You can’t beat a lister. I don’t care what anyone says. I have an LD1, which isn’t quite as pretty as a CS, but mine sits untouched year on year and when I want to run it, it starts first swing without fail. Great video. Cheers!
I got one, 90 years old and still runs a water pump at our farm in Portugal, we are just doing some videos of us renovating it......... love the sound of them!
Ow these are super reliable and well made. I'm surprised you had lister over there. Thought you would have been Onan from over the border. The US tend to take the piss out of old British stuff. 🤣🤣.
Time was when this was an ubiquitous sound from many a rural cowshed at milking time, especially in off-grid situations. Such engines would run for three or four hours daily for years on end if given clean fuel and a bit of fresh oil a couple of times a year.
That sounds lovely, I like the sound the lister makes on a narrowboat as well, there seems to be a shortage of youngsters interested in these old engines, did you used to take it to henham steam rally I went there many years ago? I live about a mile from where the Oldham old time rally is held do you go there? It’s a pity the long Melford rally stopped.
Not sure if I count as young as I'm just about 30 y/o 😅 but I finally bought my first stationary diesel engine yesterday, real small unit, a Changfa JD165 3.3 hp. Had been sitting for a few years but the original owner said he ran it for about 15 minutes then never ended up using it for anything. Have to clean out the old fuel and brush off some rust, but other than that it's in great shape. Can't wait to get it started, thinking about what I want to use it for. On a side note, the guy who sold me that engine previously had a "Listeroid" or Lister-type clone engine powering a generator with the cooling water circulated into his home's hydronic heating loop so that the engine would both power and heat his home. Said his wife made him sell it & buy a "normal" big box store gas generator that she could use without hand cranking. Shame cause he showed me a photo of his old Lister clone setup & it looked amazing. Compared to the standard noisy and smelly lawnmower engines found on mostly everything today, I love these old stationary engines. Maybe it's not practical when you need to get 20 HP into a small space, but if you have a stationary application, I'd much prefer something like the one shown in this video.
I like it. I have several Listers. Please tell me, why have you put an exhaust silencer on the intake.. ?? you need to get an air filter for it.. it makes no sense.
I've got a lister SL3, and ST2 and I have an Induna engine which is a copy of a lister CS and it is in a terrible conditoin. The fly wheel and crank has broken of and this is how it happened. The previous owner had it pumping water on tiers and it was bouncing so much that it cracked the fly wheel and crank of, but I am still looking for a new crank. I am hoping to get some advice to get a new crank
Hello That was very nice I think you Norfolk old boy must be a bit stronger than us old Suffolk ones I am 73 I have a Lister similar to yours 6 hp cs complete with Start o Matic It was found in a shed and I now have it at home here in Euston I got it started A week ago The first time for over 50 years Its was a bit to much to swing so i found an old electric motor to help my swing it . I need some advice on wiring up the genny I have dome most of it If i could get it to start on its own power if would be magic bob at number 7 the street
I know Euston mate. Normally show at the Rural past time show and more recently the Game and country show that in Euston park. Either showing stationary engine or my old motor. Look through the channel mate and you will see plenty of old stuff on there. Thanks for watching.
Hi great video ... my dad bought a Cs from a guy who bought a big house and there was a Cs in an outbuilding and guy just wanted it gone...be over 25 yrs ago... its clean uncracked...with its original water tank... turns over n will undoubtedly run if got out n tickled up ....what kind of money are they worth these days?? Just curious...keep up the good work
Hi ya Allen. I do like the CS. Price vary really. The earlier engines are worth a bit more. But to 90%, of people a CS is a CS, regardless of age. The spoked flywheel model were working engines. If the have the heavy more solid flywheels then they came off a Gen set and are a bit less desirable as a stand alone engine. They range in price from 150 to 200 for a None runner to 400 to 600 for a runner depending on age and condition. Thanks for watching.
@@NorfolkMancave thanks for taking the time for such a detailed reply.... n just too give the full picture ...she's got the spoked flywheels 👍... 3 days ago I bought an ad1 lister petter with hydraulic pump and oil tank complete like a power pack with intentions of getting her going as a means of powering either a log splitter or possibly a static big round bale wrapper .... she was seized with sitting ....turned out when I got into her the only reason she was seized was the flywheel sits In an aluminium housing and the aluminium had corroded and the white oxide had furred up and nipped the flywheel.... I did think of filming the strip down n putting it on u tube for a bit of fun but all the faffing about and and coming at it from different angles with differential tools ect would have made it almost impossible for me so I appreciate how much you put into your videos even more ....the time ...the lighting.....the editing... the story you talk viewers through with ect...its not nearly as easy as you make it look...👍
I'm not a Lister owner, but you can see from the videos on old Listers they don't vibrate a lot. With concrete potentially liable to cracking over time, you may want to use a couple of heavy timbers secured in place and bolt the engine to those.
