Lister CS 12/2 Diesel Twin Start Up & Run

1940 Lister CS 12/2 running here at 300 -350rpm, this engine has undergone a full mechanical restoration.
These engines are still in use in many parts of the world such as India, a true testament to their design and durability.
Inspection plate was removed while running to ensure that the big end and cylinder walls were still lubricated at slower speeds, after extensive testing it is clear anything over 150rpm and the cylinder and big end get plenty of oil. I have ran this engine and another CS at such speeds for over 24hrs with no issues.

[@apuuvah]

Beautiful look and sound.

[@zonie1953]

What a beauty of an engine ! Nice work !

[@anthacdc]

Thank you!

[@able880]

​@@anthacdchave you ran it for extended periods of time at 350 rpm -
I live in the deep South in a rural area - mine is on a generator it runs at 500 RPMs - that delivers around 12O0 watts - the house lighting load is on a charger/ battery/inverter - it's to get rid of the lights flickering when running at lower than 650 RPMs it's a single cylinder engine -
I've run mine for 9 months at times -
My guess is if you run it at 350 for lengths of time your going to have to run it at 230° so it does not build up carbon - you will need heavy water for coolant

[@anthacdc]

@@able880 as mine is only a display engine you’ll notice the tiny cooling tank, given it’s small size the engine still runs nice and hot at slow rpm’s. No problems with carbon build up on any of my CS engines over the last few years. Cheers.

[@able880]

@@anthacdc ok thanks for the reply I use mine all the time presently we have been short of about 30 inches of rain so even now mine is running a irrigation pump these days daily -

[@jeroenwoudstra1770]

Stunning!

[@motorenfranz]

Dieser Motor ein Wunderwerk der Technik Schön das es Leute gibt die diese Motoren hochhalten das sind Spezialisten Respekt

[@JuanAntonioBullo-of2cx]

En Venezuela se vendieron nuevos,por Sánchez y c.a en los años 76 ,80 llegaban de Inglaterra y se ensambla con generadores de 10,kW para el 🚜 campo😊

[@rbj4098]

Love it, sounds great. I have one as well, with solid flywheels.

[@anthacdc]

Thanks for watching, they are a nice engine

[@arulprakash9518]

Good performance

[@tacticgamer6298]

wow, the rpm it holding on while running ...

[@mikestand714]

very nice great job .love the engine

[@anthacdc]

Thanks mate

[@johnhtodd]

That is the smallest fuel tank I've ever seen on a Lister! Nicely done restoration though.

[@anthacdc]

They don’t consume that much fuel at low rpm, it will run for 5 hours on that tank.

[@kevinketchum7384]

Looks very nice. Weren't they made to run at about 650 RPM?

[@anthacdc]

Thanks Kevin, They are rated for 12hp at 650rpm, but sound much nicer when running slower.

[@joaquimpato9680]

J,ai le meme modelle qui marche tres bien .

[@sumanmondalsuman7635]

A Indian ma available

[@FarmerBharatThakor]

New friend bhai amane machine dekho Gujarat

[@jetstream454]

Sounds nice, looks/sounds like left cyl is firing better than the right?

[@anthacdc]

Thanks mate, the cylinders are dialled in within a couple of degrees of each other based on exhaust temp, might just be the camera mic making it sound like that.

[@janner2121]

Your fuel pumps needs balancing to run better ,

[@anthacdc]

Thanks for your comment, she is perfectly balanced with the exhausts within 1 degree within each other, it may sound off because it’s running so slow. Cheers

[@janner2121]

@@anthacdc Fair enough, Just that one cylinder seems to be fuelling more than the other, nice twin though, had one myself two years ago, heavy lumps, but really nice runners

[@anthacdc]

@@janner2121 thanks they run great! Do you still have yours?

[@janner2121]

@@anthacdc Sadly not , but still have a single cylinder CS 5hp Rad cooled

[@apuuvah]

Loong stroke and heeavy flywheels. Power-to-weight extremely bad. Durability... for ever.