[SEL] Lister 5-1 /progress

[Peter Scales]

I'd paint it if I  were you - over here, some bugger'd nick it :)

Seriously, they are nice in brass, aren't they?

All the best

     Pete
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Peter Scales  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com 
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jerry Evans
> Sent: 15 November 2009 21:16
> To: stationary-engine at oldengine.org; sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] Lister 5-1 /progress
> 
> Hi all you magnificent people,
> 	The lists have been a bit quiet of late (seems to 
> happen often these days).
> 
> 	Anyway, here is what I've been up to lately. That 
> Lister 5-1 (Radiator 
> cooled).
> 
> 	To recap. This engine was one of two that I managed to 
> obtain from a 
> scrappie who had bought a "job lot" from our (once great) 
> South African 
> Railways. I kept one and my friend George Botha took the 
> other. The idea 
> was to be able to show these two engines together at shows 
> (or Rallies or 
> whatever you choose to call then in "your neck of the 
> woods"). They had 
> spent their working life together and it was only right that 
> they spent 
> their "forever" retirement together!!!
> 
> 	Well, we decided that a great "debut" would be at our 
> friend, Neville 
> Botha's, Annual Engine Day. (Neville and George are not related).
> 
> 	I've spent all my "spare time" for a few months getting 
> mine ready. Well, 
> Neville's Day is now less than 2 weeks hence (28th Novenber).
> 
> 	This past weekend has been very productive for me. One 
> of the reasons 
> being that I could "get on with the job" - I never had any calls from 
> "friends" or "others" who, because they had nothing to do, felt it 
> necessary to share their "nothing to do" with me. I got so 
> much done this 
> weekend that I've even amazed myself.
> 
> 	A small explanation - I like to clean and paint every 
> bolt, nut, and every 
> other small part before I start to assemble the engine.
> 	This weekend I "did that" and am now very close to my goal.
> 
> 	Tonight at about 8:30 pm I had reached the stage where 
> I could say "I'm 
> nearly there" but then I found a polythene bag with 
> "something else". It 
> was the "oil pump".
> 
> 	This turned out to be a casting  covered in
> 	a) Many layers of paint.
> 	b) many layers of grease, old oil and soot.
> 
> 	I'm sorry that I did not take a photograph at that time 
> but here is one of 
> what it looks like now:
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> <http://www.oldengine.org/members/evans/lister51/oilpump.jpg>
> 
> 	Is this not a beautiful piece of metal/casting ?
> 
> 	As previously mentioned, I am not going to "slick" this 
> engine but just 
> going to restore it to what it looked like when it left the factory 
> (grinding marks and all). Now, the problem is that Lister 
> painted this part 
> (and everything else) Mid Brunswick Green.
> 
> 	I'm going to deviate from the rules here - this part 
> will remain the 
> brass/bronze colour it is. I will not paint it as the 
> original manufacturer 
> (Lister) did. I will also not polish it before every show - 
> rather, it 
> grows it's patina with pride.
> 
> 	Any comments or votes from the community ?
> 
> Keep well,
> 
> Jerry
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