I have one but it's still in my basement.
I belive Lister build lots of bigger multi-cylinder engines ... true?
Fish, are your Listers air cooled? I know some models are.
What model? I have three in my barn and one in a boat.
AB1W. It's in a Kohler 3KW genset. I want to use it as a house backup generator but I'll have to wait until the oceans rise.
Ah, the aluminum Lister, lots of those around from military surplus, most are air cooled but the water cooled versions were used in commercial generators and as marine propulsion engines.
It could use a new head. The aluminum didn't get along with the salt water cooling. I've fixed it with J-B Weld but don't know how long it will last. I can get air cooled heads all day long but no water cooled.
It could use a new head. The aluminum didn't get along with the salt water cooling. I've fixed it with J-B Weld but don't know how long it will last. I can get air cooled heads all day long but no water cooled.
Speaking of a lister, unforgettable sound. Used to have one in an old an old Scottish boat. https://youtu.be/qlNG41uG1MY
In the 1980's fresh out of school I lived on an old Harker's snapper boat in Shem Creek , Charleston SC harbor. All around were shrimp boats. They had a big gennie for hydraulics and refrigeration, but many had a one-lung Lister air cooled "light plant" that powered the little loads (like the window AC unit in bunk room) when the big gennie was not needed. They let that light plant run all night. Sound of those is burned into my mind as I had to sleep with it. They had to log a zillion hours. The boys knew I could fix engines, but they never called me out to fix the Listers!!
Those kids in the vid above absolutely NAILED the sound!!