[SEL] Lister Terminology Confusion

[John Culp]

Just be aware that "CS" is a modern Lister collector's term for the old 
Cold Starting Diesels like the 3/1, 5/1, etc. It's unofficial, and 
unfortunately ambiguous. What Lister-Petter calls a "CS" model is a big 
4 or 6 cylinder inline Diesel. (I think Peter Forbes once told me that 
English Ford actually built them.) Lister only used the numerical 
designations for what we've somehow grown used to calling "CS" engines. 
I made the mistake of ordering a factory shop manual for a Lister CS 
several years ago, which took quite a bit of trouble to get and ended 
up costing around $100. If anybody has one of those CS engines and 
needs the book, I've got it.

John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA