At the recent Ferguson Club AGM in Sheffield I became the local area representative for South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

Tonight I have put together an article for the club magazine and printed letters to go out to all the area members.

We have a stanhay handbrake on our 1950 TED20 Grey Fergie having sent you
some photographs of this some time ago and which lurk on your website
somewhere. We have picked up the attached handbrake , a Meadonian which I
believe was produced or available for the Grey Fergie at some point perhaps
being manufactured in Cornwall and would be interested to find out a bit
more about this if anyone has any information same. It appears to be solid
brass and clamps onto the brake foot lever.

The second picture is taken from Mike Thornes book “TE20′s in Detail” page
140 and it would appear as if there is one fitted to one of the Fergies in
his collection.

Any information on this would be appreciated

Regards
Richard

Hi Richard,

Fascinating stuff. All I could find was some video of the brake in operation in the Ferguson on the farm Part 1 about 11:30 into the  DVD Harold is seen driving a tractor with the brake fitted.

Ferguson on the Farm PT1, 11:38 in.

On the drive down you pass this wonderful collection of Ferguson, MF and other tractors at the side of the road.

(click on the image to see it on it’s glory)

Does anyone know any more about the owner, Why they are there? I always keep meaning to stop and say hello but never seen to find the time.

I voiced on my drive it is very wet in the fields at the moment and you have to think about the poor farmers trying to grow things in these drought, flood risk conditions! Sometimes having a desk job has it’s advantages!

A couple of weekends ago the weather was good so I drove my tractor down to the local shops to collect the family weekly shop, as you do! I was followed all the way home, yes I know the tractor only goes 14mph and you tend to get a lot of people following you, but this time the driver was persistant in following me. When I got home the driver stopped and came over to talk to me. It turned out to be David Hinchliffe (comments in Blue) a local lad who I had been chatting to on the internet only a couple of days before. How is that for coincidence!

His family have always lived locally in Sheffield and have bought many Fergusons from the local dealer Samuel Wilson & Sons. He is trying to trace the whereabouts of any of the following tractors. My contact from Samuel Wilsons has checked his records and come up with some interesting background information on the tractors (comments in Yellow).

More pictures to follow, do you know where any of these tractors have gone? Please get in touch.

Tony.

Sorry it’s taken so long to upload these photo’s Tony it’s been Manic in the Ray household over the past week. You will probably have finished by now? I see you’ve answered a few questions regarding the conversion, thanks. Can we have some more pictures/info on how you’ve got the drive to the front axle as I see in your last post http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2012/03/14/4wd-beginnings/  you had a chain sticking out of one of the hydraulic access covers.

Thanks for sending in the pic’s can’t wait to see it finished. Can you do video?

Does anyone have a Ferguson Transporter in or around the Sheffield area?

I’d love to come and measure it with a view to producing a full set of drawings so I can Manufacture one.

please get in touch.

I have started work on the computer drawings of the transporter but it is difficult when you don’t have any dimensions yet. I think the transporter in the pictures is the later Massey Ferguson type as it has the tubular frame.

More details
I have been trying to identify my MF loader backhoe. The loader is
702S with serial no 25389 and digger 220-7 with serial C11522 The gear
box has E 3 P and the rear end has 1 E R the engine is a Perkins
3-152. I have not as yet found any where to find information on this
tractor.

Have you ever seen these funny looking patterns in magazines or on advertisements? They are called QR codes. If you have a modern mobile phone with a camera you will probably be able to read these codes. This one contains a link to the ploughmyfield website.

I am currently looking at producing a T-Shirt promoting the website and I think this image will appear on it somwhere.

Wikipedia has more information on QR Codes here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

Tony I look forward to seeing the completed project.

I have posted before pictures of one readers conversion of a TEA-20 to 4WD

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2010/05/17/4wd-te-a20/

From the photo above you can see the ugly orange gas pipe that was fitted when I bought the tractor that takes fuel from the main tank straight to the lift pump bypassing the Auxiliary tank altogether. The Auxiliary tank is missing from the picture but it should sit behind the main tank. With the tank removed you can see the round hole in the supporting framework where the feed from the main tank enters the Auxiliary tank.

