After a gap of nearly 3 months, work continues, but on the trolley not the engine! I have purchased a wooden trolley frame from the ever useful eBay as well as some steel trolley handles and two cast iron wheels. I have cleaned up the wheels and managed to get a coat of red oxide on them.
Wheels with their first coat of red oxide
Dismantled, cleaned and wire brushed the governor parts. Painted them with red oxide primer. Attempted to remove the governor shaft and weights, but no joy. It is held in place by a taper pin which I cannot get to move. The pins in the governor weights are quite badly worn, and have significant flat spots on them. I need to remove them so I can spin them through 180 degrees so the good side will act on the pin that pushes the governor rods. I have ordered a set of parallel and taper punches to attempt to drive out the taper pin.
Gunge filled governor
Cleaning the governor internals with paraffin and a toothbrush
Resplendent in red oxide!
Cleaned up body of magneto with a wire brush. Removed points cover and its retaining clip and sprayed them both with some matt black paint. Ideally the magneto needs a professional refurb as it may well be beyond my technical ability.
Cleaned cylinder head in paraffin to remove sludge from inside the inlet and exhaust ports. Carried on rubbing down cylinder head, rocker cover, hopper cover and magneto chain guard. All were given two coats of red oxide primer.
The cylinder head, its covers and the magneto chain guard are all given their first coat of red oxide primer. Not the inlet and exhaust ports are sealed with masking tape to stop getting paint where it’s not required!
Removed magneto, magneto mounting bracket and governor etc. Removed governor/throttle linkage rod.
Resorted to hack-sawing off the stubborn exhaust flange bolt. Drilled out the bolt and retapped the hole. Rubbed down cylinder head with emery cloth.
Continued with work on the cylinder head. Managed to get one of the exhaust flange bolts out but the other will not budge. Drilled out the two sheared off bolts in the cylinder head and tapped them out to 5/16″ BSW. Managed to shear off the water drain tap when trying to remove it from the crankcase 😦 On a more postive note, I had a reply from Mr. Lister, David Edgington. He was able to tell me that this engine was supplied new to a Mr William Cook, an agricultural dealer from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on the 18th August 1942.
The cylinder block and flywheel
The water jacket full of rust!
Today I removed throttle linkage, tank straps, carburettor (which is missing its float chamber), rocker, valves, springs etc from the engine. I also removed the cylinder head. In addition to this I also found time to write to Mr Lister, David Edginton, to request a possible date for the engine. Found a carburettor for sale on eBay. Hopefully I will be able to buy it!
Having successfully bid and won the engine on eBay, we travelled to Hadleigh in Suffolk to pick it up and transport the engine home. The agreed price of £40 was paid and between three of us, we managed to lump it into the boot of my Ford Focus! Once home, I managed to roll it out on my own, but my cars bumper still bears the scars!! I then set about removing the water hopper and rocker cover plates. The valves were rusted and seized and the water hopper was full of rust. A sign of things to come?
Hi, my name is Graham and I live in a small town in the county of Suffolk, UK.
Welcome to my blog. I have decided to write about my attempt to restore a Lister D-type stationary engine from 1942. Over the coming months I hope to give regular updates and pictures as the restoration progresses, with the ultimate aim of getting it to run again!!
I should point out that this blog is chronological, so people looking at it for the first time will see the most recent post first. If you want to start from the beginning, then you need to scroll down to the bottom and work your way back up!
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