Thanks guys, the first two replies say "Get a local opinion" so that's exactly what I'll do. I was planning on this but just wondered if anyone has good/ bad experience with spraying lister cranks in particular.As I said,I have no experience of this and have detected a bit of reticence from some of the locals with regard to spraying ("ordinary") diesel cranks.
There is no reason not to recover a Lister or any other crankshaft as long as the material is suitable for purpose. Early Indian crankshafts had a distressing tendency to crack, but their quality control is better now so that should not be an issue. Lister cranks were forged blanks and machined from an early time IIRC.
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Peter- how much for the genuine crank? My wife's in the UK at the moment and although she's sure to whinge, I might be able to persuade her to pay the excess baggage if you could get it to Lincoln.
If you prefer, email me: sreatbigponddotnetdotau
Do you have any idea of what a crankshaft weighs? I'd hate my wife to have to haul this through the baggage check! It is about 150lbs to 175lbs weight, price would be £350.00 plus cost of transport to Lincoln or Oz, whichever you prefer. I don't know what a new Lister crank is from a dealer, probably more than double that if you can get one. I've had this for some years, it's still in that dark preservative grease that they packed them in.
Cheers,
Brian
Peter