Listers are good for long runs, rather than intermittent use. It used to be traditional in the deep bush to have a Lister-driven pump (perhaps like yours) on a trailer, connected to a 44 gallon drum of diesel fuel. You towed the trailer to the bore beside a [Censored] in whatever paddock was low on water, and coupled the pump to the bore. Then you fired up the Lister and went away. It pumped water into the [Censored] until the 44 gallon drum was empty, then stopped. Next time you saw that a [Censored] somewhere was low, you drove to where you'd left the pump on its trailer, switched the empty 44 gallon drum for a full one, and towed it to the next [Censored]. I gather the rig sometimes just sat out in the boonies for months, maybe years, in between uses.
In other words, what you had might have been a classic item in need of restoration. Maybe the new tenant will do it.
