Ferguson TE20 TEF20 lift cylinder and lift cover top rebuild.

Following the replacement of the entire back end several weeks prior, the time came to rebuild the lift cover top and lift cylinder of the TEF20. Doing so ensures strong hydraulic lift, and no weeping from the cylinder means you can park the tractor and power off without the implement dropping. It’s also a good…

Ferguson TEF head rebuild

The Standard Motor Company 20C engine found in the Ferguson TEF20 was the first diesel engine fitted en masse to Ferguson tractors, after Harry Ferguson, the pioneer of the Ferguson Tractor thought diesel engines were noisy and crude. Pressure from competitors tractors such as the Fordson Major, which was not only more powerful than its…

Ferguson TEF20 back end replacement – The cowboys guide

I mentioned in the previous post that the original back end of the lockdown TEF was knackered – It had been cracked on the casting and judging by the state of the grader blade on the sellers eBay page – I think both had been damaged at the same time by hitting something big –…

Lockdown liability

At the start of 2021, and already owning two Grey Fergies, various implements, tools and more, the possibility of a “lockdown” began to loom and I started to panic that I wouldn’t have enough to keep me busy. I’d just finished a never ending list of problems with my second TED20 (more on that in…

A bit of background

I’ve always been interested in taking things apart and (attempting to) put them back together again. Be it bikes or smaller things as a child, moving onto car repairs as a teenager and more recently into vintage machinery, I’ve never been shy of starting a challenge, I just struggle to finish most of my projects!…

Welcome

Welcome to this new Blog. Keep an eye out for new posts coming soon For now, here are a few photos to get you started