Covid induced Ferguson TE20

[MercuryMac]

Thanks Dozer. I hope you don't think I have a humongus pile of old five gallon pails thrown out beside the shop, so I can just keep grabbing some more pails and building more things, Oh, wait, I do.

 

[DozerII]

Thanks Dozer. I hope you don't think I have a humongus pile of old five gallon pails thrown out beside the shop, so I can just keep grabbing some more pails and building more things, Oh, wait, I do.

Kinda figured you might have a few, but I think an old 30lb propane tank would work better.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

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[DozerII]

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Lol that too Doc

 

[MercuryMac]

In my imagineering I was thinking of the cement mixer principle, the internal paddles. Unfortunately, I don't have a cement mixer.
Thanks guys, for putting images in my head.

 

[MercuryMac]

I was masking the Ferguson motor today so I can sandblast, prime and paint it. That's when I noticed something I'd forgotten about, the crank nut was worn right out, [I'm not sure why], so I welded it up and ground it to shape.

 

[MercuryMac]

The progress report includes sandblasting the motor.

 

[DozerII]

The progress report includes sandblasting the motor.

Did the inside clean up nice.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Did the inside clean up nice.

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[MercuryMac]

Unfortunately, this whole tractor was not 'in the plan', so it wasn't planned. The inside of the motor was cleaned up before the sandblasting and not after, so I will be doing a little 'damage control' afterwards.
The guys that got this project going, are mechanics and fabricators, but they will not paint things. I am confident that I could take parts of a rusted, one hundred year old engine to them and within a month they would phone me to come and get my 'running motor', ---- but it would not be painted. Life is not always fair!

 

[MercuryMac]

Remember when I was whining about sandblasting every nut and washer and bolt, well they're done, primed and painted. There are lots of little and mid-sized pieces that needed to be cleaned up and painted so I've been doing that. The picture shows some of the extras. The starter, generator and carburetor are also done.

 

[MercuryMac]

A few more little pieces are primed, body worked and painted now. Here is the motor primed and painted.

 

[MercuryMac]

There's a little more progress today, the motor is buttoned in there. As I started to bolt some goodies on the sides of the motor, I realized that some pieces were missing and therefore not painted and still ----- missing. I found them both eventually and got them cleaned up and primed.

 

[Old Iron]

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[MercuryMac]

I keep finding out that I lost bolts when I took it apart. Quite a few of them are 7/16 fine and a weird length, so I don't have them lurking around the shop. I have to make bolts, then clean them up, prime and paint them. Slow going. Today I took the good looking voltage regulator apart just to check. Whew, it was all rusted and beyond repair. This would not be a problem if this tractor wasn't made in England and exported. It has a Lucas electrical system.
Anyhow, I got the front end on and some little extras.

 

[MercuryMac]

There was quite a bit of stepping back and forth today. The choke was really bad and had to be fixed. Then the throttle linkage wouldn't stay together, so I had to make a new ball and socket, well, just the socket, but around the ball. The front wheels went on pretty easily.

 

[BillM]

Looking really good MM, I'm enjoying following this one.

 

[Old Iron]

Ferguson is coming along nicely

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you guys.

 

[dutch]

looks great MM [cl

I`ve been through my Fordson like that a few yrs ago and the point you`re at now sure felt good . A/O torch and gallons of degreaser were my best friends...