It's still on the trailer and I haven't got home yet, i am at my GF's restaurant out back doing a little spit polish. All the original paint and transfers are present. One decompression handle has been replaced but my Toolmaker buddy will make me a new one. Injector bleed off looks homemade but there is a British car repair shop around the corner from my work and after I look at the dwg's we should be able to come up with a better looking replacement if this is not the original tubing.Zero evidence of any tool marks on the head bolts. When it arrived all the moveable parts had been heavily greased, either a testament to the previous owner or his Mechanic Son who sold me the engine.I dont know what that funky black paint is from the crankcase up but it is slowly coming off however I dont want to get under the M.B.G. so I will probably back off on any more attempts at its removal. Fuel and cooling system needs to be worked out. I will probably replace the filter mount bar with a longer one and add one on the opposite side to make the mount for the tank that I see on most other engines. As for cooling anyones guess. Engine was probably mounted in a building and had auxiliary fuel and cooling arrangements. I do have an appropriate sized steel tank I pulled from the dump last year with a thought towards it being a cooling tank if a tank cooled Lister ever came my way so might just mount engine on a purpose built trailer for engine, tank and room for a generator or ? Definite showpiece for me here though and I am still pinching myself on the hour to make sure its not some kind of twisted dream I am having !! P. And thanks for the comments guys....my head will start to go down to regular size by the morning !!
