lister st3 starting

[lennybhoy]

hello all first many thanx for letting me join your club,the question i wish to ask is this i have just bought a lister st3 with a start handle and a starter motor what is the way to start using the starting motor do i need to lift the decompression levers as by hand or is the motor able to start the engine with the compression levers down i ask as it would be a pain to keep having to open the engine hatch every time to start,if this sounds daft please excuse me as i am only a humble bricky lol

[mykaskin]

hello all first many thanx for letting me join your club,the question i wish to ask is this i have just bought a lister st3 with a start handle and a starter motor what is the way to start using the starting motor do i need to lift the decompression levers as by hand or is the motor able to start the engine with the compression levers down i ask as it would be a pain to keep having to open the engine hatch every time to start,if this sounds daft please excuse me as i am only a humble bricky lol

 

Hi, and Welcome to the "club" - in fact it's far more like a pub...

 

To answer your question, most starter motors will happily start an engine with the compression levers down. Sometimes when it's particularly cold or the battery is tired it may be benificial to lift the decompression levers for extra turning speed before dropping them.

 

Happy boating,

 

Mike

[lennybhoy]

Hi, and Welcome to the "club" - in fact it's far more like a pub...

 

To answer your question, most starter motors will happily start an engine with the compression levers down. Sometimes when it's particularly cold or the battery is tired it may be benificial to lift the decompression levers for extra turning speed before dropping them.

 

Happy boating,

 

Mike

many many thanx for that mike i was unsure as to the prob.now just got to fit the throttle cable up to w/house thought i might have to fit a strart/run /strangle cable too but might just wing it for now ,starting engine in run position, then strangle by hand once again many many thanx

[PhilR]

many many thanx for that mike i was unsure as to the prob.now just got to fit the throttle cable up to w/house thought i might have to fit a strart/run /strangle cable too but might just wing it for now ,starting engine in run position, then strangle by hand once again many many thanx

 

*Strangle cable*? - Do you mean *stop* cable? The normal method of stopping an S series Lister is with a cable operated stop button which cuts off the fuel to the pumps. As a temporary or emergency measure you could use the decompressor levers, but strangling the air intake is no recommended except as a last resort when everything else fails.

[lennybhoy]

*Strangle cable*? - Do you mean *stop* cable? The normal method of stopping an S series Lister is with a cable operated stop button which cuts off the fuel to the pumps. As a temporary or emergency measure you could use the decompressor levers, but strangling the air intake is no recommended except as a last resort when everything else fails.

yes sorry i meant stop control,i used the strangle word as was used in the old method of stopping a diesel in older cars lol,i aim to bolt a cable onto the start/run/stop control on the side of the engine.just need to work out the lenth and type of cable to use,once again sorry for missleading you .yours lenny