Not all TEF-20′s have a lift pump. The early model 1951-(late 1953/early 1954) did not. When going up hill or down hill the smaller auxiliary tank fed the injector pump much better. The feed out of the bottom of the tank is comes from someway up inside the tank. This space allows the bottom of the tank to collect water and sludge and keep it out of the filters and pump. I was lucky the auxiliary tank was fitted when I purchased the tractor. They are commanding a good price. The one on my tractor is pitted with holes that need filling before i can use it again. No doubt the focus of a future post.

Still to find

I still have one piece of pipework to find to complete the system it is item 8 from the list below.

TED have you got one?

The below shows the complete fuel system and is then from the ,20, parts list, Massey Ferguson Publication 819 167 M1  

I love the way it is so imperfect.

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/7-hour-tractor/

This is a nice local project I’ll be following with interest as I know the owner of the tractor well. This tractor was a donor of one of the swing out side light for my tractor (there was only one fitted). If only I could get Mike to part with the headlight!

More info in these articles.

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2009/01/31/mikes-tractor/  – Lots of photo’s here

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2009/02/06/mikes-tractor-update/

My advice

Remove the fuel tank and connected fuel system items including the carb and clean then thoroughly and replace. Yes it is a bit tricky setting up a carb but I’m sure there should be some info on the internet or maybe one of the readers could comment? Connected to this is also the air cleaner and air flow into the carb.

Which type of Carb do you have?

Clean the distributer and check the points/rotor arm.

Purchase a new wiring loom and some spark plugs (be careful with plugs as Mike’s engine has been changed to run on TVO, I think you need a different length plugs?.
Don’t worry about the dynamo but get hold of a Lucas/Ferguson starter and bolt it on. (be careful there are 6 volt and 12 volt units available).

You will be able to pick up some second hand types and there is a chap out in the peaks I can give you a number for.

You will also need a good battery!

Make sure everything is clean as you go and you are happy when you put it back on.

A very interesting project and I look forward to seeing how you get on.

PLEASE ALL COMENT ON THIS ONE AS MY PETROL FERGUSON KNOWLEDGE IS WEAK!

I’ve had a look for PAR on the map and it is a small village on the south Cornish coast just east of St. Austell

John’s comments on the tractors. the other pictures are of a couple of TEF’s the clean one I started on last year before becoming ill, I do everything myself even the shotblasting and I probably spent about two months on it  about 4hrs a day but it was pulled completely apart , I had to change two gears and bearings in the gearbox, back axle was o.k apart from the seals and I had to machine the brake shafts down a little and make some new bushes and steady posts on the brake plates, the top link bush had to be ground out which took about three hours, the engine was completely stripped and rebuilt  with reground crank plus 10 all round, new pistons liners ect; head was skimmed and new valves, guides, springs ect  fitted, the timing of the pump has been done so once the oil and water is sorted she should run, the other Tef was purchased just for the wheels and tyres which are brand new it worked out cheaper than buying new ones only and i would have had another one to work on, I am now retired and if i can get back to normal health wise i also have a couple of Leylands to get stuck into

John has a problem with his restoration and it’s a problem I can’t solve as I’ve never seen the item in question before. Can you shed any light on his problem? The following pictures show the inspection cover in front of the injector pump on a TEF’s 20C engine. The plate has been replaced with a device to take a cable to a tachometer. Do you know anything about it or have you seen one before? John is trying to find a suitable cable and more information. What tractor was this type of device originally fitted to. what did the dial look like?

Hello Tim,Thanks for your message, I took a few pictures today of the drive plate I would be gratefull if you could mention it on the FOFH site, I have been trawling through my past feedback on e-bay to try and find the guy I bought it off, no luck I’m afraid, I think it was fitted on a French TEF I don’t know what the model number would be but before it was shotblasted it was painted red, I’m basically trying to find a cable for it but any information would be great.Regards John.

