Boring Lister engine cylinder

[RICHARD GREEN 2Participant @richardgreen2]

Yesterday my friend Dave came to see me and we bored out the cylinder of his 1930 Lister "D" type petrol engine,

He had aquired a 0.040" oversize piston, so we bored it to fit that,

Original bore size was 3".

We used my TOS FA3A mill , with a carbide tipped boring head,

This is the second one we have bored out, the first one was bored and a liner pressed in with a Churchill hydraulic press, and used the original standard sized piston.

Honing the cylinder,

[RICHARD GREEN 2Participant @richardgreen2]

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Nice work there Richard. How handy to have that sort of heavy artillery in the shed when its needed for these bigger jobs.

Edited By Hopper on 22/10/2016 12:55:22

[Ross BirchParticipant @rossbirch71652]

Hi.

I am about to bore my D out to fit a sleeve. Could you advise what you took it out to for the sleeve fitting ? I saw a cut away one once and the water jacket looked awfully close. I have a cast iron turned sleeve that I can finish to the desired size and then finish bore once fitted.

Thanks

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