Oh my ,would I be excited to , one own that ,secondly to accomplish a successful rebuild ,thinking of those engine rebuilding days with my Dad working own VW's air cool engines and the small diesels were always y favorite got to help with a Lister and another ,I think Deutz ......great days
The Lister I think is one of greatest small engines ever made, I used to run a single cylinder air cooled in a 16 foot clinker fishing boat and I can honesty say that she never let me down and kept on going when engines half her age had given up the ghost , ok it won’t get you anywhere faster than concord but nor will the price tag ( a lot of rebuilt engines are available with quite a modest price tag ). Why do I rate an air cooled lister well There’s no heat exchanger to worry about, no impeller to get jammed up, so no starter motor or alternator to go wrong or the hideous price of replacing them just swing it over and off it thuds ,
Absolutely gorgeous love me old listers is that a borg Warner separately mounted direct drive or is it 2 to 1? I'm nosey lol I've same kinda set up that's all
There are suppliers for some more common parts like bearing shells, but you end up making quite a lot of stuff (I had to make new head studs, crankshaft weight studs/nuts and some other random bits). I also managed to find new old stock pistons and liners on ebay.
Thanks for the tip - one I follow on other engines, but on the JP in the rare occasion it fires back it does so fairly softly due to the significant weight of the flywheel (I think). You don't want to get in the way of the handle, but it's not breaking any thumbs!
First go, Id believe that for sure. the JP listers are amazing engines. I have a JP6
Visual work of art, and music to the ears, well done sir....
I would build a boat around that engine, love it
Thats the 55 year service done...
Oh my ,would I be excited to , one own that ,secondly to accomplish a successful rebuild ,thinking of those engine rebuilding days with my Dad working own VW's air cool engines and the small diesels were always y favorite got to help with a Lister and another ,I think Deutz ......great days
Sounds good, just need to bed in the pistons rings to the liners - enjoy getting splattered with oil from the exhaust stack!
Super job sounds great 😎
The Lister I think is one of greatest small engines ever made, I used to run a single cylinder air cooled in a 16 foot clinker fishing boat and I can honesty say that she never let me down and kept on going when engines half her age had given up the ghost , ok it won’t get you anywhere faster than concord but nor will the price tag ( a lot of rebuilt engines are available with quite a modest price tag ). Why do I rate an air cooled lister well
There’s no heat exchanger to worry about, no impeller to get jammed up, so no starter motor or alternator to go wrong or the hideous price of replacing them just swing it over and off it thuds ,
Sounds wonderful.
Sweet!
Nice one Tom
happy? of course he's happy!
What a jewel!
Awesome
superb
Top job!!!!!😊music
Should open door or window for exhaust nice job on rebuild
All that nice exhaust indoors.
Absolutely gorgeous love me old listers is that a borg Warner separately mounted direct drive or is it 2 to 1? I'm nosey lol I've same kinda set up that's all
Cheers! It's an old PRM (140) gearbox, 2:1 reduction
Where do you find overhaul parts for these classic engines? Not just Lister, but the whole lot of brands?
There are suppliers for some more common parts like bearing shells, but you end up making quite a lot of stuff (I had to make new head studs, crankshaft weight studs/nuts and some other random bits). I also managed to find new old stock pistons and liners on ebay.
I think u forgot the exhaust
NEVER hand crank an engine with your thumbs wrapped behind the handle. If the engine kicks back it could easily injure your hand and wrist...big time!
Thanks for the tip - one I follow on other engines, but on the JP in the rare occasion it fires back it does so fairly softly due to the significant weight of the flywheel (I think). You don't want to get in the way of the handle, but it's not breaking any thumbs!