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[g6anz]

I’ll try that trick next time it’s out. I’ve tried everything else. Diesel, heat from a blow lamp, rust remover etc. Even hammering the top of the piston with a lump hammer with a piece of wood in between the hammer and the piston

[Kernowcam]

An old boy trick.
I could not believe it when it worked. No violence or hammers.

Just be careful with boiling up the oil. I put it in a tin can outside on a stove, heated till it smoked / as hot as I dare. Pnly about a cup full per cylinder.

[Dentman]

Don't want any chip pan fires!

[g6anz]

OK as Zaphod would say 'anything for a weird life'. I presume any form of oil would suffice 20/40 or EP90

[Kernowcam]

I think I used engine oil. Fresh. Look forward to seeing you progress.

[Robin]

Here's my "nearly stationary" Lister   

Not a 'D' though, it's actually a Lister-Petter on a pedestrian roller but I sometimes start it up just to listen to it   

I'm always surprised how easily it starts, even in the coldest weather.

Cheers,
Robin.

[Calum]

I got given a stationary engine around 7 or 8 years ago but I've still never ran it... I actually gave it to my girlfriend's grandfather as at age 86 he was considering buying another motorcycle as he had ran out of things to tinker with (he already had 5 bikes!) Unfortunately he has since passed and it is returning to me. I will do it up now but only to do a job - never really understood having one just to sit there at idle, firing once every 4 or 5 revolutions. It'll probably end up driving a big compressor or something in my shed when I finally build it but in all honesty it probably won't as the neighbours would hate me! Mines a Douglas SV54 - 540cc sidevalve single cylinder. It came from a bleach works in Bury where it ran a big table saw used to cut up the big oak strips they lines the vats with. When the mill closed in around 1968 the engine was saved from scrap and hasn't ran since, but has been in dry storage. Turns over lovely. One day...

[Lord Unstone]

I have one...connected to a small compressor, and the plan is to feed air into the bottom of an acrylic tube full of gloop to make a sort ov lava lamp: without the lamp part! Great just to listen to..

[samuria]

best use for a lister.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePknD5eQgU&ab_channel=FPVLeif

[Worf]

best use for a lister.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePknD5eQgU&ab_channel=FPVLeif

Brilliant

Wouldn't fancy picking it up if it fell over though.

[agg221]

Brilliant

Wouldn't fancy picking it up if it fell over though.

And the sausages would be ruined.

Alec

[Manxcat]

Where does it carry the mustard for the sausages?

[strang]

I've got an old Lister D sat in the garage too! Really need to get it running one day. I know some shows are a bit funny about Lister D's though, as they are rather a 'belly button' engine - ie, everyone has one, so the organisers tend to go for variety and limit the number of D's in the show. Can't you enter classic shows with your Land Rover?

[oilstain]

I've got an old Lister D sat in the garage too! Really need to get it running one day. I know some shows are a bit funny about Lister D's though, as they are rather a 'belly button' engine - ie, everyone has one, so the organisers tend to go for variety and limit the number of D's in the show. Can't you enter classic shows with your Land Rover?

If shows are a bit funey with Lister d's what small engine would be best to keep a eye open for
and yes I do go in the Land Rover but just wondered if a change or added item might be a idea, any thoughts, perhaps my mind is wondering in lockdown

[Craig T]

Friends of mine has a Bamford, Huge, vertical, single cylinder thing. If it runs any faster than a few hundred RPM it jumps around the floor and you struggle to catch it!

His other engine is a nice horizontal open crank thing made by a company Ingeco. Both of those are normally unique at shows he attends.
If you can get them to drive something too that adds to the show, a water pump pumping water from one barrel to another or a flour mill, stone crusher are good to find.

Craig.