I’d like to express my thanks to all, both near and far, for their help and information that was so freely given.Thanks for the reply Gerry, I had thought it might be using more than it ought to be because it would be easy for a start o matic set to run long hours without anybody remembering to look at it. I hope he gets to see it in person once the engine is finished. She said Gavin was extremely pleased to see them all running, and that he had a tear in his eye when he saw the Lister CS operating something he hadn’t seen during the whole time he’d owned the engine. Now to the bit I enjoy the most about this story I was able to send Gavin’s daughter-in-law a couple of videos of each of the engines we acquired running, apart from the Lister J which was purchased for parts. Paul (The Maggyman) Johnson attended a swap meet in South Australia a week or so ago, and was able to get me a very good, original wall-mounted fuel tank, complete with all the fittings – it even has the lid! This will now replace the reproduction tank that’s currently being used. At this moment in time, though, I haven’t decided whether to paint it maybe I’ll restrict this to just the head and valve cover, as they were acid-dipped in 1996. Hopefully, later in the year, I’ll make a steel transporter to match my other Lister engines. It’s had a few long runs since then and it just seems to run better each time I start it. It was hard to tell which of us had the bigger smile! We gave the engine a couple of short runs, came in for lunch, then plumbed-up some pipe fittings so I could get some water in it.
With a (very) temporary fuel system rigged up, we were able to run the engine for a few minutes.Īfter bleeding the fuel system, Greg put the crank-handle on and, with a wry smile said: “Lets see what she does.” Well, within three or four turns of the flywheels, the decompression lever was moved and she burst into life.
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