I think so. I think they produce the small Lister engines. The one I worked on was OLD. I think it may have been manufactured in the '50s. It was a straight eight cylinder with cylinder bores about 8-inches in diameter. There were four of them driving generators on a banana boat (literally). The ship hauled bananas from Central America to the US. They had a fire in the engine room, and my company got the contract from the insurance company to rebuild the Lister-Blackstones. The ship was an MS (Motor Ship) and had a HUGE Sulzer diesel as main propulsion. The Sulzer was about 60 feet long, about 35 feet high, and turned 100 rpm at full throttle. Unfortunately, I did not get to work on that one.
Tom Potter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert & Tara Ludwick Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - UK metric? Isn't there a company in India that has bought the design for the Lister and is still producing the things for generator etc motors? or am I thinking of something else? ------Robert Potter, Tom E wrote: > Just the opposite of GM (and others) fascination with making things > complex was an old Lister-Blackstone diesel that I worked on years ago. > It took two wrenches to disassemble the whole engine. All the head > bolts, rod bolts, and main bearing nuts were 1.5 inch; everything else > was 3/4 inch. What a clever idea--much beyond anything our people could > ever dream up. The two wrenches came with the engine too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Berryman > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:53 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - UK metric? > > > On Friday, February 3, 2006, at 02:54 PM, Potter, Tom E wrote: > > >> I just wish the US would switch over instead of doing it half*****. I >> just removed a 700R4 transmission from a GMC truck last week. The >> > bolts > >> connecting the housing to the engine were SAE, but the bolts >> > connecting > >> the torque converter to the flexplate were metric. What an >> > abomination. > > > 15mm IIRC. GM threw some 10mm, 16mm and 18mm stuff at us too. > ?????? > > Johnny B. > I Mac Therefore I am > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