I feel totally justified in buying the part as well. I always thought the shaft I had fitted wasn’t the correct length (not overall but to the marker cut into the shaft) and I was right. The one I was replacing I bought only a few years ago I think it is from a different tractor maybe a 35? Below shows the picture of the New, grey painted shaft n the right and older Zinc coated one on the left. The picture bellow that shows a close up of the difference in the notch height from the top.

The only thing I’m gutted about is the seller plastered brown tape all over that lovely original box! then stuck it in another packet to post it, shame. Still you can just make out the label through the packaging tape in the picture below. I didn’t know that the Standard Motor Company supplied spare parts but who else would as they were the company making the tractors. It must have been a lucrative business.

I never would have thought I’d be fitting an original NEW out the box parts to a 58 year old tractor!

Engineer 1260

I’ve been reading a proper website this week on the subject of Ferguson Tractors. It’s Jeff or 1260Engineer.

Jeff’s Blog

I’ve known Jeff for a few years from his days at Holland Brand where he was one of the engineers. Jeff’s background is Airplane’s and he brings a refreshing preciseness to all he does, reading his blog posts will confirm this. I last referenced Jeff’s website in an article in 2009

I get really inspired and depressed at the same time when I read all the wonderful things Jeff is doing and the time it must have taken, knowing I am lucky if I can grab a couple of hours a week in the garage. It’s taken me a good few weeks to fit two stabiliser brackets. The jobs seem to be growing.

Well done Jeff Keep up the great work, another TE saved from distraction. 687,00 hits in a year! are you sure  that’s more than 1882 hits a day!

John I. Fearn (Agricultural) LTD

I am making progress with the history of a second Ferguson dealer although my search has been limited to the internet and a couple of phone calls.
see the section on the Right under Dealers for all the information I have discovered to date.

Fearn webpage (in production)

720/721 Manual Confusion.

I have to say Massey Ferguson & Massey harris implement numbering is so confusing. I was looking for an implement manual 720/721 cultivator and came across a 720/721 Low volume sprayer, 720 mounted spinner broadcaster. 720 snow thrower, 720 disc harrow. Why did they all have the same number? can anyone please give reason behind the numbering? I can’t. Oh well I now have a 720/721 Massey Ferguson low volume sprayer manual, Great!!

I’m now the owner of not 2 but 9 extra tines and a load of other bits including the steerage fin, which was also missing and I wasn’t going to fit.

There is also another balance spring and some ridge/potato planter parts.

Offered on eBay from the same seller at the same time was another bundle of useful looking Ferguson and none Ferguson parts. I thought that as I’d have to go out of my way to collect the one lot I might as well get two lots, if I could secure the items in the second photo for a reasonable price. I did and I’ve been to collect them all tonight.

Now I know the adjustable drawbar is not an original Ferguson item but I have yet to examine the rest of the items in detail.

The hub was missing on the rear of the main shaft when I got the mower. A hub C/W grease nipple for a MF65 will fit. See photo.

How’s the Sheffield dealer hunt coming along?

Kind Regards

Tim Webb

Thanks for the article Tim, Sheffield dealer hunt is going well, had a telephone conversation last night that leads me to another line of enquiry. More info to follow!

I also see an original cast set on eBay went for a princely sum yesterday. I’m glad I payed no where near that for mine. I’m also glad I’ve got my set, as I can’t imagine paying nearly £60 for a pair + postage.

So is it someone who reads this website that has bought them on the seeing my previous articles? If you have, please get in touch.

AEEA3815 Mower Bracket

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.

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/

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

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.

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!

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?

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!

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!

Articles to add and update:

• More Lighting information and page update (its more detail and photo’s). – web
• Article on an original TO-35 -web
• Article on Phil and his work. -web
• Footplates
• conduit and cable
• lift pump

He has also sent a couple of pictures of his Reekie conversion which I should imagine is a vary rare item in the USA. I’m a sucker for a nice Ferguson tractor picture especially when it’s a reekie.

“Hi Tim,
These are several photos of my TEF-20 Reekie conversion. I hope to someday make a plough similar to the one that you have photos of. Thanks for your help in the past. I hope that you received the other email and are willing to let me use several photos of yours from the Newark 2009 show of the Reekie plough and tractor.”

