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greg1959 09-17-2012 17:42:58 69.176.13.178 Report to Moderator	Found a 2 cylinder Diesel Lister generator, buried up in brush, on the farm. Looks like it has been under water at some time. Engine froze. Can't crank over by hand. Should I scrap it or try to save it? [Reply]   [No Email]
barnE 09-18-2012 17:36:33 67.172.83.183 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   I would save it, but I save cars and tractors and lawn mowers and motorcycle and trucks and boat motors and all antiques. Dave [Reply]  [No Email]
NCWayne 09-17-2012 19:27:09 69.40.232.132 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   I've got a 2 cylinder Lister Petter set up with an 8 KW generator set up as a standby generator for my house. It sets 99% of the time but as long as the battery is hot it has never failed to start for me no matter how cold. All I do is hit the decompression levers, get her spinning, and knock them back. It it's really cold it also has two ports that allow a bit of ether, etc to be shot into the intake, but I've never had to use them. I once ran it for over a week, after an ice storm, and averaged about 4 gallons of fuel every 24 hours. That said, as others have stated previously, the generator attached to your's is probably shot, but the engines are built like tanks and with a bit of work will probably live again and run for a long time with a little TLC. [Reply]  [No Email]
kendak 09-17-2012 19:00:06 96.18.113.232 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   BTW most of the 1,2,&3 cyl. models used here in the delta back in the 60's were hand cranked & had no electronics at all..just flip the decomp. lever & give it a spin ...we used to only shut them down once a week & change oil & back to work for a week...see ya [Reply]  [No Email]
kendak 09-17-2012 18:53:26 96.18.113.232 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   if it's the HR series I have [2] HR-6's that were running when I set them up...I'll give you any parts that you need ...just couldn't take them to the scrapyard ...the pistons, barrels, heads & rods are the same on the [1] to [6]cyl.....were used here in MS. delta to pump water on rice...take care [Reply]  [No Email]
Tramway Guy 09-17-2012 18:40:55 208.105.250.107 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   I agree. Save it. Simple engines. Parts readily available. Not all are starter-generator. I worked on one last year that had ring gear starting. Fuel systems are individual pumps driven off camshaft, high pressure line to each nozzle in the head. Timing is done by shims. Not hard but can be tedious. [Reply]  [No Email]
huntingreen2day 09-17-2012 18:21:18 75.131.120.19 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   If it is like the one I had it has compression release levers. also the generator is a starter generator. [Reply]  [No Email]
Dalet 09-17-2012 18:17:52 184.94.141.146 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to Dick2, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see I agree, the generator is probably shot, but the motor will probably run again. [Reply]  [No Email]
Billy Shafer 09-17-2012 18:02:50 173.184.36.160 Report to Moderator	Re: Lister generator? in reply to greg1959, 09-17-2012 17:42:58   Save it. Those things were built like tanks. [Reply]  [No Email]