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- 1 1/8″ PTO Shaft and 1 3/8″ PTO Shaft
- 16 Inch Tires Proper Bead to Bead Width
- 16 vs. 19 Inch Front Wheel Sizes
- 1950 TO-20 Wheel Weights
- 1956 F-40 Water Pump
- A-BO-22 Scraper Brace
- Accessing Dash Underside
- Adjusting the Governor
- Air Cleaner and Oil Filter Decals
- Air Cleaner Popping
- Alternate Engines in Fergies?
- Are Furrow Wheels Interchangeable?
- Auxiliary Hydraulic Unit and Lift Arms
- Axle Seals Leaking and Replacement
- Banana Loader Info Needed
- Battery for Ferguson F-40 and Others
- Beige and Green TO-35 Information
- Bent Steering Arm
- Best Manual for TO-35 and F-40
- Best Transmission Oil
- Better Diesel Starter
- Blowing 20A Fuse
- Bracket for SMV Sign
- Brake Cross Shaft, Clutch Shaft, PTO Shaft Replacements
- Brake Hand Lever
- Broken Distributor Camshaft Drive Gear
- Broken Hydraulic Cylinder on 35
- Brush Guard
- Can Dearborn Loader be Mounted on a 35?
- Can One Straighten Bent Radius Rods
- Carburetor Model for F-40
- Carter Carburetor Identification
- Carter Carburetor Parts
- Chain and Wedge Assembly
- Choke Rod Bracket
- Clamp Style Rear Wheel Sources
- Clean Sediment Bowl on TO-20
- Cleaning Engine Sludge
- Clipping Shims Installing Axle
- Clutch Not Disengaging
- Convert TO-30 To Single Wire Alternator
- Converting to Upright Exhaust
- Corn or Bean Planter Plates Sources
- Correct Generator for 12V Conversion
- Correct Linch Pin Clip
- Correct TO-20 Oil Filter
- Coulters for Ferguson Plow
- Cracked Block Options
- Crank Retaining Clips
- Cylinder Head Stud Sources
- D-137-D Seed Drill A Rebadged Dempster
- D-PO Drill Planter Parts Sources
- Dash Bumpers on TO-20/30
- Dash Hood Bumpers
- Dashboard Gauges and Badges Missing
- Dashboard Vent is the Air Cleaner Inlet
- Davis Loader from a TO-30 on a TO-35
- Differences Among Step Plates
- Differing Rear Tire Sizes, Stud Replacement
- Distributor Rebuild on a TO-30
- Do all MF-35’s have Two Stage Clutches?
- Do Plows Need Stabilizer Bars?
- Draft Spring Parts Sources
- Draw Bar for Implements
- Draw Bar Stabilizer
- Drawbar Stays
- Electronic Ignition
- Engine Racing Issue
- Engine Stalls after 30 Seconds Due to Fuel Blockage
- Evaluating a Standard Diesel Model Fergie
- F-12 Baler and Two-Row Corn Planter Paint Color
- F-40 Headlamp Paint Color
- F-40 No Oil Pressure
- F-40 Power Steering Bushing Replacement
- F-40 Small Steering Bearing
- Fan Drive Pulley Woodruff Key
- Felts and O-Rings for Sector Shafts
- Ferguson and Ford N Tractor Wheels
- Ferguson Crane Top Link
- Ferguson Decals on F-40
- Ferguson Front Bumper
- Ferguson Plow Development Books
- Ferguson Plow Moldboards
- Ferguson Plow Suppliers
- Ferguson Script Color
- Ferguson Sign
- Ferguson Spanner (Wrench)
- Ferguson Tipping Trailer
- Ferguson, MH, and MF Discs
- Ferguson-Specified Bearings
- Find TEA-20 Left Rear Axle
- Footplate Difference between Later TE and TO Models
- Ford Pie Weights on a Ferguson
- Freeing Up Spin Out Rear Wheels
- French TE-A20 Manual
- Fuel Tank Mounting Pads and Straps
- Function of Ballast Resister
- Gas Boiling in Tank is Dangerous
- Gaskets to Use when Replacing Axle Seals and Bearings
- Gauge and Color of TO-30 Wires
- Gauge Placement and Cowl Seal
- Gauges with Proper Cables
- Generator Not Charging
- Generator Pulley Nut
- Good Tire Brands
- Governor Cover Needle Bearings
- Governor Replacement
- Governor Shaft Pin Removal
- Governor Springs and Adjustment
- Hall Lamps on North American TEA-20’s
- Hall Visor Work Lamps
- Headlight Placement
- Headlights on Top of Hood
- High Charge Rate Generator
- Hood Side Plate Clips
- Horseshoe Draw Bar
- How is a Distributor Attached on a TO-20
- How Lift Cover Damage Can Happen
- How the PTO Operates
- How to Free a Stuck Draft Control Spring
- How to Remove the Seat Pan
- How to Repair the Governor
- How to Static Time an Engine
- Hupp Transmission Stuck in Two Gears
- Hydraulic Control Valve Replacement is Different
- Hydraulic Cover Leak
- Hydraulic Lift Cover Leak
- Hydraulic Piston Replacement
- Hydraulic Piston Ring Order of Installation
- Hydraulic Piston Rings Break
- Hydraulic Position Control Changing on its Own
- Hydraulic Pump Direction
- Identifying Discs and Rotary Hoe
- Identifying MF-65 Without Serial # Tag
- Identifying P-BO-20 Disc Tiller
- Implement Paint Color
- Implement Paint Colors
- Implement Set-up Cross-Reference
- Installing New Hydraulic Control Valve with Engine Running?
