my 2 yearolds lister d

i have just got hold of this for my 2yo son. i had decided that as he keeps trying to steel my engines he should have his own. the good thing is he wanted to save his pocket money to help pay for it.

well it looks like it was built in june 1947 as its number is 1/10311. it has a spec number of 28dh.

it came out of a scrap yard and i was told it had been there for about 18 years. when i got it back i found a valve pushrod was off, the govner weights and carb including the linkage were solid, one govner spring is missing, it had no spark and the oil was more like tar.
after sorting that lot out it has now run for about 2 mins but then cuts out but i think this is due to the carb.

good find you have there, try cleaning the points aswell as doing the carb.

good luck...John

thats the way to find them.......that wants taking to a show just like that......very nice......

mike.

used 2 bottles of gunk, to remove the lot, took time but well worth it.

Looks great, everything there as well bonus
Chris

Looks like a nice engine!!

I do prefer them looking like this!

Make sure the fuel line is unblocked as new petrol can loosen rust!

Also make sure the air valve on carb is free!!

Also we need a video hehe

Adam

He's good with a video
Chris

i had sorted the carb out ... well freed it all off any way so it all moves as it should but there is fuel leaking out from every where on it at the moment. will have another look at it in the week at some point.

here you go then a video of it running today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSvmFi__Pg

really glad you got it going, what was the problem in the end, runs great now

the plug would go down when under load, the carb was letting to much fuel through then not enough !! and the timing was a mile out. still got to time it properly and set the valves but wanted to get it running while my son was not about so it will be a nice suprise for him on his birthday as he dont know we have got it yet. i am still pleased with him as he wanted to put all his pocket money towards an engine. he will get that back to put towards a pump as he thinks we didnt get the engine in the end so i have got until dec 1 to get this running nice and cleaned up a bit when hes not about.

it will make a lovely birthday present, are you going to fully restore it

will do but he will have it as a running project so he can have a go at helping to do it.

i think it will end up green and blue as thats his favorite colours he likes.

my first D was green and red, worked really well

Hi there!!

The Lister Seems to run really well as it ainted been fired up for 18 years!!

Your son must be dead chuffed!!

But must admit the blue flywheel is nice!!

That pulley seems to be out a bit?

Adam

thanks for the comments. i think he will be well happy as he hasnt seen that we have got it yet!! its hard trying to hide it from him.
the pulley is only knocked on part way so i can still see the timing mark and i took it off to clean it up.

ok then it has had a bit of a change now but i think it looks a bit different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4blu2R-ozY

Really nice job doen there squirrel,

I reckon he is going to be over the moon with that.

regards

Martin.

That looks brilliant!!

I do like the colour

Your son will be proud of you

The only thing im going to ask is why do you have it running fast also it seems to have the wrong throttle spring?

Cheers
Adam

thanks for the comments. its running fast for now just to get the mag fully back in to life. it is the wrong spring but its all i had at the time, i will put the correct one on when i get one. i have got to sort the timing out as it is set at about 40 degrees not the 20 on the timing mark as it wont even fire in the correct place !!

Ah ryt!

Never thought about that hehe!!

It seems to run fine anyway at that speed

Springs are easy to find anyway on fleabay

Hope you didnt mind me saying that

Adam

no worries sir. i just thought it was the easyist way to get it all back into life.

Looks good Martin give him a couple of years and he will be taking over your other engines
Chris