Matthew, you`re just a bitter jealous guy with 2 worn out CS cylinders and a shot FR1, get a life!
Matthew, You seem to know me well enough to make your assumptions about me and post them. Financial gain. You have said that I will not be selling these engines in the US not me and finally I will not sell them in the UK in case pricks like you buy them and we all know why. Mark.
Why can`t you leave your abrasion in the CS cylinder where it belongs? Mark
Spencer you need to calm down.
I think that the above observation needs to be directed at everyone concerned.
There is a new reality is for UK enthusiasts, in that the emerging American interest is Listers CS engines will drive up prices significantly, and will continue to do so for the for-seeable future. Who ever is prepared to pay the market rate gets the engine, that's how Capitalism works.
For UK stationary engine enthusiasts the days of buying a reasonably priced Lister CS are long gone, due in part to eBay, and also the relative ease of availability of cheap (cloned) parts.
I am just glad that I amassed a large collection of water cooled Lister diesel engines (and an even greater collection of new OEM spares) before they ever became popular, and even going as far as rescuing engines from scrapyards at a time when other people were of the opinion that Lister diesel engines would never be collectable.
For UK enthusiasts there are far better Lister diesel engines to concentrate on collecting: FR, CD, CE, and JP engines. Which due to limited parts availability [unless of course you know where to source parts from. In which case they may as well be made from unobtanium], will never be as desirable as the CS. The FR engine is a case in point, and particuarly in multicylinder format is superior to a CS in every respect I can think of, if spares are not a consideration.
After having worked on many CS engines myself, and seeing how crude some aspects of the design are. Such as flywheel keys working loose on startomatic sets, due to the flywheel weight, and main bearing crankshaft diameters that cant be ground undersize due to having the same diameter as what the flywheels are keyed to. I would advise any prospective Lister CS owner to carefully inspect flywheel key condition and main bearing clearances before considering buying one of these engines (let alone buying one that is on the other side the Atlantic), as the cost of a genuine crankshaft and bearings is truly eye-watering. This is why on a personal basis the Lister CS situation is no loss to me. As there are far better later Lister diesel engines (including air cooled) that can still be found for very low prices in the UK and elsewhere.