My Engine pics

Was told to put some pics of my engines up so here you go hope you like






and my newest purchase and this one will be painted

some nice engines you have there the lister A is looking far more complete since i last saw it

have you even had it running , i dont tend to be on the other forum much these days .

Regards , matt

Yer had it running but having a few snags ie it sounds like a bucket of frogs and not a dawn chorus so still some work to do

Abes wrote:Yer had it running but having a few snags ie it sounds like a bucket of frogs and not a dawn chorus so still some work to do

At least u have it running mate mines been ok since i have cured the valve tapped problem .... only thing is that it is not running as smooth as it should do . The mag i have got has a intermittent spark it sparks around 5 times then misses the next few and fires for a bit then misses so i have a hit and miss Lister A Just need to have a new coil in the mag . Need to pop down to Bristol to see Martyn at vintage magnetos for a new coil and should be ok after that . but it still runs well even the mag has problems .

Regards , matt

Oh thats it rub it in lol, sounded ok in the winter crank up vid

Looking good Abes, youll soon have your A running sweet

Cheers mate lets hope so

Abes wrote:Oh thats it rub it in lol, sounded ok in the winter crank up vid

might be me thinking it should run alot smoother as used to modern engines that dont miss

nice engines ther abes like the blacking look is that stove blcking.

nice finish on those........... i like it, do you have to strip the old paint off first?

Thanks for the comments, have been done with grate blackner, and yes every thing has to be stripped back to bare metal and wire brushed so that there's no paint residue left

What do you use to strip the paint with, if you don't mind me asking.

Loads on Nitromors, elbow grease and wire brushes and keep repeating till all removed and just left with bare metal, dont forget all the corners and hidy holes

Abes, looking at the pics of your A to me it looks like the spring on the throttle linkeage is far to tight and the govenor rod/ throttle rod dont look right compared to what mine were, it may just all need setting up and adjusting,
Ian

Abes look at the difference in this set up on my old engine, and this ran lovely, like i said ill come over and have a look for you
IAN

thanks for the info i was told nitromores was not available any more, must have been misinformed.
i have been looking for a way to remove paint, i find new paint looks so much better if the old is removed first.

Think you might be right ive never been happy with how its set up when i got the engine the whole thing was in bits so its been trial and error putting all the bits together in the right order and place and not having access to another to compare its been a steep learning curve, ive only managed to get as far as i have done with help from forum members

My view is should always be stripped back to bare metal even if your painting, if you dont put the prep work in the finish aint going to be great either.
Yer Nitormors still available from certain retailers aint cheap though

Abes, this was my set up, this is what makes me think yours is not quite right,

Me and ian dont think you have the throttle / guvnor rods set up how they should be mine is like Ians , try a shorter spring , and those rods look a little on the long side too think the slide plate is closed rather than open .

Oh and ian , another thing that has come to my attention before a coil re wind is the guvnor weight springs ...! i might have a slightly weak guvnor when gets upto speed . The springs have not been touched .... left well alone . Might have a look at that but il give it a long run and do what said 1st mate .

abes if you want me to measure my rods i can do mate .

matt

yer see what you mean though the rod that held your spring looks a lot longer than the one fitted to mine

Abes wrote:yer see what you mean though the rod that held your spring looks a lot longer than the one fitted to mine

Thats adjusting rod on Ian's old A is not the original and is alot longer mate , mine has the original one , alot like a d one .

matt

Matt how do you know mines not the right one and maybe you two have the wrong ones, lol, whichever its gonna get sorted for him,
hope you sort yours out but dont think you have anyhting to worry about,
Ian

matt86_wd2 wrote:

Abes wrote:yer see what you mean though the rod that held your spring looks a lot longer than the one fitted to mine

Thats adjusting rod on Ian's old A is not the original and is alot longer mate , mine has the original one , alot like a d one .

matt

you can also make them ive made them for D's just an old tent peg and cut a thread saves money every time,
Ian

ian webb wrote:Matt how do you know mines not the right one and maybe you two have the wrong ones, lol, whichever its gonna get sorted for him,
hope you sort yours out but dont think you have anyhting to worry about,
Ian

shhh Ian your spoil my assumption well mine was pulled out of a shed and had been in there for 40 years .... so thats my guess your looks too new well it does the job so that's all that matters lol

But there more i think it could be the guvnor weight springs .... or thats might be trying to run it too slow ... compined with the plug issue ... but it never stops so it be fine to take to a rally anyway .

il have a look over the weekend . matt