finally ... its landed !

The Lister A after the mechanical restoration arrived at home tonight , got it out of trailer and into the shed in the dark ... a picture but will upload more tomorrow in daylight



This engine was sat in a shed and was siezed solid and was sat there for 40 years plus ... fully mechanical strip down ... new rings , valves faced off , seats ground and lapped in , mains scraped etc all cleaned etc etc . the worst bit was the fuel tank .... more holes than a tea bag so had to have a new one made .

this what it looked liked when we dragged it out of the shed ...









regards , matt

Great news that it's joined your collection Matt, is there much more needs doing to it?

Stu.

I will look forward to seeing this one finished Matt.

Sounds like your doing a cracking job so far.

Keep up the good work.

regards

Martin.

Finished ... ? It is finished just needs a oily rag treatment .... the trrolley i made from scratch before anyone asks who made it

matt86_wd2 wrote:Finished ... ? It is finished just needs a oily rag treatment .... the trrolley i made from scratch before anyone asks who made it

oppps I wasn't sure if you'd decided to paint it or not, now I know!!

Good work young man, pat on the back.

Stu.

ps something that's got me thinking, why has it just got home now after all this time? has it been done at work in there time? and was it took home as a runner so her indoors wouldn't complain?

stu it was done at my mates dads place which i go over there and mess around with engines most wed or Thursday nights its a engine mans heaven there .... engines ranging from Lister D up to Blackstone's , and a huge ruston , there is even a few steam rollers there as well .... imagine Fred Dinah's yard ...like that but better lol.

next time there is a open day would you like a invite ? They just had one where everyone is welcome to come and play around with engines etc

and the misses donesnt mind the engines at all ... the more the better in her mind lol

took a few more pictures today , and been down to Bristol to see martin at vintage magnetos , he is going to swap the rotation of my mag and at same time having a new condenser as it has gone open circuit ... the coil also has a intermittent spark but not that much to worry about i think as doesn't miss a spark that often so im going to chance it .

well some pictures ....







regards , matt

i bet it feels good to get it home,what a cracking trolley mate...
you ever thought of making trolleys for a living mate...
keep up the good work feller..
regards,mike...

yes it does mate ... No i never would of thought that but once i have other shed sorted and all set up and get a decent mig welder i might think about doing it ...

i like how u can see the transfers still though

matt86_wd2 wrote:stu it was done at my mates dads place which i go over there and mess around with engines most wed or Thursday nights its a engine mans heaven there .... engines ranging from Lister D up to Blackstone's , and a huge ruston , there is even a few steam rollers there as well .... imagine Fred Dinah's yard ...like that but better lol.

next time there is a open day would you like a invite ? They just had one where everyone is welcome to come and play around with engines etc

and the misses donesnt mind the engines at all ... the more the better in her mind lol

Matt sorry I was pulling your leg, and there's not many women complain as it gets us out from under there feet

I'd love an invite but it's maybe a little to far for me, it sounds like the place I picked the international up from every engine you could think of nothing steam just a tractor.

I have to agree with Mike it's a great trolley, had a good look at it and can't fault it, I'd like to make the same axle set up but wood skids but I'm better at welding then woodwork

Stu.

Cleaned up well! are you going to black up that exhaust a bit? would look good with a bit of zebo to tone down the shine.

Cheers Steve

Good idea with the exhaust and I wonder if the fuel tank could also be weathered then it would be spot on, maybe rub it down with wet and dry and let it rust abit. Just a thought.

Stu.

what is zebo ? stone balckener ? but i havent had it running yet with the exhaust on just the pipe .... Im waiting for my mag back from martin , and with the tank it will take a while to weather .

Stu with the trolley i quite like it .... im starting to think i should make all my trolleys like this .... as with wood to make a decent job you have to use a hardwood otherwise looks sh*te . and being that hardwood is so expensive if you cock it up my favorite is steel . You never know one day i might start making them for other people ...

I made a steel trolley for the Lister G and I'm very happy with it more so then the wood one I've just made for the Wolseley, a mistake with steel can be welded up and ground flat try doing that with wood I only used wood this time for lightness and it was some soft wood I had spare. Unless you have some kind of skill with wood then it's difficult to work with, I was thinking if I wanted to use hard wood I'd go to a reclamation center but I couldn't tell the difference between hard n soft woods

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:I made a steel trolley for the Lister G and I'm very happy with it more so then the wood one I've just made for the Wolseley, a mistake with steel can be welded up and ground flat try doing that with wood I only used wood this time for lightness and it was some soft wood I had spare. Unless you have some kind of skill with wood then it's difficult to work with, I was thinking if I wanted to use hard wood I'd go to a reclamation center but I couldn't tell the difference between hard n soft woods

Stu.

look at the grain pattern alot closer on a seasoned and knot free stu , plus hardwood is well harder lol