Lister Diesel. Will it Start run?

[@BindiEBindi]

Mate! You're an absolute star! I just bought a Lister LD1 and need to flush the tank, filter, and bleed it to see if it will run. I had no clue at all until I found your awesome video. Cheers from downunder! I'm off to give it a crack.

[@paulbillingham4594]

Hi Adam, Really enjoyed watching the Lister startomatic video last night. My father in law used to be a fitter with Bloomfield and Sons in Suffolk and fitted loads of these before mains electricity reached the farms. I will pass on the video. He said that even the Startomatics that were driven from a Lister CS were built to be taken apart easily and had to fit through a standard door frame as a design requirement. It was a nice and long video and dont worry we all make make errors as we are human. I worked with a lad once who filled an engine with oil on a Guy lorry up to the rocker box. Needless to say his employment was short and the engine burst apart from the sump and I had to mop up the pit. I have filled a van and had the oil run out because the bung was still out. I have really enjoyed all the videos and the Reliant made me smile. Thanks

[@NorfolkMancave]

aw thanks very much. glad you enjoyed it. can father in law still remember were the 6 wires out of the generator goes? lol.. There will be lots more vids on this I'm sure. and as the weather gets better the Reliant also. lots to be doing. Thanks for watching 😁

[@curmudgeinnak]

I wish I could find a few of these old gals over on this side of the world. Love your videos.

[@Exiledk]

Old Listers never die... Nice job. I wish I had one.

[@irishmanshamrock8563]

Well done, great video, really enjoyed it. Don't worry, we have all done stupid things around engines. I loved the story about the Ford Sierra and the 20L of oil. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing.

[@NorfolkMancave]

ow yes. my boss at the time was nit impressed but also took the piss somthing chronic. lol

[@colvillebri196]

We’ve all done stupid things like that but I could see that coming 🤣🤣 bloody funny and well done for keeping that in

[@NorfolkMancave]

Lol.. such a waste of oil. 🤣🤣🤣

[@normanstephens5391]

Hi Adam. Another great video, Warts & All. Didn't bother me about the length. I don't really like too much "Time Lapse" content. Did an oil change on my Dad's 1966 Ford Cortina Mk1 and (Kinked) the oil filter ( o ) ring tightening the securing bolt. Lost 3/4 of a gallon of Duckhams finest 20/50.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Nice one. to be honest I only really do the time laps thing to speed through a boaring bit. to save you folks getting board and switching off. I do try not to edit much out. Duckhams oil, heck my grandad used to use that in the 70s in his Moggy 1000. lol

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

Really enjoyed that one mate.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Well thanks, happy new year.

[@nsrnsr1987]

The difference tho adam is that 2l of oil now is probably more £ than that 20l them years ago brill videos as always and really appreciate the mistakes being involved because it reminds us that were all human 😂

[@stevesalvage1089]

Good that you show spillage, quite normal , engines good ! Yep after a while my Listers need bleeding ,

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah not the easiest to bleed. Got there tho.

[@alexwightman7681]

great video as usual mate. it is the same as my little engine. lovely old things

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah it's a great little engine.

[@biggaspirit1]

Beautiful , a joy to behold. Great satisfaction.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Ow yes. I enjoyed that aswell.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Ow yes. I enjoyed this very much. Was good fun.

[@belyear]

Love seeing the pushrods spin on the lifters. Very cool.

[@belyear]

We’ve all dumped oil on the ground….. For me it was 20 gallons when a hydraulic hose catastrophically exploded on a John Deere 8630 4x4 tractor. Then another 5 gallon’s when I failed to find the second blown hose….. 🤦‍♂️

[@belyear]

She cleared up nice. Sounds excellent

[@NorfolkMancave]

yeah I'm happy with the old girl. she sounds lovely when going. ow the oil thing. To impatient to get the oil in. lol..

[@NorfolkMancave]

Ow yes. The Brits certainly used to build things the right way years ago. These are so well made.

[@Brian0059]

Brilliant , gave me a proper chuckle , recently got the carb pipes wrong on a Kawasaki 500 and topped the sump up with anti freeze , what good engineering those engines are , cover went from natty to stupid in a flash lol keep up the good work

[@NorfolkMancave]

lol.. yep could not get it back on in a hurry. waste of oil that was. ow yes these things happen.

[@astravanmk2]

Feature length Mancave! Get in. I did it once doing an oil change on my 1990 Astra. Wasted a gallon of genuine GM oil, I wasn’t popular with my parents 😂

[@NorfolkMancave]

lol. bloody messey stuff when you spill it. With a genuine oil I would not have been happy. arr..

[@astravanmk2]

@@NorfolkMancave a little goes a long way and a lot goes even further!!

[@lewisgardner1660]

Great video old chap very enjoyable, just oily rag it

[@NorfolkMancave]

Thanks very much. Yeah original look I think.

[@TheNorfolkWorkshop]

I’m gonna look forward to watching this good job.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Think you will like it Dalto.

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

Enjoyed that one adam.good to hear it fire up.that oil disaster tho,brave not to just magically loose that part lol.i am sure plenty of people have done that,thankfully not me tho(yet) anyway lol.👍

[@NorfolkMancave]

ow another vid coming on that. maybe tmw. I think we may have head gasket issue. yeah I nearly took the oil cock up out but decided to leave it in. I lost sleep over that 2 liters of lost oil. lol..