- Installing Water Temperature Guage on TO-20
- Lift Arms Rise, Dont Fall
- Lighting Fuse Rating
- Linch Pin Chains on Later Ferguson Tractors
- Losing Hydraulic Lift as Oil Temperature Increases
- Lost Oil Pressure in TO-30
- Low Oil Pressure
- Market Value 1955 TO-35 with Plow
- Marvel-Schebler Carburetor Bushings
- MF 22 Disc Parts
- MF Military Model Numbers
- MF Part Numbers for Aftermarket Parts?
- MF-135 Decal Placement
- MF-135 Mint Value at Auction
- MF-180 Parts Source
- MF-50 Forward Light Placement
- MF-50 Wiring Diagram
- MH-50 Coil Resistor
- MH-50 Lighting Harness
- MHF Two-Row Mid-Mount Cultivator Color
- Need Internal Resistor Coils
- Neutral Safety Switch Sources
- Non-Original Paint and Emblems
- NOS Original Ignition Switch
- Number of Carter vs. Marvel-Schebler Carburetors on 35’s and F-40’s
- OEM Parts
- Oil in Air Cleaner
- Oil Pressure Line Routing
- Oil Pump Assembly Too Tight
- Oil Seal at Bottom of TO-20 Distributor
- Original Finish on Linch Pins
- Original Hood Hold Down Bolts
- Original MF-50 Rear Wheel Sources
- Original Style Ignition Switch and Key Source
- Original Style Vertical Exhaust
- Original TO-30 Draw Bar
- Original Top Link Repairs
- Pin Assembly Pivot
- Plow Share Sources
- Polarize a TO-20 Generator
- Position Control
- Power Steering Leak
- Power Take Off Cover on an F-40
- Pre-Cleaner System Cleaning
- Primer Usage
- Propane F-40 is Retrofit not Factory
- Proper Brake Spring Washer Orientation
- Proper Engine Oil Pressure
- Proper Engine Oil Weights
- Proper In-Hose Thermostat
- Proper Jacking Point for Pivot Bushing Service
- Proper MF-65 PTO Oil Seal Orientation
- Proper Post-Hole Digger for TO-30
- Proper Rear Tire Pressure
- Proper Regulator Mounting
- Proper Thrust Bearing Orientation
- Proper TO-35 Gray
- PTO Always Turns
- PTO Extension
- PTO Oil Seal Orientation
- PTO Seal
- Pull Disc Bearing Spool Replacement
- Push Button Start on TO-30
- Radiator Hoses for 1956 F-40
- Rainy Weather Ignition Issues
- Rake Teeth Adjustment
- Rear Main Seal Oil Leak
- Rear Tire Pressure and Ballast
- Rear Wheel Weights
- Rebuild or Replace Carter Carburetor
- Rebuild Stiff F-40 Steering
- Rebuilding Fenders and Light
- Recommended Hydraulic Oil Weight
- Red/Gray TO-35 a 1957 or 1958?
- Remove Crank Pulley
- Removing Oil Filter to Service Carburetor
- Removing Rusted Control Spring Adjusting Yoke and Lift Arms
- Removing TO-35 Seal Retainer on a TO-35 Transmission
- Removing Top Link Bushings
- Repair Tachometer
- Replacement Serial Number Plate
- Replacement Serial Number Plates
- Replacement Serial Number Tag Source
- Replacing Cracked Block/Head
- Replacing F-40 Cross-Shaft Bushings and O-Rings
- Replacing Outer Axle Seals on TO-30
- Reproduction F-40 Grill
- Reproduction Parts For TO/TE-20
- Restoration Wheel/Tire Sizes
- Retorquing a Warm Engine after a Rebuild
- Routing Wires to Rear Fenders
- Row-Crop Tractors
- Serial Number Plate Source
- Serial Number, Model, and Year of Diesel Ferguson
- Setting the Carburetor
- Setting Timing
- Sherman Transmission – How Common
- Sherman Transmission Noise
- Sherman Transmission Sources
- Sickle Bar Mower for an F-40
- Silicone or Permatex for Water Pump Gasket
- Silver Mist Grey Hydraulic Quadrant
- Slip Clutch on Tillers to Protect PTO?
