Vintage Tractor Engineer

Faulty trailer lights are not only a nuisance to following traffic but are also downright dangerous. Often the fault lies in the plug/socket connection or the cable fittings to the plug/socket . Any plug/socket which is suspected to be faulty should be renewed. This job is not too difficult even for a beginner but identifing [...]

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 [...]

Ian brocklehurst wrote:
Hi, we have a mf 590 and for some reason every now and then it will not start no ignition light. The battery seams OK, but it will not turn over. We have to bump start it; we have charged the battery we have used jump leads but but no [...]

John Fernihough wrote:
Massey Ferguson 130 Tractor 1966.
The battery, only 6 months old, keeps going completely flat. All electrics disconnected, except starter motor and dynamo. All wires appear sound, clean etc.
Any idea of cause?
Hi John,
Have you disconnected the regulator box? That could be the cause of the problem.
Remove one battery lead (battery fully charged) then inbetween [...]

Tractor batteries can be dangerous, particularly if they are unknowingly faulty and emitting greater than normal amounts of hydrogen gas. The danger is that a spark can ignite the gas and explode the battery covering you, and anyone else in the vicinity, in highly corrosive sulphuric acid. Serious acid burns are a real possibility. When [...]