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

@@NorfolkMancave i bet you did,the price of fuel and oil these days lol

[@lyntonprescott3412]

Brilliant well done.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Thank you

[@andrewlittle7668]

As you were pouring in the first 2 litres of oil i said to the other half he hasn't put on the side cover and another tip for starting listers when really col is tack out air filter and put some newspapers in it and light it

[@NorfolkMancave]

Ow yes. I messed up there. I ment to show you folks the air filter. It's an oil bath filter. Yeah I seen the old burning paper trick. Never tried it tho.

[@danielcandeias1781]

She’s a beauty

[@NorfolkMancave]

Thanks very much. should be another vid tomorrow.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

So Clyde seems to think it is cold at thirty five. Nope. My hummingbirds died overnight at -8 farenheight. -22 for the British folk. Would have brought in the birds if they would have let me. I got them heated feeders which kept the nectar from freezing. Next year I will make better friends and bring them in to sit on the top of my door.

[@eskimojulie]

I enjoyed every miniut of that 😁

[@NorfolkMancave]

Well thanks very much.

[@Mercmad]

about 40 years ago I was working on an Island where we had a SL2 Lister running a generator. The engine was noisy,rattly and smoked really badly ,oil even came out the exhaust but it was easy to start on the crank and when not under too much load it ran at full revs...😁.The guy i was working for had a bout 40 others he had bought at a Govt.Surplus auction and all needed repairs of some sort. 🙄

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah these are great old sets. Seem to just run forever. I love this old stuff.

[@daveenns1119]

.. Great video Thanks.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Why thanks very much.

[@Seth7Seth7]

is there a place to heat when the rack is stuck in the injector pump -- sl4 sat for years

[@NorfolkMancave]

To be honest I would not heat any part of the pump as there are rubber 0 rings and parts inside. I would just lash it with wd or soak it in Diesel for a while. Then give the rack a very light tap in each direction and it should break free. Ps put Diesel in the top of the pump, in the inlet and bleeder screw to make sure it's wet I side.

[@Equiluxe1]

That engine was running with the decompressor hitting the exhaust valve, when in manual mode you need to make sure the pin is holding the decompressor off.

[@NorfolkMancave]

I did have the pin in but it jumped out.

[@jimhenry6844]

Can u buy these engines new? I'm in oil and gas polymer chemistry,setting up a water treatment system for recycling frack water.

[@1961kickboxer]

Nice Pham chassis.

[@NorfolkMancave]

lol. Well thanks.

[@ricksmowers5094]

Great vid man cave 👍🏻

[@NorfolkMancave]

Thanks very much.

[@TheTutorialguy_28]

Will be watching this after tea

[@NorfolkMancave]

Think it's worth the watch mate. I got impatient as you will see. Lol

[@TheTutorialguy_28]

@@NorfolkMancave that was a great video that sl1 had some intresting novelties I do belive the lister ld1 had a glass fuel bowl but the later sr sl and lr had plastic ones that was an unfortunate accident with the oil reminded me when I forgot to put a fuel tap on my villiers engine fuel tank petrol went everywhere, leave the old girl as she is I think due to the fact not many sl1 engines actually have them left great vid as always 👍

[@stefanallan4274]

Sounds sweet

[@NorfolkMancave]

yeah she sounds good.

[@fusedale]

Great video, oily rag it.

[@NorfolkMancave]

yeah think she's just getting a oily rag. She will look good I think. 👍

[@bernardsantiqueengines3128]

Wow she runs very well😁😁. It looks like your head bolts are a bit loose because it's blowing smoke from the head.🤔🤔🤔

[@NorfolkMancave]

Aw. Well I ordered a new rocker gasket now so will check head bolts. I did wonder were that smoke was coming from. Thanks.

[@NorfolkMancave]

By the way. do you know if these have a head gasket? I can't seem to find one.

[@bernardsantiqueengines3128]

@@NorfolkMancave they don't have head gaskets but thin rings to seal on a very smooth surface. That acts like a gasket and shims for your bumping clearance so they can only leak when the bolts aren't tight enough. I have had a few of these lister air cooled diesels apart before. You probably know that your bumping clearance shims on a CS sits underneath the barrel and your head gasket on top. Well on the air cooled diesels they have a very thin copper gasket ander the barrel and the actual bumping clearance shims on top between the head and the barrel.

[@bernardsantiqueengines3128]

Hope that helps buddy😉😉😎😎.

[@alan4391]

😀that was an exciting video totally raw none of this editing bull

[@NorfolkMancave]

No I left this video pretty much complete. Didn't leave nothing out thus time. Glad you liked it.

[@rubenprovencio-b1u]

what model is

[@NorfolkMancave]

It's an old SR1 Lister.

[@rubenprovencio-b1u]

@@NorfolkMancave and how bore, stroke and pressure have the pump

[@jamesianscott1484]

Just rub with WD 40 rag thanks for vid sure enjoyed

[@NorfolkMancave]

That's the plan.

[@mechanicalmoron2251]

oil rag would be a shame to pant the engine. nice work as usal. un like my spelling :)

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yes I won't be painting her up. she to nice how she is. 😃

[@74Haddock]

What is the engine number?

[@74Haddock]

Ah it's in the end of the video. your SL1 was made in 1959. Nice.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Ow was it really? Wow much older than I thought. Thanks very much. 😃

[@matnaylor8939]

Well done that old girl sounds sweet as a nut !don't paint oily rag job ,quality British engineering for you ,the best 👍

[@NorfolkMancave]

Yeah I was thinking leave it original. Just clean and tidy it up.

[@alexanderjames3045]

time you got your self a lister stealth

[@NorfolkMancave]

Whats a Lister stealth? Lol

[@alexanderjames3045]

@@NorfolkMancave keep seeing add on youtube to win one

[@DjMjk]

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