Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - 38ac

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 149
1
Listeroid Engines / Re: Lister(oid) Concrete Base
« on: May 09, 2025, 12:02:07 AM »
A lot of the ground pounding issues with these engines is the horrible job of balancing that India preforms and when tied down on a piece of concrete the issues noted appear. Secondary issue is just how sensitive people are to it. At this moment there is a 1115 sitting on a yard of concrete and running  about100 feet from my chair and the only way anyone knows it is powering the house is the slight flicker from the big single cylinder diesel. A CS Lister or a properly balanced 'roid does not pound the earth when setting on a
 block of concrete and it will set reasonably still when sitting on nothing more than couple 4x6s sitting on the ground. I'm not a fan of letting an out of balance engine rattle around on a set of vibration dampeners because parts and pieces then vibrate loose.  One of my shop customers has a CS 6/1 running behind the house to pump water and it's set a little  under 600 RPM, exhaust runs into a pit silencer and is exhaust maybe 20 feet in the air. Aside of hearing the slight pop pop from the pipe there is no evidence of an engine running, no ground pounding whatsoever. So,, there is obviously more than one way to skin this cat but statements that point to they will all pound the ground if set on a concrete base are not quite factual.  :-*

2
I know interest in engines like this is low but is there zero interest? Believe me they will be let go cheap!  Make an offer, I won't be offended but if it's scrap price that's where they will go.

3
I have several Chinese horizontals and a couple Petteroids for sale cheap,, REAL cheap if you take them all.
1-G&G Petteroid/new
1-G&G Mini Petteroid/new
1- Changfa R-192/new
1- Changfa R-170 used
1- R-165 used
Please PM for more information and deals. If you have ANY interest in engines like these the prices will be very attractive.
Location is Central Ohio





4
Ade, I wish there was an economical way to get a 40foot container of those CS engines over here, maybe a transporter beam or something, ;D  You have been around long enough to remember the container load fiasco of 15? years ago. Gary saved it after the originators dissappeared and then got stuck with most of them due to no show "buyers"

5
First off you have an India Listeroid, not a Lister. Very important differance for advertising clarity, pricing and market.  I have no good news for selling the India made engines. Years of very poor quality engines along with several other factors have caused the market for them to crash and in some cases completely dissappear. The modifications do not enhance the value. For a quick sale you must be under $1,000, how far under is hard to say. The last one I had for sale did not get a response at $1,000 and finally sold at $600. If you don't mind sitting on it forever ask $1500 or so and you may get it.  There is still an extremely small amount of interest in Listeroids but those who have interest seem to want to buy a new ones.

6
Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / Lister 10/2 for sale.
« on: March 28, 2025, 10:15:05 PM »
I have a very early Lister 10/2 for sale. It is loose and appears to have been taken care of. I've never tried to start it but it should be pretty easy to get going. I usually do not sell engines in unknown condition but I just don't have time to go through it. Price is $3000 located in central Ohio. Please PM any questions as I will see them quicker than posting here. I can be crated and shipped it at buyers expense.

7
Listeroid Engines / Re: Lister(oid) Concrete Base
« on: March 19, 2025, 12:11:45 PM »
When I poured the base for my 1115 Changfa generator I tacked together an angle iron framework with the required holes in the correct place and large enough to set on top of the forms with spacers so I could get a trowel under it. That being said modern type anchors work very well. Which ever you choose everything stays tight better of you shim the base up off the concrete a bit and grout it.
 Mine sits a foot over the floor and I wish that I'd made it higher for my old back when performing maintance.

8
Listeroid Engines / Re: Lister(oid) Concrete Base
« on: March 18, 2025, 08:03:12 PM »
I wouldn't think there is any reason for high strength because there was no such thing when Lister spec'ed the base. Lister or Listeroid? Now that would make a difference if the India balance is as usual.

9
Lister Based Generators / Re: SR Small end bushes
« on: March 13, 2025, 09:12:09 PM »
Yes, the fit needs to be checked once pressed in. I could not find the spec in my literature but the specs for  pin fit are very close. With no numbers to go on the fit is by feel. The pin should slide in the bushing with finger pressure  with no dicernible slop. This is hone work, not reamers.

10
Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: dating my CS
« on: March 01, 2025, 03:14:10 PM »
From the very first design to each and every improvement or modification Lister assigned a spec (specification) number. This was done so that correct parts could be ordered by supplying the spec number. People have confused the spec  numbers with date of build which it is not. In some but not all cases it is the date the spec was introduced.

11
Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: Main bearing removal
« on: February 01, 2025, 04:17:18 PM »
Take your new bearings to a machine shop and tell them you want a driver machined that is .010" smaller than the O.D. of the bearing and pilots it it's bore.  You also should have an installer that pilots on the bore and has  flange to match the bearing thrust surface.
Or, you can drive the old ones out with a punch and hope you don't ding the housings and then smack them back in with a hammer and block of wood and hope you don't screw up your new bearings. 
Sometimes the bearings are very tight in the housings and sometimes not.

12
Be careful! You are where I was a few years ago. Buying a few tools and parts to supply hobby, now it is buisiness that never slows!😂

13
Other Slow Speed Diesels / Re: More Bamfords
« on: January 31, 2025, 01:57:03 AM »
The Bamfords deal started out with one I bought in pieces at George Helmuths auction 15-20 years ago. We made every part needed to put it back in running condition and take it to a few engine shows where the Amish found out about my operation and started sending me work. After a few went through the shop making all those parts by hand got old so I had many of them reproduced.  Now I have the great bulk of all known Bamfords Z series parts on my shelves. The casting quality and machine work is excellent and believe it or not overall they are much heavier construction than a CS Lister.

14
Other Slow Speed Diesels / More Bamfords
« on: January 27, 2025, 03:42:24 PM »
I hope you all don't tire of me posting shop work. My little operation started out with Listeroids and then CS Listers became the norm but for the last couple years it's been mostly Bamfords along with a few model VA Listers. I haven't done much to steer it toward Bamford but I did invest in parts I cannot effectively make in house. It's still a drawn out process compared to Listers where I pull every part off the shelf.  This is the 3rd Bamford since last fall a 5HP model Z2 factory radiator engine. 

15
Model P 1921-22 not thick on the ground anywhere and none here in the states that I know of

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 149