Think it`s Lister M kero engine.
Correct!, shame there is not a view from the other side showing the vaporiser. As it is well worth the asking price for the vaporiser alone, shame the exhaust is vertical thus quite possibly filling the cylinder with water. Which may explain why the cylinder head nuts are not present.
Judging by that greaser on the camshaft bearing and what looks like a drain cock on the cylinder block, its an early version.
The main bearing housings look to have vertical nuts and bolt suggesting a split housing, how would that work?
Correct again, this was how all the early Lister engines were. Until Listers realised they could make cost savings by having a bush bearing and a single main bearing housing.
One of the legacies of this decision is that Lister CS engines cannot be reground undersize on the main bearing diameters (centre main bearings can on a twin cylinder, thanks to the Indians making undersize centre bearing shells).
I'd sure there would be enough meat in the centres to either have the things bored to suit or sleeved to take them down if needed but probably unlikely.
Would need boring, as the Lister M type has smaller main bearing diameters. But it would be a shame to break up what is now a rare Lister engine which is near complete, just for the flywheels
I am always surprised at the prices people pay for them.
As the seller states it to be complete bar the magneto. So in this case for those in the know the money is in the vaporiser, if its the early vaporiser version then more so, complete with carburettors even more so. As with these items plus the brass engine plate (possibly the cylinder head as well for the lower compression ratio needed for running on kerosene) you could convert a an L type engine in a M type, and no one would know any different
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