It's all good mate. BUT. What about the poor old neglected Rover P6, with bloody vegetation on its bonnet, vegetating in the background? Please send it to a deserving home. Thanks.
Weird thing is that when he pointed to where he sprayed the starting stuff in that’s not where are you should spray! The area where those springs of the valves are you are supposed to fill with a thick lubricating oil. If you really need something to start those with WD-40 is the best But don’t use very much and put it in the air cleaner not where those springs are!
Were you using the cold start valve? I have a 6/1 start-o-matic which starts first time over compression, as long as the injector has been creaked if it has been unused for a while. I'm running mine on used but filtered engine oil, starting on diesel though, until the engine oil has been pre-heated. The Lister CS could be the best, most reliable and long lasting stationary diesel ever made.
I know what your say. Problem is this old girl has been fitted with one of them cheap Indian fuel pumps, and it's no were near as good as an original. Its a shame really.
You can’t beat a lister. I don’t care what anyone says. I have an LD1, which isn’t quite as pretty as a CS, but mine sits untouched year on year and when I want to run it, it starts first swing without fail. Great video. Cheers!
I got one, 90 years old and still runs a water pump at our farm in Portugal, we are just doing some videos of us renovating it......... love the sound of them!
Lets have a look
One of the best stationary engines ever made. I read somewhere one of these things ran 40 years straight. With good maintenance, obviously.
Had one of those running a generator out in the sticks of Lesotho, it was on a trading post in the mountains. Can't beat the sound.
I had a friend who had a couple of these - great fun!
You can imagine we were very glad our Lister generator was so reliable in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Ow these are super reliable and well made. I'm surprised you had lister over there. Thought you would have been Onan from over the border. The US tend to take the piss out of old British stuff. 🤣🤣.
@@NorfolkMancave This is Canada.
I love a nice chugging Lister engine!
I had on of these,but this one is impressive!”The beauty of Diesel.” Nice treat Bud!
Makes some bangs with the discreet squirt in the intake. Nice engine, runs good.
These old Listers are real workhorses
yes they are indeed. just keep going for years and years..
Rumor has it that one of these can run a 10 KW generator at full output for an hour on just one quart of diesel fuel.
That sound bloody amaixing
A thing of true beauty. I could watch it run all day. (My psychiatrist says I'm nuts)... 👍
There jealous lol
nuts and bolts!!!!!!!!
Needs to go to a home where it will be loved and appreciated.
Being stood, NEVER does anything any good.
She sounds very nice
If I had a Lister I’d be starting it all the time. Just to listen to it.
I repaired a crank start lister on a vib roller with oil primer. The hire company refused to stop sending it out as electric start was more common.
I mean a Lister diesel engine fairly used
Nice one, it sounds as sweet as a nut, thank you for posting.
What a beauty.
Time was when this was an ubiquitous sound from many a rural cowshed at milking time, especially in off-grid situations. Such engines would run for three or four hours daily for years on end if given clean fuel and a bit of fresh oil a couple of times a year.
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That was a brutal amount of easy start if you have to use that stuff on an engine to get it to start there is a problem that needs sorting
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That sounds lovely, I like the sound the lister makes on a narrowboat as well, there seems to be a shortage of youngsters interested in these old engines, did you used to take it to henham steam rally I went there many years ago? I live about a mile from where the Oldham old time rally is held do you go there? It’s a pity the long Melford rally stopped.
Not sure if I count as young as I'm just about 30 y/o 😅 but I finally bought my first stationary diesel engine yesterday, real small unit, a Changfa JD165 3.3 hp. Had been sitting for a few years but the original owner said he ran it for about 15 minutes then never ended up using it for anything. Have to clean out the old fuel and brush off some rust, but other than that it's in great shape. Can't wait to get it started, thinking about what I want to use it for. On a side note, the guy who sold me that engine previously had a "Listeroid" or Lister-type clone engine powering a generator with the cooling water circulated into his home's hydronic heating loop so that the engine would both power and heat his home. Said his wife made him sell it & buy a "normal" big box store gas generator that she could use without hand cranking. Shame cause he showed me a photo of his old Lister clone setup & it looked amazing. Compared to the standard noisy and smelly lawnmower engines found on mostly everything today, I love these old stationary engines. Maybe it's not practical when you need to get 20 HP into a small space, but if you have a stationary application, I'd much prefer something like the one shown in this video.
I was at a tractor rally and there were lots of engine's and tractor's there
Woooowww!!
Do you have 1 for me ?
I like it. I have several Listers. Please tell me, why have you put an exhaust silencer on the intake.. ?? you need to get an air filter for it.. it makes no sense.
Mine started first time past TDC after 4 years and that was on waste motor oil as fuel
I did enjoy it. The pump well she is ain't she.