Regards
David

Is it me nit picking or should the exhaust be white? But still it looks ten times better than my tractor.

Stephen, what do you think of that headlight original or not?

Rather than looking for an original toolbox Roy was happy to purchase a replica. He chose the offering from Patrick, wwww.Fergiland.com and got a great show deal. Tip: Not only will you save Postage & Packaging buy buying at a show (offsetting the entry price) getting your parts from a show also offers you the opportunity to look at and feel the items and check it’s quality and suitability. You can’t do that when buying over the internet. There is also the probability that the seller may have an atractive show offer available making it cheaper than buying normally.

All the reproduction toolboxes Roy and I saw at the show have the lid hinge running the full length of the box, unlike the original toolboxes. Another feature of the original box saw the catch was riveted on as opposed to welded with the modern box. Oh yet and the modern one is painted red.

“The bolt holes on the original where off to othe right side. This box has then centrally positioned. When fitting if it fouls the dashboead I’ll drill some more holes offsett.” Roy commented

So Roy also bought two copper rivets and has added them to his new toolbox to make it look a bit more authentic.

And he’s made a great job of painting it grey

Nice job Roy, I wait for the photo from Roy of the toolbox fitted to his tractor.

http://rogergsmith.typepad.co.uk/publishing_days/2011/07/progress-in-fil

ming-mf-implements.html

http://rogergsmith.typepad.co.uk/publishing_days/2010/10/massey-ferguson

-implements-filming-has-started.html

Best wishes
Roger Smith

Far to much red in there for me as Cyclops would have said. I think I’m looking more for “Ferguson on the Farm DVD 2a” with lots of grey tractors and impliments!

This years show for me has been a different experience having my son with me. It’s put a different spin on the things that we looked at as my son’s choices seemed to take a preference over mine. For example I’ve never looked at the model tractors in the past but my son took a shine to every stall selling model tractors or cars, asking if I could buy that one for him! That said I’m sure he takes better pictures than me. My favourite tractors are Fergusons but my son loves the green and yellow of John Deere’s so this years show was for him as the chosen showcase make in the long marquee was the green perils.

This small number will set you back about $350,000!

His favourite other tractors where one with lots of wheels and a Bedford truck. Pictures only shown here to keep the peace as He won’t talk to me if I don’t add some of his pictures.

The truck picture was taken by him and several others I have used, david Bailey move over.

Right now we’ve got the green ones out the way we can concentrate on the grey.

Going to the show on the Saturday means you go past the auction field on your way through the gate. Roy and I always have a look round to see if there is anything interesting. This Vineyard TE-20 caught my eye. It would go in the garage so much easier than a regular width TE-20. The owner was on hand to answer questions and it seemed to start and tick over well enough. Does anyone know how much it made?

Along with all the John Deere tractors in the long marquee (which didn’t seem as full this year as in previous year) down the one end was one of the vintage clubs and this fascinating MF/FE 35. Again the owner was on hand to assure us it was a genuine tractor although it has had a respray. It was in a batch of about 50 tractors that got caught in the change over from grey/gold to grey/red. It just doesn’t look right!

I get a lot of people asking about tractor covers. This splendid example is available from The Ferguson club via their website. There are two versions with and without pocket for the cyclops headlight. http://www.fergusonclub.com/merchandise/merchandise.htm

This was a very professionally painted blue and silver TEA-20. So obviously not wanting to be grey it actually works as a colour scheme, for me anyway. Thanks for getting in touch Donald with a little background as to why you the tractor is painted those colours.

“Thanks for taking the picthure of my TEA-20 at Newark. It was the blue
and silver one on the Ferguson Club stand. The colours silver = 25years
and blue = the colour of the ferguson club letter heads, this year is the 25th anniversary
these colours did and do draw attenion to the tractor.
Paint was donated by WITHAM PAINTS AND OILS.
If i can be of any help in the future let me know.”
Regards

Donald Sapsford

“yes there was such a thing as a 132,also a 142. Both were made by Eicher in
Germany and badge engineered as MFs. In return MF sent 148 skid units to Eicher
to be dressed up as Eicher tractors.” Sammy Neill

“The 132 is actually an Eicher with MF tinwork on it.(hence the air cooled engine) ” René de Bruin

I’ve taken a lot of pictures of the Ferguson A’a on display. my aim is to generate a panoramic shot of the lot in one photo.

