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Tim chizz, you asked for a drawing of the mower bracket that Nev so kindly sent me all the way from Oz, here it is. Download the PDF below.

AEEA3815 Mower Bracket

Tags: 5A-EE-B20, A-TE-59, AEEA3815

This is a big thank you to Nev, one of the FoFH members from Australia. Why, well about 2 Months ago Nev answered my plee for a part for my Ferguson mower. Well 2 months have passed and today A parcel arrived from Australia. Thank you Nev. He wouldn’t take any money for the parts and all I paid was the postage.
A part of my tractor will come all the way from Australia! Thanks again

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2011/10/22/thank-you-nev/

Was there ever two Ferguson dealerships in Sheffield? I know of Samuae Wilson & Sons, but the above brochure has come to my attention, The stamp on the Massey Harris brochure shows a Sheffield dealer address. The name reads John I. Fearn (Agricultural) LTD, Howard St, SHEFFIELD, 1. Phone 29078/9. Grams: Fearnco

Wow, Revolutionary stuff. I didn’t think Sheffield was big enough to support 2 Ferguson dealers. Howard Street is down near the central train station.

It may be that this second dealer took over from Wilsons when they stopped being an MF dealer in the early 60s.  I shell make it a priority to investigate.

This all can to light when a member of the FoFH forum said his tractor was registered to a sheffiled dealer in 1961.

Hi Tim,

Happy new year to all,

The toolbox is fitted, the difference from the original and this reproduction one is the holes are central in the repro, but it fits ok.

Previous post about toolbox

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2011/11/24/roys-toolbox/

Tags: Roy, toolbox

A big thank you to phill @Old20Parts for stitching these photo’s of Ferguson Brown’s from the FoFH tent at last years Newark show. After upgrading my computer the program I used to use has vanished.

I would advise you to click on the pictures to see them in their full glory!

Tags: Ferguson A, Ferguson Brown, FoFH, Newark

I had an email request for the dimensions for a TEF-20 Starting Handle as someone wanted to make one. You can download a PDF from the link below or click on the picture if you like. The only thing to watch out for is the Left hand end that engages with the tractor. this must be made of a hardened material and is a complicated shape to manufacture. These starting handles do appear on eBay from time to time and I’d recommend picking one up from there.

Download PDF here

Wow This is Fab. Well done. I know how hard it is to get stuff made. Yes I had enough problems modeling/drawing the end.

Tags: Drawing, Starting Handle, TEF-20

The last couple of nights in the garage have been very productive. This has been the first chance I’ve had to get back into the garage after the Christmas holiday.

Matt has come to the rescue again and rethreaded the mudguard bolt for me. then he has welded the top and skimmed it up with the lathe. Thanks Matt. Some paint to be applied then they can be fitted to the mudguards along with the stabiliser brackets.

This now means the mudguard bolts will be able to be tightened by the Ferguson spanner

Nev –  still no sign of the parts from Australia. You don’t think the Somali pirates have them do you? I’m sure they will turn up soon.

Recently I also picked up an inlet manifold for a TEF-20 with the Venturi assembly still attached. As a bonus it also has a heater plug attached with the brass screw that holds the wire on. The brass screw was missing from my heater plug, not any more. My plan is to overhaul the Venturi assembly and replace it with the one on my tractor as it is very worn and sucking a lot of air in.

Finally tonight I have cleaned up the oil pressure gauge I purchased recently and fitted it to the tractor. Wow it really finishes the dashboard of nicely.

If I carry on at this rate I will have it finished before 2013!

Tags: Original

Last year I posted some great pictures from a reader who was hoping to restore TEF-20

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2011/05/16/pauls-restoration-challenge/

That particular deal fell through but undeterred Paul’s partner has come to the rescue and bought him for Christmas a TEF-20. Strange my wife given the chance would like to sell my tractor and all my Ferguson stuff. It’s amazing how things change.

So on with the new challenge for 2012.

Paul,
From the photo’s this one looks a little easier to restore then your last Specimen.
I love those pictures of the Cylinder Head tool. I have seen it before in the Britool tools catalogue, who originally supplied most of the tools for Ferguson. The badge looks fab.
So are you having the tractor restored by someone or will it be you restoring it?

Tags: Britool, TEF-20, Tool kit, Tools

I have finally managed to get hold of an original oil pressure gauge for a Ferguson TEF. It’s the last item I need to complete my original looking dashboard. The current gauge I have is coloured and was fitted to later tractors.

It was also fitted to the TED and TEA models. A lower pressure 0-40 PSI gauge was fitted to the TE20 Continental engine model. The best news of all it cost less than the price of the reproduction examples I have seen.

How do I know its original? It is a white faced gauge. 0-100 PSI. The dial pokes through the face and the hole is a crescent shape. It has two rivets  at the bottom left and right. The font and style of text is consistant with other gauges fitted to original tractors I have seen

So A job for over the Christmas period, fitting it. It’s tricky getting your hands round the back of the left hand side of a TEF dashboard as the Auxiliary fuel tank is in the way, so it should be fun. A five minute job that might take all day!

Tags: Dashboard, Oil Pressure Gauge, Original

Things were looking so good in the garage last night adding Ferguson nuts to 5/8″ UNF bolts to make mudguard bolts that will be turnable by a Ferguson spanner. I cut the head of the modern bolt and the end was quite square. I then threaded it 5/8″ UNF and screwed the nut on with the intention of welding it in place.

In fact the thread wasn’t parallel to the bolt and the nut isn’t square. Not sure what to do now. I’ve had advice to find a friend with a lathe! I don’t have a spare 7″ long bolt!

Tags: A-TE-59, Bolts, Spanner