Lister CS top end tear down, and restoration 🛠️🇬🇧💥 part one 

[@joschmoyo4532]

Finally, someone shows a full tear down and rebuild of a CS. I recently rebuilt my 6/1. It was made in 1964. My chrome bore was heavily stepped at the top from a broken ring so i had to resleeve it. Runs like new now. Loads of compression. Impossible to crank over without the de compression lever or cracking open the compression screw. My block was totally gunked up and so was the exhaust port. New rings, piston, small end bearing, valves and sleeves. Head was skimmed and valve seats reseated with hardened inserts. So pretty much a complete rebuild. Great fun. Well worth the effort. Anyway, enjoyed watching this. Thanks.

[@sambocotton5868]

Hello Josh, thanks for your kind words, I’m glad you enjoyed it Kate worked hard to film and especially edit all of this l certainly couldn’t/wouldn’t have done it 😳 sounds like your engine had a lot harder life than mine, l was lucky l believe it was in the collection of an old boy who had recently passed and must have spent decades sleeping, a good friend of mine got it because he wanted the radiator and fan and I was going to have the engine and run it tank cooled but like he said it would be a shame to break it up as it’s so original so offered it to me complete. I’m going to use it to generate power for when the power cuts come! Cheers Melv

[@joschmoyo4532]

My engine came off a Sheepstation in Queensland. It still had the belt pulley used to drive the line shaft in the shearing shed. Only worked hard for a few weeks every year and kept under cover. The lanolin from the sheep's wool protected it from rust. It was in very good original condition but needed a complete overhaul. I repainted some of the parts but tried to keep the original paint where it was still sound. It's a dark Brunswick/ British racing green. Nice. I too am using it to drive a generator. It doesn't have the radiator like yours. Thermosyphon. Anyway, Kate did a great job of filming, editing and sound. Congrats to her. Enjoy your engine. You've got a great engineering classic there in excellent condition. Very lucky. I snapped mine up when I found it. Many were left to rust outside once they became redundant. Took me three years to find it though after a lot of scouring. I needed the 6hp rather than 3.5. I don't think the radiator types were very common downunder. You really hit the jackpot with that one. Good to keep it in original condition too. I intend to go off grid with mine. It will be put to good use. Cheers.