The opinion from speaking to people,

most of us go to meet friends that you know will be going, collect some parts and have a look at some fantastic tractors. Overall in my opinion there seemed to be less tractors there this year. Less tractors isn’t bad, I didn’t have a chance to look at everything. Every tactor has a story and you could be chatting to the owner for half an hour or more. There where a lot more retail stalls there this year I thought, not all of themselling tractor related merchandise! It was a well attended show judging by how long it took to get in the car park and the amount of cars. It’s always worth pre booking your ticket, save a few quid on the door price and get in via a special entry, avoiding the ques. I am looking forward to next year already.

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

I’ve bought 3 x 7″ long 5/8″ UNF bolts. I’m going to cut the bolt head off and weld on 1.1/16″ A/F head nuts to make bolts that will fit the ferguson spanner.

I’ll post some more pictures as I convert them.

David (who is moving to Canada)  said he had gone through the same process and would send pictures.

I’ve spent the morning putting together the mower behind the tractor.

I didn’t fully test it as I’m missing some important items, the bracket under the right hand stabiliser bracket, The bolts for the left hand stabiliser. The tractor wheels should definitely be set to 52″ centres as at their narrowest 48″ the brake away bar and balance spring catch on the right hand wheel.

Richard is right when fully raised the mower catches on the number plate light.

And to think yesterday it looked like this.

I can’t wait to assemble the remaining parts and test the mower out in the spring.

I looked at the mower for the first time on Monday night and it looks fab and complete, I am looking forward to getting it home to Sheffield later today.

There is one interesting and unexpected item with the mower I have purchased the point at which the knife joins the drive is via a ball Joint (attached to mower) and blacket (attached to the blade).

looking in the mower instruction book it details the same connection as just described. Looking at the ferguson on the farm DVD volume 1 Harold Beer’s mower has a different connection as detailed in the picture below. Anyone care to comment?

So up until a week ago I thought all mowers connected to the cutter bar as shown in the picture below.

The below picture shows the connection on my mower.

within an hour or so of posting I have had this excellent reply

Thanks Richard, I’ll keep an eye out for the mower hitting the light. It recommends connecting the left hand stabiliser bar to stop the mower moving laterally. Do you use the stabiliser with your mower?

[update 28/10/2011]

For £7 and I’m a little wiser as to when the changes took place. Arriving in the post this morning was an original Ferguson Rear Mounted Mower Instruction Book, It is dated March/1954. In the parts list it has a couple of great entries.

The knife is also shown as two items Thompson Coupling(early design) Pitman Coupling (Later Design). so the next time you look to buy a knife on eBay or at a sale, beware there are two types.

I’ve asked David to keep us posted on his progress an if he does manage to fit everything in. I also said if he couldn’t fit it all in  I know a good home where he could leave them!

I placed a post on The FoFH forum asking for help with item 10 from the above image.

I was looking for an original part, a modern replica or a drawing to fabricate one myself. what I’ve ended up with is an original & matching Ferguson spanner fitting 6.1/2″ long Bolt, item 8.

This is thanks to Nev Carter who saw the post and offered one. Nev lives in Australia! so he is sending it all the way to the UK for me. I have of course paid for the postage but that’s all as Nev wouldn’t let me pay for the parts.

Thank You Nev, I’ll let you know when they arrive.

I’m over the moon with this set of pictures. One leg down 8 more to go. I then have the frame to paint and assemble as well. It looks fab and the nice new black reversible shovels are all down to a Friend Bob who dropped 6 of them off tonight.  He also supplied the plough bolts 7/16″ x35mm (that’s what it said on the packet). Thank you Bob. I feel really ungrateful but I could do with 3 more shovels to complete the 9 in total that I’ll need for the whole implement.

[update]

An update from Bob he intended to send 9 shovels. So he’s sorting the remaining 3 out. That’s fantastic news.

