Easy really. Lift off and put new one on. Only hand tools required. To expand on this, you have to deal with the piston itself, an extra pair of hands to guide...
Hi Ken, it's Andy I have been trying to get in contact with you for a couple of weeks, hope everything is OK. Get back when you have a minute either email /...
Was Glenn asking about removing the cylinder from the block or removing the wet sleeve on an engine that has a sleeve? Also, from what you (Simon) say below,...
The way I did it was to take the head and cylinder off. Then remove the con rod from within the engine from the crank. To reassemble, turn the cylinder upside...
I use my fingers as a piston ring compressor!, whether putting the piston in from the top or bottom, sliding it in from the bottom is easier as my bore has a...
I'm considering going 'off grid' and would like some info on Lister CS based CHP. What sizes are Lister generators available in? What is the efficiency of the...
Hi Folks, Just joined up! Have had a CS for 4 years and finally got the forklift to drop it off the other day. As you imagine I`ve got it in bits already! Just...
more than a few of us are at least on the cusp of doing similar things. Don't know your location, but the "real" Listers are scarce in the US; unless you want...
Guys, Just back from the GDSF, where Mark Walker and I were demonstrating one of the Volvox 6hp Listeroid engines driving a 3kW ST alternator and running...
The main difference is the governor weights which are lighter on the 8-1 engines I have posted photos of the governor weights the one with the machined sides...
Thanks for the report Ken. I would be very intriged to know more about the glow plug arrangement and how it is installed in the head. Is it in the plug that...
Some engines have exhaust valve rotators that use a ratchet action to keep the exhaust valve turning so carbon crud, etc. does not build up in a single spot, ...
I have just aquired (Ex farm since new) a CS5/1, the cylider is very badly worn at the top as is probably the piston, I need to find replacements, or what?...
... Your original Lister will have a solid block as these did not use liners. There are some listeroid engines that use the same configuration. Be sure the...
Hi, My orginal lister does have value rotators, I do not know the exact age of the lister, but I can tell you it had a new water jacket in 1944. James...
Hello to all, I'm very new to this scene and have just bought a Lister 8/1. My interest in this project is semi-commercial. Firstly, I'm personaly interested...
Mike, I would love to discuss producing a commercial stainless steel exhaust heat exchanger/silencer system with you, for retrofitting to UK engines. ...
A condensing heat exchanger sounds interesting over here in the USA too, if it could be made and sent here without becoming so expensive that payback period...
And I have an idea that I wish to put the exhaust into an absorbtion
generator for freezing/chilling ... From: Trevor Lewis KD1YT Date: 09/05/06 17:50:40 To:...
Mike, I can supply you with a new cylinder head complete with valves, an aluminium piston , bigend bearing and new standard cylinder block if you need them and...
... A 16/2 should be able to put 12 KW onto the alternator shaft, which at 85% alternator efficiency would just drive it nicely for 10KVA. The 16/2 at 850 RPM...
Basically yu need 2 hp per kw Ergo 2 x10 = 20 20 hp engine is necessary ( you might be aboe to get away with 18 but I
would not bet on it) Also your transfer...
The 24/2 would nicely. Steve Spence Director, Green Trust http://www.green-trust.org ... From: Lister_CSOG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Lister_CSOG@yahoogroups.com]...
Guys, Yesterday I telephoned the HM Customs and Revenue advice line to get clarification about whether there was any duty to be paid on biofuel, specifically...
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