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General Discussion / Re: Lister Substitute Belarus
« on: February 05, 2008, 01:55:11 AM »
Thanks for the information. Keep it coming.  Once I got the thing primed and started, it starts with one grunt. A cylinder fires and off it goes no extra spin whatever.  It has been warm ( 60 F), but it shows signs of working colder.   It had an aftermarket delco starter so I was lucky.  I had no idea you could take a starter drive apart and replace rollers and springs (thanks local starter guy for the Info). If not for that information I would have had to search far and farther  for a drive.  I will probably try and run it at about 1000 RPM with a belt drive to the generator.  I have a tach somewhere.  The front v-belt pulley can be made 2" larger in diameter and not scrub anything.  That should give me enough cooling at the lower RPM ( The fan will turn faster). 

I am looking for a lister air cooled now.  The oil fields used them back in the day, and a few are still around. I want a CS, but these air cooled are sure cheaper and actually Listers ( If I can actually  buy one).

I found another Belarus I can get (not complete) To tear down and look at the combustion chamber, to see if it will run WVO.  The design of the piston matters and the fact that air cooled clearances are not able to be controlled ( heat expansion) may not let it work. At least a diesel air cooled does not chill the cylinders like a petrol engine. The VW air cooled will overheat and then freeze the cylinders on deceleration (in certain conditions).

There is a show in Jackson soon also (thanks for the tip).
Thanks
Ed

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General Discussion / Lister Substitute Belarus
« on: February 03, 2008, 07:31:59 PM »
Some sort of diesel bug bit me about 4 years ago, and the infection is not over yet. I got into the Isuzu diesel pickup  (PUP) ownership and have been driving one 3 years.   I wanted a 12/2 but it is  hard to justify $3,000 delivered. After doing all sorts of reading about Listers, I stumbled on a cheap industrial 2 cyl air cooled Russian Belarus diesel  equipped with a dual disk hand clutch. I repaired  the starter drive and it seems to run fine.  Supposed to be about 30 HP but that is all I know.  Just on the chance someone knows where I can find out Belarus information, I am posting here.

Now I can get serious about a 6/1 and have enough HP in the Belarus to generate more watts when needed.  I am interested in seeing a 6/1 in operation. I live in Mississippi. I have enjoyed the posts while I waited for membership here.  If anyone has a cracked or junk 6/1 head and piston I am interested.  I want to cut one open to check casting thickness, and try my hand at some machine work ( if it is thick enough).
Thanks
Ed

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