Saturday 15th October 2011 saw the 120th Norton Plough match. The start time was 10am with 4 hours to complete your plot. and the weather, by the looks of the photo’s wonderful

our roving reporter Roy Hutchinson was there and sent this report,

Hi Tim, what a lovely sunny day  I met Maurice again ex lorry driver from Samual Wilson & Sons plus  a chap living in Norton with 2 Fordsons he has driven to a Show near Ollerton plus the Ashover show and the Derbyshire charity run very interesting to talk to but did not invite me to view.

Regards Roy..

http://www.nortonshow.co.uk/ for more information of next years event and an entry form.

It’s so close to me 2012 could be the year I enter. Not having any transport for the tractor means I have to drive it everywhere I want to take it. Thanks for the report Roy.

more pictures available here. click to enlarge.
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I helped as a friend Ted Watkins, who originally worked for Samuel Wilson & Sons The Ferguson dealer in Sheffield, fitted new rear seals, gaskets,shims  and brakes to the tractor some weeks ago. The brakes haven’t stopped the tractor well since and Ted assured me they would take time to bed in. This weekend we jacked the tractor up and removed the brake drums to reveal high points on the brakes. The high points were filed and the tractor is stopping much better, a 200% improvement. They still need a bit more bedding in.

I’ve seen a couple of online discussions about how poor the brakes on a Ferguson tractor are after replacing them. Maybe they just need  a bit of time to bed in. The pictures show high spots on either edge of the shoe which indicates the brakes where fitted correctly.

I have to write this information down or my head is going to explode. I’m searching for nuts and bolts for several items and it’s difficult juggling it all in my head at the same time. (Yes I do only have a small brain)

(click to enlarge picture)

The picture shows a set of original Ferguson cast stabiliser brackets in undercoat paint. If you look closely you will see RH stamped on the one on the left (above the lower hole). You can also notice the poor quality in the corners of the castings.

The stabiliser brackets I bought so many months ago now look resplendent in there final coat of Ferguson grey. I am resourcing the bolts that hold them in place below the mudguards.  I got the bolt  lengths completely wrong in my first article on the subject.

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/2011/02/16/bars-stays-and-arms-a-te-59/

There are,

Item 8, 3 off 5/8″ UNF x6.1/8″ Long Hex bolts (with 1.1/16″ A/F head)

Item 9, 3 off 5/8″ UNF x6.1/8″ Long Hex bolts (with 1.1/16″ A/F head)

The problem with the above 2 items is they won’t fit the ferguson spanner as modern equivalents will have a 15/16″ A/F head size. So my dilemma is, do I buy now ones and put up with them not fitting. or do I buy longer bolts, cut the head off, thread them and screw on one of the 1.1/16″ nuts that I sell, then weld the nut on?(A lot of work)

I think I have to have the heads to fit the spanner even with the work involved. I know Patrick at fergiland used to sell the bolts which he has specially made but the supplier has not wanted to produce any more.

Item 7, can be purchased as a sparex part S.49169 and is about £2.50 each.

I have the pins, chain and split pin, items 2-5.

Does anyone have a spare, or have the dimension for item 10 the anchor the mower attaches to?

9S-KE-20

I couldn’t resist this small format Instruction manual I found on eBay even though I have the earlier large format Instruction manual & separate parts manual. The later small book combines the two and is in a lot more portable format. Pure extravagance.

So now I’m looking for parts.

From the above parts list I’m looking for

item 9, 9 off 7/16″ UNF x 1.3/4″ Cultivator Bolt

item 10, 9 off 7/16″ UNF x 1.3/8″ Cultivator Bolt

I’ve found some MF part numbers for the above items as either a cultivator bolt, or a plough bolt. Ideally I’d want Cultivator bolts but I’d settle for plough bolts.

Now all I have to do is find an online source for Ferguson parts where I can enter the MF part numbers.

[update]

Sparex again have the parts.

item 9, S.21467 come in packs of 10, I’d need 2 packs

item 10, isn’t listed but  1.1/2″ long is S.21466 come in packs of 10, I’d need 2 packs

The above can all be ordered online from  http://www.malpastractors.co.uk/

This one however looks in a much better condition. It has been collected by a friend an I haven’t seen it myself yet.

