So, I started taking some bits and pieces off the engine today, and was kind of disturbed by what I found in the cooling system, at least. Lots of rust. Really dried up rust. Ultimately, I think I'd like to take the whole engine apart into component pieces and send them to a dip tank, but I'm somewhat concerned about the fact that once taken apart, I have no specifications for re-construction, no gaskets, no replacement parts, and no clues. While I like DIY, I also appreciate at least the hope of some components - my shop doesn't contain any gear cutters or end mills or the sophisticated tools to do serious reconstruction of components. Gaskets - no problem. Valves... uh...
Anyway, here are some pictures (link below). This engine doesn't match any of the CD engine drawings or photos that I've seen, since it only seems to be meant to have a single flywheel, since the other side of the crank is very short and has a pulley on it. The intake is visible on the top of the rocker cover (there is an internal galley cast into in the rocker cover that moves the air around; very interesting) and I've taken the water inlet/outlet fittings off in the pictures. It seems to have an oil pump and removeable oil pan, which is probably next to be removed since the oil I drained out of it was pretty horrific and before I do a test-start I'd like to clear out whatever gunk is left in there.
So... anyone with ANY clues about where to get parts for this (US, UK, AU, NZ, IN, wherever...) could you drop me a line? I've tried Lister US ("We don't stock anything for those engines any more") and everyone that has been recommended has come up dry, mostly claiming that something called a "Lister-Blackstone CD" was never built according to their parts guides, or that they'd never heard of even "Lister-Blackstone."
From what I've been able to determine, my ANSI spec tools open it up fine, but I don't know if these are bolts that were original or not since the bolts on the exterior seem to be from a mixed lot (many have different head markings, even where they would typically be the same.) However, it was made in Wisconsin, so I'm going to bet and say they're not BSW.
The previous owner did some things in a way that I would not have done (well... actually... he did almost everything in a way that I would not have done.) So I'll be getting rid of the rain-collector muffler (no rust in there; it was stored inside), the horrible fuel lines (I didn't think you could weld fuel line), the plumbing pipe welded to the water inlet/outlets (funny thing is that it just was hose-clamped, anyway), adding an air cleaner, removing the drowned dead mice from the "demonstration" coolant circulation pump, etc. etc. I'm stunned that this engine seems to have no difficulty spinning, and appears well-lubricated. I think that is simply due to the oil-hazed storage environment.
http://www.loligo.com/lister/lister-blackstone-cd/pictures/index.htmlJT
