john davies

Brilliant chaps - thanks for all your help. I am now a dedicated convert to the forum!!! If anyone else needs the workshop manual it is here http://www.winget.co.uk/document/LISTER%20ST%20WORKSHOP%20MANUAL.pdf Regards John davies

Found a manual on the internet - marked winget but covers all ST engines - so I am right about the injecion pump. Buit what of the oil filter - a canister oil filter is mentioned in the manual but a cap similar to ours is shown in the photos - so it is just possible to screw one on to early models or must I find a guaze somewhere? I asked in a boatyard and got a vague 'dunno really but a lot of people with guazes take them out anyway'. from the mechanic!! Thanks John D

My son has got involved with a Narrowboat Trust and has asked me to start servicing their lister st3. Alll very well. I have been working on engines for 40 years so, I thought, not a problem. We couldn't find an oil filter - just a pinkish cap that possibly ought to have a gauze under it or perhaps a small paper element. I have found a shot of an ST3 on you tube fitted with a cannister oil filterbut have no idea if ours one can be - it could well be mid seventies or so. . The oil was like glue so pumped it out anyway and changed it - and will change it again. Cured a few diesel leaks. i have downloaded a manual but it is less than useless as it covers too many engines. Quesions 1. Where do I find a steel gauze if that is what it has - have looked on the internest for 'st3 gauze' with no success. 2. Is it possible to fit for a cannister or paper element one - is there a kit? I have found a mann filter W712 which it is said will fit - but can it be retrofitted to early engines without any sort of fitting kit. On a different tack - how does the bloody thing work? I was just coming away and thought 'where is the injector pump?' I traced all the pipes and couldn't find it. There was a lift pump but no external injector pump. Or is it beneath the injectors somehow. There were two pipes which seems to bolt direct to the casing so perhaps it is behind there. The only other pipes were leak off pipes. Perhaps the injectors are driven by an internal shaft. I admit I didn't have much time to stand and work it out, and it was dark and horrible down there!!! I am somewhat confused. Anybody got some photos which will give me a clue? Thanks John davies