Hi Peter,
I have implemented your examples and assured:
1) baud rate for transfer is same (even though the slave can adjust to it, I even tried with different baudrate)
2) Pins using LPUART2 module are configured in the pin mux.
3) Lin is configured properly.
4) Clock manager is clocking correctly.
5) LPTIMER is configured fine.
Even then, pressing the buttons on the EVBs didnt change the LEDs on the other one, which I think is what determines successful communication.
Is there anything else, I'm missing!?