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Lister Engines => Original Lister Cs Engines => Topic started by: saba on April 14, 2019, 07:44:55 PM

Title: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: saba on April 14, 2019, 07:44:55 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaV_CQf7-Ec&t=13s

Still some brackets missing, found they were on the fuel tank. Was the first run in the new location.

Bernhard
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: BruceM on April 14, 2019, 09:54:53 PM: Well done, Bernhard! She looks ready for a second life of faithful service.
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: sirpedrosa on April 14, 2019, 10:04:18 PM: Bravo Bernhard

Well done

BR
VP
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: sirpedrosa on April 14, 2019, 10:05:03 PM: Bravo Bernhard

Well done

BR
VP
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: 38ac on April 15, 2019, 02:16:26 AM: Very nice! My VA is still a waiting its turn in the shop.
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: mikenash on April 15, 2019, 08:20:45 AM: Beautifully quiet for an air-cooled unit
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: Willw on April 16, 2019, 07:53:34 PM: Great job.

Looks and sounds really nice.
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: Boxelder on April 17, 2019, 01:26:43 AM: Sweet music. Nicely done!
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: LowGear on April 19, 2019, 05:25:10 PM: Wow! Did you re-balance this engine or is this just the incredible superiority of the original Lister?
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: guest23837 on April 19, 2019, 10:12:19 PM: It's like a symphony!
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: saba on April 19, 2019, 11:04:24 PM: Thanks for all the nice replies, its missing some brackets so when I speed it up the air casing is resonating and touching the flywheel. Brackets were welded to the fueltank support still need to mount them.
When you speed it up it does start to 'walk" a bit. It's an 8/1 with alluminium piston maybe that helps to keep it more ballanced. I have a 6/1 som thats really not as ballanced as this.

Greetings Bernhard
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: BruceM on April 19, 2019, 11:15:49 PM: A little ''walk'' or front to back movement means it's slightly overbalanced...which gives you the least vertical movement and is often the best compromise.
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: sirpedrosa on April 20, 2019, 12:23:05 AM: Hi Everyone

BruceM, good tip, that's why it's worth being in this forum! Many years of experience!

As Butch says, something has to stay here (in the forum) for the future (generation) ... that no one knows how it will be...

Havea shiny day
VP
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: oldtime on April 20, 2019, 02:43:54 AM: Great job . Just about put me to sleep
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: Dieselsmoker on May 08, 2019, 10:41:03 AM: Very nice! Like those VA engines. Pity they are very hard to come by... wonder why they were not as popular as the water cooled engines?
Title: Re: small video of my VA finally put it together
Post by: 38ac on May 08, 2019, 11:44:13 AM: The VA was produced only for a short time as compared to the CS and (I was told) cost more. They also were slightly less fuel efficient due to the power required to blow air and having no control of the operating temperature. They were much more popular in certain areas of the world than others. Here in the states it is not terribly difficult to find one, I have one sitting in line to go through the shop one day.