards. Remember guys, these LSVW trucks are not fully restored vehicles neither. Ya they are kinda neat but buyer beware and don't overspend.
I suspect the real value on these at auction 3-5k

I suspect they should be paying folks to take them away. The LSVW has very little redeeming features. Especially anything from East of the Manitoba border, with the incredible rust problems. There is a premium to be paid for the novelty of owning a truck that is still in military service. As a truck however, they are 23 years old, and replacement parts (and you will need replacement parts) range from hard to find to non-existant.

Example: why, on a cross country military vehicle, would you put the air cleaner intake on the bottom of the engine compartment? Would there not be the possibility of ingesting water if you drove too deep through streams or during flood duties?

As a mechanic, I always hated any vehicle that makes you take the engine out in order to simply replace the starter. And why, after 20 years of service, did they not come up with an oil pressure sending unit that does not fail every couple of months. They rupture internally then leak out the bleed hole.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

As a truck however, they are 23 years old, and replacement parts (and you will need replacement parts) range from hard to find to non-existant.

That's my thought as well. Iveco isn't exactly a household name in Canada.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Since we have established that there is no love for this vehicle, how about compiling a list of its obvious faults. Go ahead fellas!

- air cleaner intake on the bottom of the engine compartment, and risks ingesting water if you drove too deep through streams or flood waters.

- to remove the starter, you take the engine out.

- oil pressure sending unit that does not fail every couple of months. They rupture internally then leak out the bleed hole.

- fuel intake in fuel tank is so high the bottom 1/4 tank of fuel can't be used.

[rob love]

-Front driveshaft is prone to seizing (operators fault really for not reading the manual on how to grease the CV joints) resulting in high vibration which cracks the transfer case/transmission mounts
-Fuel filter is located after the fuel pump. Fuel pump has a coarse filter in it, but very little reservoir for sediment collection.
-Original fuel tanks had a non-SMP neck which made refuelling difficult.
-Alternator mounting was poor, resulting in alternators falling off, especially when the larger alternator is installed.
-transmission oil cooler lines very susceptible to leakage, and are a bugger to route.
-Any headwind and the underpowered trucks lose any hope of keeping up with the rest of the convoy.
-Fuel tanks were susceptible to collecting water, and the operators would not drain the bottom of the tanks regularly (read never) resulting in frozen fuel lines in cold weather.
-Did we mention the brakes squeel like a pig being slaughtered?
-Injector pumps were a bugger to do. They were a second line job, but the supply system does not let second line units hold stock. First line units can hold stock, but they are not supposed to change the pump.
-If drivers ran the hose through the cab after the ex to clean it, the electronic boxes located under the cover of the doghouse would act up until the truck dried out. This normally effected the engine and the turn signals.

I could go on and on, but I am tired now.

[Robert Bergeron]

My dear friends. For our collective knowledge, are there interesting features for this truck? How about the spare tire setup? The auxiliary engine heater? Etc...just trying to be fair to the animal. Robert