Lister Petter...The end of an era

[Latestarter1]

Sadly UK engine manufacturing icon Lister Petter finally went into administration in March and the Dursley factory has been shut down.

New marketing company with the name Lister Petter has been set up in Dubai, however that is just smoke and mirrors, after staggering along on the brink for near 17 years during which time German engine manufacturer Deutz AG stepped in and stripped out the designs and technology for the X type engines that Lister Petter had been quietly developing for years and the remainder sold to venture capital company.

Lister Petter engines once featured a huge range of marine engines from single cylinder to large output multi cylinder engines.

The end of an era..

 

[henryf]

Indeed. I lived on a boat with a Lister engine many moons ago.

Almost akin to the Monkeys leaving the rock of Gibraltar.


Henry

 

[rustybarge]

Sadly UK engine manufacturing icon Lister Petter finally went into administration in March and the Dursley factory has been shut down.

New marketing company with the name Lister Petter has been set up in Dubai, however that is just smoke and mirrors, after staggering along on the brink for near 17 years during which time German engine manufacturer Deutz AG stepped in and stripped out the designs and technology for the X type engines that Lister Petter had been quietly developing for years and the remainder sold to venture capital company.

Lister Petter engines once featured a huge range of marine engines from single cylinder to large output multi cylinder engines.

The end of an era..

I still have my 15 year old 4kva single cylinder genny up on the deck, great little engine.
Makes one heck of a racket at 3000 revs, I think it was origionally designed for 1500, but the modern market required higher output.

 

[Powersalt]

Really sad to hear that. I spent my early days in manufacturing supplying that plant with purpose design engine frames and boxes.
Great company, another nail in the cofin for uk manufacturing.

 

[penfold]

I still have my 15 year old 4kva single cylinder genny up on the deck, great little engine.
Makes one heck of a racket at 3000 revs, I think it was origionally designed for 1500, but the modern market required higher output.

If it's an AC1 or similar, it was originally designed to whizz round at 3600, they were one of the first to bring out a small lightweight diesel that spun that fast. They aren't quiet that's for sure.

 

[rustybarge]

If it's an AC1 or similar, it was originally designed to whizz round at 3600, they were one of the first to bring out a small lightweight diesel that spun that fast. They aren't quiet that's for sure.

Not sure what model it is, all the labels have peeled off.....

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[mtb]

Not sure what model it is, all the labels have peeled off.....

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ac1 by the look of the crank case

 

[gjgm]

Indeed. I lived on a boat with a Lister engine many moons ago.

Almost akin to the Monkeys leaving the rock of Gibraltar.


Henry

Blimey, there must be alot more preservatives in those pies you are scoffing that I had realised....

 

[secretagentmole]

My dad had a double ender cobble with a Lister engine, it was not fast, a twin cylinder job, start by cranking the flywheel until the string pulled the lever over that started the engine! Primitive but it worked, you then had to knock the other lever over yourself! That thing would putter for hours, not fast but certainly capable!

 

[sharpness]

Listers great solid engines. My Dad had a pair of 6cyl lister freedoms in his last boat. To fire them up they had compression lever for each cylinder, was always my job of operating them in engine room. Had a lovely sound to them - Good times.

 

[Jurgen]

Really sad news, spent my apprenticeship working on these engines fitted to concrete mixers and other construction equipment. A real simple engine to work on that just did the job.

Bet these will be around for a very long time if someone has the spares

 

[burgundyben]

I could tell you a story about the Petter social club front door and a marauding Dolomite Sprint....thankfully nobody injured....

The first vehicle I drove was a dump truck with a single lung Petter, I was about 8 or 9 years old, hand cranking that thing was everything I could do to get it to go, phut, phut, phut...