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Old 01-22-2008
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Those Lister's were used for many years as lifeboat motors. They kind of died out in the seventies in that usage. They used to be all over the Orient as well powering small fishing boats. The word was that they'd run on about anything upwards of fermented straw! Never tested that theory myself. (g) Is your compression release working? They're pretty durable little motors. I'd imagine parts are still fairly readily available.
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