> One of the areas of concern is the engine, a Lister SR2. It
> has often been said that these engines thrive on neglect
> and that has certainly been the case here. We have had
> problems at various times with ancillaries but the engine
> itself just keeps going. We think it last had a major
> overhaul in the early 1980s.
I've recently (well Christmas before last which for a Lister is
recently) had my SR3 completely services. Marine Engine Services Peter
Thompson did it at Uxbridge for me - though he's now not doing any
more servicing of engines.
Mine was creating clouds of oil mist, and copius amounts of blue
smoke. After taking it apart, Peter said some work had been done it (I
think big end berings) but was largly untouched since 1964! In the end
all the work cost in the order of £2,500 but it involved replacing, or
repairing everything - including the oil presure gauge and it's pipe
which apparently can give way and cause the engine to lose it's oil.
Anyway, for some nice pictures of the insides have a look at:
http://shoestring.zapto.org/pics/ListerSR3/index.html
Afterwards the increased power from the engine increased my top speed
by 1mph! 5.7mph from an SR3 isn't bad!
Mike
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