Vintage Tractor Engineer

We have just purchased a ‘new’ Ferguson TEF 20 tractor, in need of restoration.  The first job is to rebuild the engine.

The serial number is 509,339 so that dates it at 1956, and means it was one of the latter tractors to be produced (total production was 517,651).  The agent’s plate is difficult to read, but appears [...]

Hello
I wonder if you can help? I have just refurbished a Ferguson TEA 20. It ran well before and after but alas on the christmas road run no 3 cylinder went dead.I have replaced plugs,points condesor,coil, there is no water in oil no oil in water, but have noticed that after cleaning plug, will often [...]

Hello,
I was very impressed by your web site, I hope you may be able to help.  
I have just bought a little grey who’s owner told that it had always been kept inside – he owned it, his father before him ect ect, he told me that he had a minor problem with the starter motor.I [...]

I’ve just got my 1953 MF 28 running, but have struck a problem.
It has jammedin gear, 3rd or 4th, not sure which. Happened after I had it in reverse for about 70m, took it out of reverse facing slightly downhill, and then it somehow got stuck in gear. The next job was to change the [...]

Between 1946 and 1956 over 517,000 Ferguson TE 20 tractors were manufactured. We have information for serial numbers and model variants but there are loads of good sites that go into further detail. Friends of Ferguson Heritage is always a good starting point as they have lots of good articles and links to Ferguson sites [...]