Tractor restoration that nearly never was..

TrailerBob · 06-04-2011 7:38pm #1

Hey guys, I'll keep it short,

This is my 1954 Ferguson TEF 20 - finished her restoration last year but not without a fight from the old girl!
As you can see in the second pic the block was banjaxed completely which was a nice discovery , luckily a new old one was found.
After that there was a slight hiccup when a refurbished fuel pump governor didn't quite fit the bill and the engine ran away in the shed. Only she ran out of diesel after 50 seconds I'd still be gathering up pieces of piston!
Eventually got her right and a fresh supply of paint and parts had the fergie back to her old glory.

Any other near horror stories from restorations? It can easily happen!!!

Slidey · 06-04-2011 7:41pm

Well done, nice work.

I like the Beetle also! My old man is doing one the same colour as that but he has hit a wall with it!

TrailerBob · 06-04-2011 7:55pm

Thanks, my first restoration. The Beetle is my fathers, he's working on a 79 camper at the mo. It's a disease! How far into it is your old man?

Slidey · 06-04-2011 8:04pm

He thought he had the rot cut out of it but found more, I don't think he has the heart to finish it

TrailerBob · 06-04-2011 8:09pm

You should have seen ours when it arrived, bottom 6 inches of car rotten, but 3 years of toil and a few quid got it there in the end. Same with tractors, patience is essential, even when all seems lost.

MrFoxman360 · 07-04-2011 9:35pm

TrailerBob wrote: »

Any other near horror stories from restorations? It can easily happen!!!

Yea I know a few guys who were restoring a diesel 20, and had a similar issue :rolleyes: The first time they fired it up it reved flat out to about 5000-6000 revs :eek: and filled the place with smoke forcing them to retreat out of the shed until the engine eventually smothered itself / ran out of diesel.

I suppose it turned out fine in the end

Supposedly they have it on camera but they would never show it or put it on youtube.... a real shame.

Amateurs for you...

..... tut tut

TrailerBob · 08-04-2011 8:45am

Now now Mr.Fox, that psychology won't work on me!! I have to pixelate the faces on that in case the other Mr.G lost his job for being a substandard ag engineer! I should have known you'd be on this!

Ford4000 · 10-04-2011 8:26am

Nice work there, tell me were did u come upon the lighting kit, its fantastic !!

TrailerBob · 10-04-2011 6:03pm

The very bare remains of it were on the tractor, ie. The holes in the bonnet and partial remains of a side bracket. The rest was gathered from England, all original parts bar rear number plate bracket, at considerable cost! For example Lucas headlight was 135 sterling at the Dorset show, side brackets 180, original stuff is pretty rare!

marlyman · 14-04-2011 4:02pm

TrailerBob wrote: »

The very bare remains of it were on the tractor, ie. The holes in the bonnet and partial remains of a side bracket. The rest was gathered from England, all original parts bar rear number plate bracket, at considerable cost! For example Lucas headlight was 135 sterling at the Dorset show, side brackets 180, original stuff is pretty rare!

put a nice white aluminium spray exhaust on her to really set it off .... nice job

Tractor restoration that nearly never was..

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