She's a great engine mate. I love this old girl. Very love hate relationship. Lol..
riveting
Well thank you 🤣🤣
I've got a lister SL3, and ST2 and I have an Induna engine which is a copy of a lister CS and it is in a terrible conditoin. The fly wheel and crank has broken of and this is how it happened. The previous owner had it pumping water on tiers and it was bouncing so much that it cracked the fly wheel and crank of, but I am still looking for a new crank. I am hoping to get some advice to get a new crank
Hello That was very nice I think you Norfolk old boy must be a bit stronger than us old Suffolk ones I am 73 I have a Lister similar to yours 6 hp cs complete with Start o Matic It was found in a shed and I now have it at home here in Euston I got it started A week ago The first time for over 50 years Its was a bit to much to swing so i found an old electric motor to help my swing it . I need some advice on wiring up the genny I have dome most of it If i could get it to start on its own power if would be magic bob at number 7 the street
I know Euston mate. Normally show at the Rural past time show and more recently the Game and country show that in Euston park. Either showing stationary engine or my old motor. Look through the channel mate and you will see plenty of old stuff on there. Thanks for watching.
Wow mine is 1956.
Cobwebs and all she's a real beauty.
Hi great video ... my dad bought a Cs from a guy who bought a big house and there was a Cs in an outbuilding and guy just wanted it gone...be over 25 yrs ago... its clean uncracked...with its original water tank... turns over n will undoubtedly run if got out n tickled up ....what kind of money are they worth these days?? Just curious...keep up the good work
Hi ya Allen. I do like the CS. Price vary really. The earlier engines are worth a bit more. But to 90%, of people a CS is a CS, regardless of age. The spoked flywheel model were working engines. If the have the heavy more solid flywheels then they came off a Gen set and are a bit less desirable as a stand alone engine. They range in price from 150 to 200 for a None runner to 400 to 600 for a runner depending on age and condition. Thanks for watching.
@@NorfolkMancave thanks for taking the time for such a detailed reply.... n just too give the full picture ...she's got the spoked flywheels 👍... 3 days ago I bought an ad1 lister petter with hydraulic pump and oil tank complete like a power pack with intentions of getting her going as a means of powering either a log splitter or possibly a static big round bale wrapper .... she was seized with sitting ....turned out when I got into her the only reason she was seized was the flywheel sits In an aluminium housing and the aluminium had corroded and the white oxide had furred up and nipped the flywheel.... I did think of filming the strip down n putting it on u tube for a bit of fun but all the faffing about and and coming at it from different angles with differential tools ect would have made it almost impossible for me so I appreciate how much you put into your videos even more ....the time ...the lighting.....the editing... the story you talk viewers through with ect...its not nearly as easy as you make it look...👍
Just acquired a CS startomatic generator set. Should i use rubber mounts or just set it on concrete or bolt it down or what ?.
I'm not a Lister owner, but you can see from the videos on old Listers they don't vibrate a lot. With concrete potentially liable to cracking over time, you may want to use a couple of heavy timbers secured in place and bolt the engine to those.
Are you still looking for ignition barrel and key for the CF?
I had giving up on getting one mate so I have fitted a separate switch with push button start now. Do you have a barrel with key?
Very nice engein sell it to me I'll put it to use again 😎👍
How much does a diesel engine cost
It's all good mate. BUT. What about the poor old neglected Rover P6, with bloody vegetation on its bonnet, vegetating in the background? Please send it to a deserving home. Thanks.
If you didn't have that camera running she would have started the first time 😉👍👍🇺🇸
The sump is where the oil is ,,,and to crank it this way, you will get a dislocated thumb, nice vid' though
They don't kick back
How hight this engine RPM? 800 RPM?
How much easy start did you bang into that. Too much by the sound of it.
Was thinking the same thing sounded horrible!
Weird thing is that when he pointed to where he sprayed the starting stuff in that’s not where are you should spray! The area where those springs of the valves are you are supposed to fill with a thick lubricating oil. If you really need something to start those with WD-40 is the best But don’t use very much and put it in the air cleaner not where those springs are!
Too much priming. it knocked so badly. nex time if you want to circulate the oil just turn it with the fuel shut or use the oil primer lever.
Is this lister engine indian type . Sound is indian lister
Mohammed Jaya
Don’t think so, I don’t believe the Listeroids were built that far back
Aren't the Indian clones a direct copy of the Listers brought over by the British?
Du solltest dich schämen. Wie kann man einen so schönen Motor so verkommen lassen?😢😢😢😢 Viele Grüsse aus Germany
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Were you using the cold start valve? I have a 6/1 start-o-matic which starts first time over compression, as long as the injector has been creaked if it has been unused for a while. I'm running mine on used but filtered engine oil, starting on diesel though, until the engine oil has been pre-heated. The Lister CS could be the best, most reliable and long lasting stationary diesel ever made.
I know what your say. Problem is this old girl has been fitted with one of them cheap Indian fuel pumps, and it's no were near as good as an original. Its a shame really.
@@NorfolkMancave
Original, genuine Lister pumps can be found at diesel specialists.