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[LTV KID]

newb

Hi i live in arkansas right outside of memphis tn and and have just bought an ltv kid although it is not running yet. Ive ridn 4-wheelers around to duck hunt and train dogs now that i have found a couple of swamps sloughs and fields to hunt that i am the one leading hunts i needed a atv but i found the kid for 900$. So i looked into it witch was not easy and in the process i found this site and info on the kid saying it is way better than the 4wheelers and alot of the other 6x6s and 8x8s now i am eager to get it running and see what it can really do!!!! I would be interested in having rides but as duck season is almost finally here my weekend are full for awhile

[JIMV]

Saying Hello to all

I hope I'm in the right spot. I have been visiting frequently, lots of great info. I'm up here in Northern Ontario Canada. Got my first 6x6 when I was about 14 it was a Jiger. Since then have had three Gip-sea's , one Amphicat and recently I aquired an Attex Thunderchief. I still have the original Gip-sea which I built back in 1971. The attex project just started about a month ago and is going well. I will take some pictures of the machines soon and post them. Thanks JIM

[Mike]

Welcome to the site!

[lewis]

Wecome aboard

Welcome aboard guys, glad to have new member. Hope to chat at you on the site. Great bunch here.

[twinke00]

new member in uniontown pa

hi all my name is jon and i am a new member from uniontown pa. i have always wanted a 6x6 and today should be my day. found a 70's?? scrambler that needs some work for around $350 hope to get it cheaper. i will be asking questions because this is my first. I know that you guys are full of knowledge from what i have already read on here and plan to "tap" your brains to get mine in good running shape. i have never rode one but plan to now. I have quads and have been riding and working on them for 10 years and i am not dumb when it comes to fixing anything with a motor. THANKS in advance for the advice. Is thre anything that i should look out for when i go to check this scrambler out????? hope to get to know you guys. JON

[nightowl]

new to the site

Hello everyone. Just joined up. I just got my first AATV 3 hrs ago. I have to say I am really excited about this. It is a Swamp Fox. That is all I know at this time.

[lewis]

Congrats

Glad to have you on the site, i know you are excited about the machine. Swamp Fox....nice machine. A few members have those. Hope to see you on the site. Post up some pics!

[twinke00]

got my scrambler today

i choose to buy the scrambler i looked at today and i only paid $250. no engine and it needs some work but the body and drive train looks good. I posted pics of it in the gallery. check it out and let me know what you think. I finally got one after wanting one forever. look forward to the help

[LarryW]

Hello Newbies

Hello everyone. Just joined up. I just got my first AATV 3 hrs ago. I have to say I am really excited about this. It is a Swamp Fox. That is all I know at this time.

Congrats on the swamp fox. Is it a plain one or super swamp fox? Either way cool machines!!!

i choose to buy the scrambler i looked at today and i only paid $250. no engine and it needs some work but the body and drive train looks good. I posted pics of it in the gallery. check it out and let me know what you think. I finally got one after wanting one forever. look forward to the help

Hello twinke,
Looks like its in not to bad of shape. Someone cut up the rear engine area though. Does it have springs in the axles? They did that I guess in the earlier years as a slipper clutch. Also what I understand they had sticks too only in the earlier years but did find one with sticks the ower stated look original and not swapped but he said it was a newer one. Not really sure of any other ID marks for IDing the year though. If you look under the dash on the steering cylinders, the right one should have a model number and maybe serial too that would help get an idea of approx age maybe.

[twinke00]

yea it does have springs on the axles. i will look for the numbers tomorrow thanks larryw i have a feeling we will be talking a lot. i like what you did with yours

[LarryW]

Thank you

yea it does have springs on the axles. i will look for the numbers tomorrow thanks larryw i have a feeling we will be talking a lot. i like what you did with yours

Thanks for the compliment. Feel to pm/email me any questions you have. I'll try as best as I can to help.

[russent351]

Howdy

Just purchased KID 8x8 Diesel. Am going to do a frame off restoration and will post my picts as it goes. Spoke with Bob Short at Shoson Industries and he said the KID is getting pretty rare. Only 100 produced and 25 went to Southeast Asia. Last production was 1971. Built by LTV and very impressive overkill in the engine/drivetrain. This thing is really an ugly duckling, but runs like new. Can't wait to start rock crawling in Colorado.

[oldreekie]

Hi

Where to start....... What a Forum, Amazing. The amount of solid accurate reliable information is impressive, all the more impressive that the woes I am currently experianciancing with my Argo rebuild have all been beaten on here by you guys.

I am based in Scotland, that's the small country with England hanging off the bottom, and was finding it a bit of a struggle hauling deer off the hill using my quad, even with 4 wheel drive and diff lock I am getting too old to jump off and gun the throttle to get through a soft bit.

I got a hold of my Argo 8x8 with Tecumesh 16hp engine late last year as a non runner with 7 wheels and 7 cracked Runamuks, at least 6 loose bearings (later turned out to be 16!) a broken handle bar and a big tear accross the front lower tub. Having just re-read that part I wonder why I took it !

A full strip down in May of this year had me making a list of "Good points" and "Bad points". Fortunately the "Good" list was slightly longer than the "Bad" list.

To date I have had to weld and straighten the Chassis, weld a new handle bar, strip and clean chains sprockets and bearing carriers. I had to have 3 new mid shafts made as the hydraulic puller I borrowed from work showed 215 bar on the gauge just before the puller started to slip. I was lucky I managed to release the pressure before before anything shot off. Had to cut the shafts to remove them from the tub!.

This week I started the rebuild. I printed off and laminated the 60+ pictures I took during stripdown and still couldn't work out which sprocket went where. Thanks to this site, I found a PDF file in Russia of all places that answered all my sprocket questions. Also thanks to this site I found that the last owner had misfitted the bearing carriers having placed a carrier on each side of the chassis as opposed to both on the same side as the bearing. I have repaired the split with a large piece of 10mm thick recycled plastic board and a lot of countersunk bolts.
Everthing has went pretty well except that I now find that I cannot get the short drive shafts mounted as the bolts needed to go in before I dropped the Chassis in

Thats enough rambling, with luck and lots of big mugs of Tea I hope to get it running and up on the hill early next year.

Thanks again for all the information.

[mudbug3]

oldreekie ,

Welcome to the amphibious forum. Lots of luck with your restoration on the Argo 8x8.

[Mike]

oldreekie, that was a great introduction. Welcome to the site. Post up some pictures in the gallery when you get a chance.