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General Discussion / Re: Back from the grave,,
« on: November 29, 2024, 11:53:16 AM »Nice pair of Birmingham Screwdrivers in that first pic!LoL, had to look that one up!
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General Discussion / Back from the grave,,
« on: November 26, 2024, 03:07:12 PM »
Well, not exactly. Shop work and life in general has been keeping me waaay too busy. This Bamford is stuck together like it was welded. Took 2 days to get the head off the studs. Water had creeped up the studs from a bad head hasket. Piston stuck, everything else stuck. This is Bamford #6 this year. 2- 5HP, 2-7HP and a 10 completed and shipped. Manage to work in 10/2 ,a 16/2, and 2 VAs this year also. This is the very first year that I have worked on zero Listeroids but I have shipped a good many parts for owner repairs.
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Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / Re: Listeroid 6/1 engine available in Ypsilanti Michigan
« on: November 26, 2024, 02:59:55 PM »
We'll, if it had been posted more than 24 hours before it has to be gone I'd come get it, oh well. Scrappers must make money also.
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Lovson 12/1 valve clearance?
« on: November 22, 2024, 11:54:06 AM »
My spec came from one of the India assemblers. Real world difference in performance between .008 and .012 is immeasurable.
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Lovson 12/1 manual?
« on: November 18, 2024, 03:26:00 AM »
The supplied manuals are almost devoid of pertinent information and a lot of times wrong for the engine they came with. Lovson used to be one of the better suppliers a d would answer questions promptly. If they are still in buisiness you may be able to get them to send you a PDF just don't expect to get a comprehensive piece of literature.
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Lovson 12/1 valve clearance?
« on: November 18, 2024, 03:22:22 AM »
.012" for both
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Lovson 12/1 bump clearance??
« on: November 18, 2024, 03:21:51 AM »
Set at .070" +- .005"
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Lovson 12/1 bump clearance??
« on: November 16, 2024, 07:12:56 PM »
Many variations of 12/1. Is it direct injection or indirect? If indirect does it have a change over valve or not?
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Listeroid Engines / Re: 16-2 Fuel Pumps
« on: November 08, 2024, 03:47:43 PM »
There are several variations of the barrel part of the element. If yours has two holes in the side then the slotted one goes toward the keeper screw. Also the keeper screw is supposed to have a copper washer under it. That screw does not retain the barrel, it's function is to keep the barrel from turning on the casting.
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Kirloskar help please!
« on: August 02, 2024, 11:51:57 AM »
I'm not up enough on those to give accurate information but if you contact DEV Precision Engineers in India I'm sure He can source and supply what you need.
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Original Lister Cs Engines / Here is an odd one
« on: July 22, 2024, 10:38:14 PM »
This VA was just dropped off for a rebuild. Notice it has an SOM flywheel on it? Also has remnants of SOM linkage. I didn't know Lister built SOMs with VA power?
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Listeroid Engines / Re: hello all. Is diesel electric in kansas still in business?
« on: July 12, 2024, 05:06:47 PM »
PM didn't go through?
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Listeroid Engines / Re: hello all. Is diesel electric in kansas still in business?
« on: July 10, 2024, 11:05:20 AM »
I'm not sure, I've sent emails and tried the phone number I have with no response. Gary was trying to sell out several years ago. Not to cut in but if you cannot reach him and need Lister/oid parts I have most of that stuff in stock
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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: Lister 12-2 Flywheels
« on: July 02, 2024, 08:42:47 PM »
Quick question, have you had this engine running previously? Have you been around other twins? Reason I ask is no twin CS will settle in and run as smooth as a single.
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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: Lister 12-2 Flywheels
« on: June 30, 2024, 09:03:43 PM »
There is some information in David Edgington's book The Lister CS Story but my copy has gone missing. The flywheels for cast iron piston 5/1 and 6/1 and twin counterparts have more off set weight than the trapezoid disk flywheels for an 8/1 and 16/2. Any round spoke flywheel will be weighted for cast iron pistons, any lightweight trapezoid disk flywheel will be for aluminum. The heavy SOM type flywheels could be either. Another thing on a twin is you must be certain you have the correct keyway orientation. The #1 side of a twin is the same as a coresponding HP (per cylinder) single but the #2 side is keyed 180 opposite. To check for correct key position decompress both cylinders and rotatebthe engine until one cylinder is at at overlap, the exhaust valve just closing, intake just opening. At that point the off set weight on that side should be down and the other side should be up.