1920 Lister Q Type Restoration Part 5 - Piston & Conrod

In this episode it is dedicated to the piston and conrod of the Q Type.
The cleaning of both these took significantly longer than expected I thought they would when it come down to it. The piston particularly was really bad!
The ring grooves in the piston proved a headache to clean as the carbon was particularly thick and baked hard in the slots, making it hard work!
I was amazed though at how well actually everything cleaned up and how well the technique of fitting the rings worked! It’ll be a technique I’ll be using in the future for a stress free experience!
The cylinder head was also fitted with the help of my brother in law and the Wife too. The whole lot must weigh in around somewhere in the region of 100ish kg and been oddly shaped it is difficult to manoeuvre! I must apologise that I didn’t get it all on film. My phone decided it was “full” at the critical point so decided to stop filing 🙄
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Tarra! Lee
Link to The Previous Episode - 1920 Lister Q Type Restoration Part 4 - Cylinder Head
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[@machineshopinagarage4699]

Coming together nicely Lee, neat trick with the cable ties, not seen that done before. Cheers Ian

[@leeslisters]

It worked really well! They was thin enough that they kept the spread on the ring without putting too much pressure on the ring forcing it over the gaps. It was easy too that the fact it bridged the other gaps to drop them all in from the top!

[@stevehill4615]

Can'y wait to see/hear it running again, how's the fuel /oil pump coming along?

[@leeslisters]

Me too! 53 years in silence! I’m sure it’ll come soon! The pump is now done and that will be next weeks video.

[@marklelohe3754]

It would turn much easier if you had assembled it with oil. Everything will be running dry now!

[@leeslisters]

Everything did get a good oiling before it went in (unfortunately I didn’t film this) they are also inherently hard to turn over without the flywheels on too hence using the long pry bar to turn over

[@user-mb9tz1om1s]

what cc is the piston

[@leeslisters]

If i remember correctly the Q/R type are a 3.9L