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getterdone

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new 6hp water cooled lister
« on: July 19, 2006, 11:51:33 PM »
a frend of mine wants to sell me his lister. it was bought from i believe Joel Koch outof portland or. its a vidhata. basant products inda,  c46 foundry,  nagar,agra.  it has a pre ign. chamber.  my question is are thease as good as they get?  i need it for charging batteries when the wind dont blow. crank inspection plate was romoved and my frend says it is as clean as can be also it has timken bearings on crank. all parts are forged .  any thing i should know would be helpful.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2006, 10:05:54 PM by johnny ossowski »

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Re: new 6hp water cooled lister
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2006, 09:55:41 PM »
Johnny,
Since you haven't had any other reply, the answer is . . . . . . . . . . nobody knows.  (sorry)  If you check out the threads on this forum, you will see that quality is a subjective thing. 

My advice (worth the $0.02 it costs) is, open up the crankcase, look for sand, feel the cylinder wall if you can.  Start it, if it runs ok, (fairly smooth) you have a fair chance.  It still is a crap shoot though, some problems don't appear until it has been run for a while.  Timing gear fractures, camshaft breakage, etc., etc., can still happen, but can't be seen before hand.  Get the Utterpower.com CD and study it prior to purchase, you will learn a lot.  Best of luck,
Ray   :)
PS Listeroid 6/1, 5 kW ST, Detroit Diesel 3-71, Belsaw sawmill, 12 kW ST head, '71 GMC 3/4 T, '79 GMC 1T, '59 IH T-340

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Re: new 6hp water cooled lister
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2006, 04:11:53 AM »
thanks for the reply, and i already sent for the cd. thanks again John