Looks good ! It sounds like you pretty much know what you are doing.
A lot of the guys had little or no engine experience and it does help.

The reason we paint the inside is because, as you have found out, the castings may
be porous and leak through.

Keep us updated ! Again, looks good !

Gary

I wanted to add If I remember correctly I spent about a day just setting the crank.

I am the slow and cautious type so I'm sure someone here could do it in an hour or so.

These beasts are just 3rd world junk as compared to the real thing being Genuine Lister.
I have NO experience with real Lister's and in fact have never even seen one that I recall.
The Indian stuff makes a great toy and many here have had great success. Many failures
have been noted as well. Some catastrophic failures will arise with even the best builders/assemblers.

At 62 with a day or 2 of engine work for more years than I care to remember, again I think the
clones are at best a great toy. I just wouldn't want to have to rely on them.

Any engine will be a crap shoot. Some live some don't.  Proper setup with close tolerances are all one can
hope for. These engines are just so plagued with problems that the probably of having problems with them
is almost guaranteed at some point.

I will add that setting the crank can be very rewarding. When you get it installed and the clearances are
correct turning that monster by hand and feeling the crank "float" is a great feeling. The downside is that every
single stage of assembly has to be done in this fashion. You cant trust any of the clearances to be correct.
Every surface has to be checked for parallel /square. Some have noted 1/2 gaskets on side plates and the same
at the bottom of the jug to get things to line up.

Patience and thinking will be your best friend.....

After rambling on, I will amble off.....

Oh, did you get the brass/bronze idler gear ?

I will be more than happy to provide you with an offset idler bolt if needed.

Gary

They did you a favor. The fuel tanks were only good for the trash bin !

Gary

A friend bought a changfa 1125 and a 15kw st head about the same time
I purchased mine. At that time a Chinese coupling was available that bolted
directly the head and engine that we also got.

He brought his to my shop and we built a nice heavy frame with rollers and he took
it home where it has sat for the last 10 years or so.

Well the hurricane came through. I never lost power but he did.
SOOOOO , today he calls.......think we can get his genset running ?
I have told him for years to get it out and run it, but you know always too busy.

I ride over to his place, drag it out. A trip to his shop for a few feet of wire
and some connectors......presto, bango....30 minutes later......ah, A /C, refrigerator,
lights...all is good....

Amazing, after setting for 10 years it fired right up and runs like a champ !
We set voltage/hz with the kill o watt, I hung for an hour or so making sure
he understood start/stop and what to look out for.

I have always said I hate the noise and banging and clanging of those Changfa
engines but they always seem to run every time they are needed. I probably have
a few hundred hours on mine and it has never let me down.

My thoughts for the day,
Gary

Yep here I am right on the coast right where it's going to hit.
I have a 40x80 round top aircraft hangar in my front yard and that's where
I will be staying.
5 pm now and am still in the house as of now. The house is stick construction so I
don't trust it at all I will probably move to the shop in the next hour or so .

If we make it through I.will probably use the trusty Changfa with the 15kw st head.
If the house doesn't make it I have a 31ft Gulfstream camper in my shop in Kentucky that
I will bring down to Florida to live in while I fight it out with the insurance company.

Wish us luck and if we make it I will keep you all posted.

Gary

Location and pics would help.



Gary