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General Discussion / Re: we have all thought to do this.... go on, admit it.
« on: September 08, 2017, 07:11:48 AM »
Trouble is, Glort, it's impossible to write a joke that relies on on a homophone which ever way one spells it......

Anyway, it's irrelevant now, things have picked up for him, he's moved on to selling autonomous selfie drones from a shop in town, they're flying off the shelves.

Cheers Stef

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General Discussion / Re: we have all thought to do this.... go on, admit it.
« on: September 07, 2017, 06:44:04 AM »
A few years back a mate of mine drew up and marketed plans for a small yacht you build in the attic, sales went thro' the roof!

Stef

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: guess what
« on: September 04, 2017, 01:05:26 PM »
I wasn't thinking of the piston cooling but the heating of the oil for the reasons suggested earlier in the post.

It would also keep all the plumbing inside the crank case, if any of it failed the system would be no worse off than before and the oil wouldn't be heading for the shed floor instead of the big end!

Cheers Stef

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: guess what
« on: September 03, 2017, 10:01:39 PM »
When I rebuilt my 6/1 with taper roller bearings (to make best use of a well worn crank) I modded the two pipes that fed oil to the main bearings to feed into the open sides of the TRB's.

Butch, 38 AC, pointed out that this wasn't really necessary as there is far more oil slung around the crank case by the dipper than will ever be required, and that Listeroids with TRB's as original equipment have no oil pump anyway.

I've left the pump in to circulate the oil through a spin off filter

Without looking I don't know when the 'pulse' of the oil pump occurs, but might it be feasible to redirect one arm up to squirt on to the bottom of the piston, at BDC, in a similar fashion to some high speed diesels I've worked on?

It wouldn't harm the small end (wrist pin, for those on the other side of English!) bearing, and I doubt the cooling of the piston it's self would be a negative issue, but there would surely be a transfer of heat down to the sump.

The other leg could be lead off to the lonely bearing at the 'dry' end of the cam shaft

Any thoughts?........

Cheers Stef


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Things I want to Buy / Re: gib key remover tool
« on: September 03, 2017, 09:37:26 PM »
Nothing wrong with old school....

A screw thread is only a helical wedge, and as Archimedes said of levers, 'Give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth'

Cheers Stef

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General Discussion / Re: Too Quiet
« on: September 01, 2017, 07:30:11 AM »
Just looked at the promo pics on the Indian site, nice.

Does it handle as well as they say?

I've got (amongst other stuff), a 650, A65 BSA in the shed, I keep saying I'm going to use it as the base for a bobber, for my 65th birthday, time's running out fast!

Stef

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General Discussion / Re: Too Quiet
« on: August 31, 2017, 10:03:48 PM »
What are you riding, Gary?

Stef

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General Discussion / Re: Too Quiet
« on: August 31, 2017, 07:00:50 PM »
Well,

There's plenty going on up here in the Pyrenees, but due to my lack of cash I've been out earning it and resisting the lure of the Lister Investment Programme!

Next up for me is a crude power meter and dummy load so I can start to finr tune the money pit, sorry, Lister!!

Cheers Stef

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: guess what
« on: August 27, 2017, 04:05:30 PM »
Me too!

Well as far as the 12v radiator fan goes.

I've got the rad, complete with the cowling that supports the fan along with the thermostatic switch that mounts in the rad. I begged it out of an LDV van that has been sat on my mates farm for the last 4 years.

I turned it 90 degrees to have it's narrow aspect vertical and the plumbing all ended up in the right place, more or less. it's a really neat installation.

The power is supplied by a 12v transformer that should be driving LED lights, but it seems quite happy sitting in the dog house on top of the alternator. it's wired to one of the phases, when the motor starts.....

I've yet to run it hot enough for the switch to kick in, it may be busted, I've not taken it out to check it yet, I've also fitted a 'bypass' switch and the Lister seems happy with the fan running continually.

I too wondered about Starfire's Lister 'running' with the decompressor 'up', (nice motor by the way) or is it that there's so little friction it takes longer than mine to 'spool down'?

