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Comment on Beamish Plough Match 2009 by ieuan davies

ieuan davies — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:28:13 +0000

the photos bring back lots of memorys, i have lived in western austrlia since 1967, brought up on a farm in wales[ wye valley] and had to stay away from school to plough and plant with the gray ferguson, i live on 10 acres and have a M.F 135.
ieuan

Comment on Excellent day’s ploughing by Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:41:41 +0000

Great job.

Comment on Ferguson Printing Block by ploughmyfield

ploughmyfield — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:18:09 +0000

Hi jim,
yes plenty of scope for cards and I thought a flyer for the ploughmyfield website with ploughmyfield.com in the gap between the main body of text and the text at the bottom.

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Comment on Ferguson Printing Block by Jim Nisbet

Jim Nisbet — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:30:21 +0000

Yes you have a great buy there I hope you manage to use it somehow perhaps Graham can help and we all enjoy an authentic piece of history would make a nice card perhaps to sent to mates like a huge buisness card

Comment on TE-F20 Torque settings by declan hayes

declan hayes — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:37:04 +0000

what setting will i set the tappets on a tef 20c diesel 1952

Comment on Ferguson Tools by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:54:11 +0000

The tool number E18 is a valve grinding too to suit,years ago engine valves a slot or two small location holes in the valve face,you will see the tool blade part turns to suit valves with a slot or the two holes, hope this helps

Comment on Ferguson Tools by Patrick Kelly

Patrick Kelly — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:57:36 +0000

hi I have one of those tool sets you show in your pictures they use to be my grandfathers who unfortunately I was too young to rember at the time and im trying to work out what the e18 tool does if you know it would be great if you could explain what it was used for

Comment on Tractor Cover Modifications by mike browell

mike browell — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:04:16 +0000

I’m inspired by the possibility of concealing my Fergie’s imperfections (and missing bits) under a lovely cover. Will start knitting soon……..

Comment on 118th Norton Ploughing Association plough match 2009 by Gunnar

Gunnar — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:09:03 +0000

The attachment on 595 UXH is not a Ferguson item. It is a norwegian construction made by Kverneland Fabrikker (now Kverneland). This attachment was very common for norwegian Ferguson tractors for transport of “heavy” loads in the 3-point hitch. This attachment was also used on MF 35 and Fordson Dextas for holding implement in lifted position, f.ex. rear load in combination with front loader. The photo shows the old edition. But I can`t see any arm of feather steel going forward under the right side of the seat for engaging/disengaging the lock.

The norwegian name is løftelås (loftelas). In english translation: lift lock or hitch lock.

Comment on Spill Timing TE-F20 by Peter Hilje

Peter Hilje — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:12:15 +0000

Hi Tim,

Your pages are marvellous ! Great !

I took a few helping things of your pages a few years ago, as I restored my TEF wrack.

http://yfrog.com/67theobjektibaughtoc4j

I had a most strange behaviour of my TEF and it took a while till I got to the ground.
1st, 2nd and 4th cylinder where firing, 3ed did not work at all.

See picture:
http://yfrog.com/0xmanifolderj

The colouring of the exhaust manifold tell it.

The fold was fond in the Injection pump.

http://yfrog.com/jmespfehlerj

The delivery piston of No. 3 was the wrong way round.
It could not build up a pressure but ran straight back into the diesel delivery.

http://yfrog.com/7gfergusontefmitbananaloaj

That’s her now

Best Regards

Peter

Comment on Review, Reborn Tractor MF135 Restoration DVD by Steve

Steve — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:44:39 +0000

Hi Tim,
Agree with all you’ve said. Stephen also sent me a copy to review and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It would have been good to know the total cost of restoring a tractor to this standard. I guess restoring the original panels is the most expensive process, as it was so time consuming at Maine Surface Finishers. This cost would be eliminated if the restorer were to do the job him/herself and just needed to buy the materials.

I learnt lots about the tinwork preparation – panel beating, sandblasting, applying filler and sanding it down etc. I would have appreciated a little bit more info on how to set the paint sprayer, as I’m certain there must be lots of ‘tips and tricks’ in getting the process right.

A good DVD and well worth the money if you have a 135, and would also recommend even if you have another model of tractor.

Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year,

Steve.

Comment on Tractor spotting off duty by Peter Mitchell

Peter Mitchell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:06:20 +0000

I think I also saw this “in The Lake District” some 5 or 6 years ago.

It looks as though it has not moved since then!!

I think we all get the ’spotting bug’, and that makes ‘being about’ more interesting.

Comment on Painting Parts Process by Jason Holt

Jason Holt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:27 +0000

Thanks for that.
Will be starting project in about a week and am tracking down a head gasket set, will let you know how Im getting on
Cheers
Jason.

Comment on Painting Parts Process by ploughmyfield

ploughmyfield — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:11:12 +0000

Hi Jason,
For rust I’d use a wire brush attachment on either a drill or an angle grinder.

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Comment on Painting Parts Process by Jason Holt

Jason Holt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:22:07 +0000

Hi all
Just found all this useful information, thanks.
Just about to start refurbishing a petrol tvo With loader and sawbench + head gasket prob wish me luck !!.
Whats the best way to prep the rusty main housings ?

Comment on Tractor spotting off duty by Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:30:26 +0000

Hi,
With reference to the tractor spotted while off duty,
I live in cumbria and am intrigued as to where this tractor is?
just wondering.
dadams8733@aol.com
Keep up the good work with the site!

Cheers

Dave

Comment on Readers Tractor by Martin Lightfoot

Martin Lightfoot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:24:39 +0000

Hi Tim,

Are you still wanting the routing for the lighting kit for the Ferguson TE series ?

My tractor has a working cyclops kit fitted and I could probably help if required.

Thanks

Martin Lightfoot

Comment on Painting Parts Process by Martin Lawrie

Martin Lawrie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:03:51 +0000

I have had some experience now painting with the MF paint that you show in the page. I found that when brushing it on, two coats is best. This helps to fill in the worst of the scratches and pock marks in the bit to be painted (especially if you sand down in between). When spraying, I found a 10% mix with ordinary cellulose thinners to work well. Again, two coats makes all the difference. I used thinners because it smelled like cellulose when I opened the lid! One thing to remember, though, that the second coat must be within a day or so and if not, after several days. The thinners causes the first coat to ‘pickle’ if you’re not careful. I painted my dash, wasn’t happy with it so sanded it down and repainted it. This then caused it to pickle badly and I to start all over again.

I have obtained nice results on my axle casings by using MF’s red oxide primer and then two coats of the grey put on by hand. If you’re careful to use a good brush, don’t apply it too thick (you’re going to do two coats after all!) and make sure all the brushmarks go in the same general direction, you don’t notice that it’s brush-painted because it flattens out a treat.

Does anyone know how long-lived the shine is on this type of paint? Tekaloid (enamel) lasts only a very short time and I’d hate to have to paint my tractor again in a couple of years!

Martin

Comment on Spanner Logo by René

René — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:21:55 +0000

Hi Tim,

Get a bunch of T-shirts made by Graham, I’ll buy a few !.

Regards,

René.

Comment on News roundup by Stephen Todd

Stephen Todd — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:15:40 +0000

We have two more days filming left and the Reborn Tractor DVD should be ready around 21st November 2009.
The programme was made to show the full process of restoration and includes the highs and the lows.
Price wise we are offering around 3 1/2 hours of entertainment for around £24.95 ish
Check out progress at our Flickr diary http://www.flickr.com/photos/33961504@N03/sets/
We hope you like and enjoy our efforts!