[Lister SR2 pumps / governor]

On 10/03/2021 at 09:14, BEngo said:

 

 

 

If no fuel with valves out. Refit valves and check  Is the rack free?  It should be at the full fuel position with the engine stopped. You should be able to move it one way to the stop position against the governor spring.  If it is not free then either something is stuck or the governor is assembled incorrectly.

If it is free then the pump elements are stuck.

I just signed up to say thankyou for this invaluable advice, I have an SR2 running a genset and I couldn't for the life of me work out why she wouldn't fire up (I've only ever worked on modern CR and PD diesels in cars, so was clueless about older diesels). Seems that the fuel rack was stuck in the stop position (not been run for 10+ years). Once that was freed up she sprang to life. Thanks again to you and all who contributed to this thread.