Cheers Stef

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: guess what
« on: August 26, 2017, 03:36:52 PM »
A point to note....

My 6/1 stared life as a hopper cooled 3.5/1 according to the ID plate. I acquired it with a larger cylinder and head, in perfect non running condition.

I rebuilt it, with a few Indian spares, just to see what I was missing, and it leaped about all over the place.

I did the balancing thing, it seemed to need a lot of extra weight, can't remember how much now, so I sent for an alloy 8/1 piston, it's really smooth now, at around 600 / 650 rpm, with no extra weights.I'm sure you've all been glued top my Youtube vid. with the can of oil balancing on the rocker cover ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3zz6CECqY&feature=youtu.be  for those who missed it)

Anyway I'm sure there's a difference between 3.5 and 6hp flywheels, when you consider the extra metal in the larger piston there must be.

So be aware if you decide to 'Big Up' you spare bottom end, Mike!

Cheers Stef

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: guess what
« on: August 26, 2017, 08:00:31 AM »
Exactly!

All these blokes whining about the free casting sand they get with every engine, unheeding of the almost limit opportunities for fettling castings and the chance to spray both inside and out of the engine before sorting out the flywheels, balancing the crank, fine tuning governor and fuel system get on my pip!

Like you good self I've struggled to keep an 80 year old lump of cast iron from turning into a highly magnetised machine that attracts money, time and effort which is only repaid with the chance to post on a forum like this, where one realises that one is not alone.................


Stef

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Bio-diesel Fuel / Re: Expain to me why you bother to make bio diesel
« on: August 19, 2017, 07:00:37 PM »
A few years back I was working with hovercraft (AP188's for those with a little more curiosity) in  the south of England.

We had one returned from Brazil, it was flown down Southampton Water to Hythe, around 4 miles, as it arrived 3 of the 4 engines packed up, leaving only one lift motor running as we dragged it up the slip.

It turned out that the tropical diesel was waxing at plus 10 degrees, I got it out of the bulk tanks by dropping a 2 kw immersion heater in each one, draining off the original diesel and blow torching the fuel lines as we flushed it through with UK red diesel.

The green tropical stuff dropped the fuel bill in the shared car for 4 months!

Cheers Stef

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Bio-diesel Fuel / Re: Expain to me why you bother to make bio diesel
« on: August 18, 2017, 11:39:41 AM »
I don't..

The guy that does fish and chips down in the valley is really particular about his oil and changes it frequently. I pick it up in clear plastic containers and it looks like new,I run it through a filter, made of a couple of layers of old cotton sheet and that's it.

If there's some around I add a bit of sump oil when I pour it into the tractor, a 60's Mccormick, and that's it.

It takes a bit of cranking into life when it's cold, the battery is not the best, other than that it runs well and smells great when it's hauling a 4 ton trailer load up the steeper forest tracks.

I intend to run the Lister on it eventually, to which end I'm half way through building a crude mechanical power meter and a dummy load cell. If I discover anything meaningful I'll post up.

Cheers Stef


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Generators / Re: Measuring RPM with an Arduino
« on: August 16, 2017, 05:48:20 PM »
It's nice to be appreciated, even if it's once removed!

This is as good as I get with photo's, I've discovered, all on my own, I can take a picture with my Kindle, email it to me, save it then re transmit.

Cheers stef

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Generators / Re: Measuring RPM with an Arduino
« on: August 15, 2017, 09:50:14 PM »
When my mate offered to build me a digital rev counter with a Hall effect switch we discussed where the pickup should be and managed to fit the magnets (4 x tiny 2mm neodymium boys at 90 degrees) in the collar that retains the camshaft. Using the the theory that the smaller diameter running at half engine speed would be less likely to spin them off and if they did the cover would slow them down a bit.

Using the existing studs I knocked up an adjustable mounting for the switch, all under the 'lid'

If anyone would like a photo sing out and I'll post up

 

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