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Might have found a real Lister!
« on: March 07, 2007, 06:16:05 PM »
I was speaking to my friend with the farm scrapyard who I got my original but rust bucket Petter PJ-1 from.  Fortunately I was able to free the siezed piston and restore it to good running condition.  Sandblasting took care of the surface rust.  Now it looks like brand new, which in the old days was considered a good brand.  ;D     He tells me he has a one cylinder Lister diesel attached to some sort of a sawmill under the snow.  Naturally I clearly conveyed my sincerest and most enthusiastic interest in acquiring this engine.  He is going to try to look at it in the next day or two and report back to me with any ID tag info he can find or at least a more detailed physical description than `Lister one cylinder engine`.    It sounds like it is NOT a CS unfortunately but I`m thinking any original Lister single cylinder engine from the pre Lister/Petter merger days (if in fact it is)  is going to be a desireable engine for a small off-grid genset.

I will keep you all informed as I know.
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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2007, 07:18:26 PM »
Does your friend have any branches of his business in Connecticut?  ;D

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2007, 12:23:06 AM »
Does your friend have any branches of his business in Connecticut?  ;D

If Farm Scrapyard was the name of a national chain I`m sure we`d all be shopping there.  Naw, just one outlet, near me and not open to the public. 
-DIY 1.5L NA VW diesel genset - 9 kW 3-phase. Co-gen, dual  fuel
- 1966, Petter PJ-1, 5 kW air cooled diesel standby lighting plant
-DIY JD175A, minimum fuel research genset.
-Changfa 1115
-6 HP Launtop air cooled diesel
-Want Lister 6/1
-Large DIY VAWT nearing completion

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2007, 03:26:18 AM »
Good luck RCA,
and we are all keeping our fingers crossed for you....under the snow doesn't sound too prommising......but pleasant surprizes have been known to appear with the Spring thaw. Good luck & keep us posted. binnie
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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2007, 08:41:08 PM »
Well my friend with the treasure yard dropped over today on another matter and told me that the snow is just way too deep and the machine too inaccessible to get in to look at it until the snow is gone.  i guess the suspense will have a month to build then, or until this brutal winter goes away.  I`ll report more when I have something to report.  Fingers crossed!   ???
-DIY 1.5L NA VW diesel genset - 9 kW 3-phase. Co-gen, dual  fuel
- 1966, Petter PJ-1, 5 kW air cooled diesel standby lighting plant
-DIY JD175A, minimum fuel research genset.
-Changfa 1115
-6 HP Launtop air cooled diesel
-Want Lister 6/1
-Large DIY VAWT nearing completion

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2007, 10:36:22 PM »
Its supossed to rain Saturday aren't you in Southern Ontario?

Just how much snow do you guys have?

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2007, 06:40:07 AM »
Its supossed to rain Saturday aren't you in Southern Ontario?

Just how much snow do you guys have?

Doug

So much that if I NEVER see snow again in my ENTIRE LIFE I absolutely will NOT MISS IT!

I am north of Orangeville near Shelburne.  This was taken yesterday.  I had fun getting my car out.  Not!

« Last Edit: March 09, 2007, 06:42:56 AM by rcavictim »
-DIY 1.5L NA VW diesel genset - 9 kW 3-phase. Co-gen, dual  fuel
- 1966, Petter PJ-1, 5 kW air cooled diesel standby lighting plant
-DIY JD175A, minimum fuel research genset.
-Changfa 1115
-6 HP Launtop air cooled diesel
-Want Lister 6/1
-Large DIY VAWT nearing completion

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2007, 07:32:48 PM »
WOW....

Sucks to be you.
Its threatoning to rain up here.
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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2007, 11:53:13 PM »
snow!?! (runs away, squealing like a little girl)

Just two seasons here, wet(hot) and dry(cool). Coldest I've seen it is about 4 or 5 degrees C.

Mount Isa in the 'wet' season:


Dry season's just the same, except the green bits are either brown (a little dry) or grey (drrry.)
And that's the way I likes it too, dammit.  :D


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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2007, 01:19:42 AM »
I can't sit by and watch all this snow stuff .....

Over her in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada we just had our annual flower count (don't know what the results are but it's usually in the many millions). My first lawn mowing of the season happened at the end of January !

So there !!!  :) :) :)

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-DIY 1.5L NA VW diesel genset - 9 kW 3-phase. Co-gen, dual  fuel
- 1966, Petter PJ-1, 5 kW air cooled diesel standby lighting plant
-DIY JD175A, minimum fuel research genset.
-Changfa 1115
-6 HP Launtop air cooled diesel
-Want Lister 6/1
-Large DIY VAWT nearing completion

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Re: Might have found a real Lister!
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2007, 01:53:54 AM »
Hey Dave thats the cutest little metalergic site you fellows have donw there lol....

Why is it so brown around the refinery lol???

Doug
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