From the photo’s I can see. the PTO is there, Tie Rod, Optional Parking stands, Swage board, 2 knives in a wooden holder.

Also supplied with the mower is a box of bits. Hopefully I should have some more info and pictures soon.

Thanks Chris for this photo.

It shows the spring and break away bar

I’m getting behind in a number of requests for information. So I’ve decided to post them all together in one go. Now I have a new baby to look after as well as my first son time is even more limited and I’m still on paternity leave!

Diesel Cable Bracket

I have had a request for a drawing of the cable clip I made that holds the steel conduit from the battery to the start in place.

http://www.ploughmyfield.com/files/TEFCableBracket.pdf

Jack Measurement.

information to follow

Question from a reader.

Wow you have set yourself a challenge. There are a number of questions you need to answer before going any further. first off, how much money where you thinking of spending? Second how much spare time do you have? What type of engine block is it? There are 6 all together that yours could be I think . Fuel type is the easiest place to start. diesel, petrol, TVO? 6 volt or 12 volt electrics The best thing to do is take a load of pictures and send them to me. left side right side, under the bonnet, back, front, close up either side of the engine. That will do for starters.

Beamish Auger in action again

This is an amazing Auger. At some point in it’s life it has lost the two original cast arms that stick out from the tractor. The current two arms have been fabricated not cast. Again just a picture Chris hasn’t work out how to take movies with his phone, one day!

After posting this item charles has been in touch with some words of wisdom. I don’t know everything and don’t claim to. This website is a journey. It’s a discovery, for all I hope.

Tim,  welcome back from the recent hack and congratulations on the new family addition.The post holer at Beamish is very similar to mine and yes they are an amazingly powerful machine ,the DFE20 as it was designated always had fabricated steel lift arms,the cross member differed over the years and according to which country they were made in. Some cross members ,particularly the English made ones were cast and hansome in design , the Australian and other overseas models used the same  British made gear box and lift arm design but used a simpler more utilitarian cross member as shown in the attached pictures. The fabrication of arms and cross member and in some cases the auger itself , at least here in Australia was in order to satisfy local content laws and avoid import tarrifs. Beamish’s auger looks to be complete  ,it just has arms that were repaired a little crudely at some time. The instruction book for it suggests that the arms are suitable as a lifting crane! perhaps that is how the damage occurred. I believe a slip clutch was available for this implement , I have never seen one and would love to source one in order to protect the gearbox from overload. Regards Charles

9S-KE-20

Update implement is now back from the shot blasters and it’s come up much cleaner than I thought.

(before and after pictures)

Not from a reader

OK first let me start with a question.

I’ve purchased a length of steel conduit to go from the battery to the starter motor. The conduit however doesn’t go all the way to the starter motor and stops early. Can someone please leave a comment with the length the conduit should be and also the length of the wire from battery to carter motor. Mine i fear is anything but the original length.

and the place I got the conduit is……

http://www.vintagesupplies.com search for the work conduit

I have also purchased smaller bore conduit to run wire from the mudguard lights to the switch on the dashboard. There should be enough of the large diameter stuff to protect the lighting wires under the front axle (as original).

I have bought a Ferguson mower (Again)

(Details to follow)

If you’ve sent me an email in the past week I’m sorry for not replying yet, things have been a little bit frantic with the arrival of my second child.
So how much Tractor time will I hope to get in the coming months? Not very much has to be the answer.

I Finally got the tool box fitted to the radius arm of my TEF-20 tonight. below picture showing the before and after. I should have fitted the tool box to the left hand rear mudguard as my serial number dictated. It was only later in production that the tool box was fitted to the radius arm. Later FE-35′s also had their toolboxes fitted to the radius arm.

Before as it arrived.

Tool Box as fitted tonight.

9S-KE-20 Update

Its amazing how small a Ferguson implement shrinks down to once  you’ve taken it apart. Here is my S9-KE-20 all ready to go off to the shot blasters,.