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zen rajab

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Open the "throttle".

To try to be a bit more helpful please explain exactly what you mean. Some Listers from the likes of generators are fixed speed machines so need modifications to turn them into multi-speed ones.

If the engine is simply not going fast enough for your taste and you want t to go faster then it might be a prop problem, and adjustment problem, or you are already at the maximum design speed of the engine.

More info needed, including numbers if you have them.

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Hello to you. 

The first two photographs aren't really any use - they just show the part number for the fuel injection pump housing, but the others are good and show that your engine is a fixed speed build, and the photo of the maker's plate confirms that it was set to run at 1500 rpm at the factory, so there are some more things you must consider before adjusting the governed speed :

What is the maximum load you are applying ?

Is the engine running correctly, with a clean exhaust both on and off load ? 

Have you checked the full load and off load rpm with a hand-held rev-counter ?

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20 hours ago, zen rajab said:

i did use a rev counter and the reading was 1412 rpm OFFLOAD

and at 50% load the reading was 1386 rpm

In the 4th photo from the top there are two nuts (7/16 ths AF) locked together on what appears to be a stud which should have a screwdriver slot cut into the end of it - this is the control rod for the governor speeder spring. Using two slim open ended spanners, or one slim open ended spanner and a ring spanner or socket, hold the inner nut still and loosen the outer nut half a turn, then loosen the inner nut by a quarter turn. Then, while preventing the inner nut from turning with a spanner, rotate the control rod anti-clockwise to increase the governed speed. With the speed set correctly re-lock the inner nut to the timing case then both  nuts  together without disturbing the setting.

If you find that the control rod will rotate after unlocking only the outer nut, then it means that the timing case cover on that engine has been fitted with an internally and externally threaded sleeve for the speeder spring rod (to replace the original tapped thread in the cast ally timing cover. Adjustment remains as before, and you will need to rotate the control rod anti-clockwise (by means of the screwdriver slot) to increase rpm.

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1 hour ago, zen rajab said:

I have loosened the nuts and rotated the thread by hand clockwise and anti-clockwise but nothing happened it just kept on turning

If rotating the (threaded) speeder spring link/control rod had no effect on rpm then that indicates that the female thread in the cast aluminium timing case cover has stripped - which is probably why there are two nuts on it now, instead of the single nut fitted originally at the works.

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23 minutes ago, PhilAtterley said:

If rotating the (threaded) speeder spring link/control rod had no effect on rpm then that indicates that the female thread in the cast aluminium timing case cover has stripped - which is probably why there are two nuts on it now, instead of the single nut fitted originally at the works.

If that is a correct diagnosis and if my understanding of the adjustment is correct then the OP may be able to alter the speed by loosening the lock nut, using the second nut to "pull" the adjustment out or allow it to go in That should adjust the speed. Then lock it up again

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18 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

If that is a correct diagnosis and if my understanding of the adjustment is correct then the OP may be able to alter the speed by loosening the lock nut, using the second nut to "pull" the adjustment out or allow it to go in That should adjust the speed. Then lock it up again

That's right, Tony, the state of the nuts in the photo suggests that the rpm setting has been clumsily messed about with before. The thread in the ally casing is quite a fine pitch and easily stripped with over enthusiastic tightening of the original single locknut. The control/link rod passes through the coils of the (tension) speeder spring and the inner round headed end of it, which also has a screwdriver slot, is retained in place attached to the spring by a couple reduced diameter coils on the end of it. The other end of the speeder spring hooks onto the pump racks adjacent to the governor arm.

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Er - contact your local Lister specialist.

If this engine is in the same location as given in your profile I fear we have no way of knowing what has been done to the engine to keep it running in the past. All sorts of novel solutions to problems may have been tried.

1. cut a slot in end of the shaft that comes out through the nuts.

2. Hold the inner nut and loosen the outer lock nut.

3. Use slot to hold the shaft still and rotate the inner nut. It should pull the shaft slightly out of the engine if the casing thread has stripped or allow it to move back in. Do this with the engine running so you can judge its effect.

4. If successful tighten lock nut.

4b. If not successful something is probably wrong inside the engine so if you can not fix it go to top of this answer.

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I have made the slot cut in the rod

But i have noticed that the rod when revolved comes out  

and when thightening the inner nut the rod is not moving in or out the casing

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1 hour ago, zen rajab said:

I have made the slot cut in the rod

But i have noticed that the rod when revolved comes out  

and when thightening the inner nut the rod is not moving in or out the casing

This is all good news for you - the control rod should move in or out as it is rotated to either decrease or increase the tension on the governor speeder spring. The fact that it is doing this means that the thread in the bush (in the timing cover) that the control rod passes through is intact and functioning as intended, so you can now re-set the governed rpm. by turning the control rod anti-clockwise (outwards) to increase the revs and clockwise (inwards) to decrease.

I suggest 1570 - 1580 rpm off load as the initial setting, then recheck on load (preferably full load - 7 KVA max. continuous for the SR2) and re-adjust if necessary.

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13 minutes ago, zen rajab said:

That did the trick

Thank you very much for your help

I owe you bigtime guys

Glad you've got it sorted out.

Just out of interest, what sort of alternator are you running off the SR2 , and is it close-coupled or belt-driven off the flywheel end ?

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28 minutes ago, zen rajab said:

I am using a 12kw synchronous alternator close-coupled to the engine

Take care not to exceed a total connected load (in KW's) of :- 7 x Alternator Power Factor (work on 0.8 PF if no other info.)

The close-coupled alternator you're using prompts me to ask where you've been using the hand-held rev-counter, and if you have been using the camshaft extension at the timing case end for rpm testing/setting on the assumption that it was the crankshaft ? If you have, and you've got it set with that running at 1500 rpm, then you've got the engine and the alternator turning at 3000 rpm !

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