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Enlarging Pre-Combustion Chamber Aids Starting, Standard 23C Engine

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We have written before about the benefits of enlarging the entrance to the pre-combustion chamber on the Standard 23C engine as fitted to the Ferguson FE35 tractor.

One of our fellow FE35 owners (Neil) had completed a full rebuild of his engine but the starting performance was disappointing. Neil ordered Vintage Tractor Engineers’s DVD so see […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|October 2nd, 2010|Engines, MF35 FE35 TO35|3 Comments

Massey Ferguson TO35 With Low Oil Pressure

We’ve had this question from Tyler who has recently fully rebuilt his 23C engine out of a Massey Ferguson TO35. It looks as though Tyler has looked into most of the potential causes, but is there anywhere else he should look?

Dear Vintage Tractor Engineer,

I want to start by saying your 23C rebuild dvd is […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|September 16th, 2010|Engines, MF35 FE35 TO35|6 Comments

Early Massey Ferguson 135 Tractors

Christian from Sweden has just purchased the 135 Restoration DVD and is just about to start the restoration of his tractor. Christian’s tractor is a 1966 model and wants to know what the tractors looked like from this early period and in particular the headlamp design. Did the headlamp design change or was the style […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|September 2nd, 2010|Articles/News, MF 100 Series|3 Comments

Setting Clutch On 3 Cylinder MF35

First of all thanks for your great 4 cylinder engine rebuild dvd, although I have the 3 cylinder version, it is still a great help!

I have just finished rebuilding the main part of the engine and am at the

stage of putting on the dual clutch, but am having problems working out the correct spacers required […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|August 28th, 2010|Clutches, MF35 FE35 TO35|3 Comments

TE 20 Condensation In Hydraulic Oil

Just a couple of photos from the first day of filming we did for the Ferguson TE 20 Hydraulics DVD. In this shot the lighting and camera were focused on the work bench as we dismantled the pump.

Now take a look at the colour of the transmission oil that came out.

The oil clearly hadn’t been […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|June 11th, 2010|Hydraulics, TE20|3 Comments

TEF 20 Engine Not Repaired

Well it’s nearly 18 months since we bought a TEF 20 with a seized engine. As soon as we got the tractor home we were eager to get started with stripping the engine and finding out where the problem was. But the TEF is still sat in the corner of the shed, so why is […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|June 8th, 2010|TE20|20 Comments

Ferguson TE20 Website Resources

If there’s one model of tractor that’s written most about on the internet it is probably the Ferguson TE 20. That’s not really surprising in itself, as there were well over 500,000 tractors manufactured between 1946 and 1956.

Vintage Tractor Engineer has decided to take a minute to put some of these resources on this page […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|May 29th, 2010|Articles/News, TE20|Comments Off

Massey Ferguson 35

The production of Ferguson TE20 and TO20 tractors spanned a decade, from 1946 to 1956. In tota 517,651 TE20’s were manufactured and 140,000 TO20’s. These tractor were certainly the most successful tractor range ever built and revolutionised farming in the post war years. In fact the TE20 was the first tractor to be used on […]

By Vintage Tractor Engineer|May 14th, 2010|MF35 FE35 TO35|70 Comments

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