- Slipping Quadrant Friction Washers
- Slow Lowering Lift Arms
- Spark Plug Gap
- Special Head Nut Wrench for TO-35
- Split With Ford
- Standard Diesel is a Hard Starter but Collectible
- Starter Bolt Sizes
- Starter for 1949 TO-20
- Starter Shims
- Steering Box Felt, O-Rings, and Shim Sources
- Steering Column Chrome Cap TO/MF-35
- Steering Toe-In
- Strengthened Lift Cover for 2500 Pound Pressure Relief Valve
- Stubborn Oil Drain Plug
- Stuck Hydraulic Lever
- Substitute 8N Hydraulic Pump For TO-30 Pump
- Swap TEA-20 Gear Box to TO-30
- TE-“30”
- TE-20 Brake Parts
- TE-20 Differing Steering Wheels
- TE-20 Front Support Braces
- TE-20 Input/Pilot Shaft Bearing Sources
- TE-20 Precleaner
- TE-20 Tires
- TE-20’s from 1949 or 1950
- TEA Headlight Position
- TEA-20 Live Hydraulic Kit?
- TEF Means Standard Diesel
- TEF Produced by Both HF and MHF
- TEF Year of Production
- Testing a Vintage Thermostat
- The 4P or Large Ford Ferguson
- Throttle Friction Disk and Spring for 1956 F-40
- Tilrovator is Ferguson, but not Harry’s
- Tires For Ferguson Tractors
- TO-20 Boil Over, Thermostat
- TO-20 Hood Brackets
- TO-20 Hood Parts
- TO-20 Model Identification
- TO-20 PTO Shaft Sleeve
- TO-20 Wiring Diagram
- TO-20 Wiring Diagram
- TO-20 Wiring Loom
- TO-30 Battery Platform
- TO-30 Battery Tray Source
- TO-30 Distributor Gear
- TO-30 Engine Support Bracket
- TO-30 Engine Tag to Tractor Serial Number
- TO-30 Fork Stabilizer
- TO-30 Gauges
- TO-30 Hydraulic Control Valve
- TO-30 Identification
- TO-30 Key Plate
- TO-30 Oil and Hydraulic Dipstick
- TO-30 Paint Color
- TO-30 PTO Shaft and Replacement
- TO-30 Replacement Block
- TO-30 Should be Positive Ground
- TO-30 Starter on a TE-20
- TO-30 Starter Thrust Washer
- TO-30 Water Outlet Elbow
- TO-30 Year of Manufacture from Serial Number
- TO-35 Brush Hog Recommendation
- TO-35 Diesel Tractormeter for a FE-35?
- TO-35 Drawbar Support Bracket
- TO-35 Green Metallic Paint
- TO-35 Ignition, Coil Polarity
- TO-35 Key Switch
- TO-35 Lift Cover Broken and Why
- TO-35 Name Plates and Decals
- TO-35 or MF-35?
- TO-35 Original Headlights and Work Light
- TO-35 Proper Oil Filter
- TO-35 Pulling a 3 Bottom Plow?
- TO-35 Side Panel Source
- TO-35 Standard Diesel is Desirable
- TO-35 Tie Rod Ends
- TO-35 Tractors were All 6V
- TO-35 Transmission/Rear End on F-40
- TO-35 Work/Tail Lamps
- Top Air Cleaner Hose
- Tractor Identification From Engine Serial Number
- Tractormeter Cable Length
- Troubleshooting Charging Issues
- Troubleshooting Warm Engine Stalling
- TSC Implements are Usually Lightweight
- “Unit Used On” Index
- UK-Built MF-35 Serial Number
- Using Hydraulic Lift Without PTO Running
- Using S-KO-20 Cultivator for Potatoes
- “Unit Used On” Index
- Wagner Loader Fluid and Filter Servicing
- Wagner Loader Service
- Water in Carburetor
- Water in Steering Box
- Weird Plow Configuration
- What about Land Pride Mowers
- What are 9/16 Inch Studs For
- What are Clamp-Style Rear Wheels
- What Fluid in Radiator to Start a Tractor
- What Gas for a TEA-20
- What is an N Style Plow Share
- Wheels for 8N Ford
- When was the F-40 Introduced?
- Where to Find Brake Parts
- Why Paper Gaskets and O-Rings?
- Why Set Dwell
- Why the Resistor in 12V Conversions
- Wiring Harness Colors
- Wiring Tube Clip Source