• Massey Ferguson Tef 20 Diesel Tractor Manual

1955 Ferguson TEF. Type, Agricultural tractor Manufacturer Ferguson Company. Production, 1946–1956. Succeeded by, Massey Ferguson 35. The Ferguson TE20 is an agricultural tractor designed by Harry Ferguson. By far his most. And was small and light enough to replace the draft horse and manual labour. KI-GASS TANK TEF 20. 7 Gals./31.85 Litres Diesel. I 3.40 Litres Diesel. 3/4 Pint /.43 Litre Ki-Gass. FERGUSON T20.

1955 Ferguson TEF Type Agricultural Production 1946–1956 Succeeded by The Ferguson TE20 is an agricultural designed. By far his most successful design, it was manufactured from 1946 until 1956, and was commonly known as the Little Grey Fergie. It marked a major advance in tractor design, distinguished by light weight, small size, manoeuvrability and versatility. The TE20 popularised Harry Ferguson's invention of the system around the world, and the system quickly became an international standard for tractors of all makes and sizes that has remained to this day. The tractor played a large part in introducing widespread. In many parts of the world the TE20 was the first tractor to be affordable to the average farmer and was small and light enough to replace the and manual labour.

Many TE20s remain in regular use in farming and other work and the model is also a popular collector's item for enthusiasts today. Three-point linkage on a TE20 The model name came from Tractor, England 20 horsepower (not the true power delivered but from a based on engine size). The TE range of Ferguson tractors was introduced in England in 1946, following 30 years of continuous development of 'The Ferguson System' from 1916.

The first work was to design a and linkage to integrate the tractor with its work in a manner that was an engineering whole. The automatic control system is now employed by almost all tractor manufacturers worldwide. A British patent was applied for by Harry Ferguson in 1925 and granted the following year. By the early 1930s the was finalised and is now adopted as international standard category I. Just one prototype Ferguson System tractor, known as the Ferguson Black, was built to further technical development and for demonstrating to potential manufacturers. During 1936 the first production Ferguson tractors were built in, Yorkshire, by the.

This tractor, the Ferguson Model 'A', incorporated Harry Ferguson's 'suction side' hydraulic control system, the key to solving sensitive automatic control of three point mounted implements and patented on 5 February 1936 (patent no 470069). The combination of Ferguson's converging three point hitch, patented on 3 July 1928 (patent no 320084) with his 'suction side control' valve is the key to the success of all subsequent Ferguson and later 'Ferguson System' tractors, the most important of which are the TE and TO 20 models. (It was the production of the Model 'A' that led in 1939 to the line of tractors). In order to get volume production with lower costs, following a demonstration of his tractor before Senior in October 1938, Ferguson made a with Ford to produce the Ferguson tractor in Detroit starting in mid-1939. About 300,000 of these tractors, known as 'Ford Fergusons', were produced up to 30 June 1947. Ferguson tractor at an at, Australia During the war years the Ferguson design team developed many improvements to both tractor and implements and started to make arrangements to manufacture in the United Kingdom.

The agreement with Ford in 1938 was to include production at the Ford plant at, Essex, but the UK Ford company would not do it. By 1945 Ferguson had made a manufacturing agreement with the of to produce a Ferguson tractor incorporating all their latest improvements and to be known as the TE20. As well as allowing Ferguson to get his tractor into full production, the deal was of great benefit to Standard as the tractor would be built in its huge ' which had been an plant during World War II but was now standing empty. Standard developed a for the tractor, which would in turn be used in Standard's road cars, such as the. Production started in the late summer of 1946, nearly a year before the last Ford Ferguson came off the line in Detroit in June 1947.

The break with Ford left Harry Ferguson and his US company with implements to sell but no tractors. To make up the gap until the new Ferguson factory in Detroit started in October 1948, more than 25,000 Coventry-built TE20s were shipped to the USA and Canada. The TO (Tractor Overseas) 20 was virtually the same as the TE20 with a Continental engine Z-126 fitted instead of the standard engine. At the time of its introduction the Ferguson three-point linkage was unique to the TE20, and to gain the full utility of the tractor the farmer also had to purchase specially-designed to work with the tractor. Ferguson initially designed and manufactured a range of implements for the TE20 in-house, but as the tractor's popularity spread other manufacturers began designing their own machinery for the TE20 in agricultural, industrial, construction and horticultural applications. The idea that the three-point linkage made the tractor and its implement into a single mechanised unit was marketed as 'The Ferguson System', presenting a wholly new and entirely mechanised form of agriculture. By 1950 there were over 60 official Ferguson implements for the TE20, many of which had not been seen in mechanised tractor-mounted form before.

As well as basic implements such as, and the range included a number of and, a side-mounted, a very rare 'wraparound', a, a and a powered. With its the tractor could also drive stand-alone equipment by belt or driveshaft, such as pumps, milking machinery or circular saws. Ferguson became well-known for its effective and distinctive advertising, intended to demonstrate the abilities of the TE-20 tractor to farmers who previously had used only and had little experience with mechanised equipment. Public demonstrations of Ferguson tractors and implements were held throughout rural Britain towards the end of the season.

A typical demonstration was fencing off an area 27 feet by 20 feet (8.2 by 6 metres) and using a -equipped TE-20 to till the complete area - such an area was too small to be worked by a horse or a drawbar-equipped tractor of the time. Advertising also emphasised that in the 'Ferguson System' the tractor was not merely a replacement for the horse but via its linkage and shaft-drive it could mechanise dozens of agricultural tasks previously performed either by separate machines, unwieldy drawbar-mounted trailed equipment or manual labour. The TE and TO 20 tractors were so revolutionary that Ferguson set up a training school in the grounds of, close to the Banner Lane factory. Here Ferguson dealers, salesmen and engineers were trained on the new machines they would be working on, and courses were also run for farmers to learn how operate the tractors and the various implements most effectively.

Coventry production up to 1956 was 517,651 units, with about 66% being exported, mainly to Continental Europe and the but to many other countries as well. To the above figure must be added TO production at Ferguson Park, Detroit. Including all 'Ferguson System' tractors from May 1936 to July 1956 brings the figure to approximately 1 million. Harry Ferguson merged his worldwide companies with of in July 1953, three years before TE and TO20 production ended, hence the change of name on the serial plate to 'Massey-Harris-Ferguson'.

The replaced the old line in the US in 1955 and the TE20 in the UK in 1956; production in the UK starting in September of that year following re-tooling of the factory. Harry Ferguson remained Chairman of Massey Harris Ferguson until 1957, when he left over an argument over the Ferguson TE60 or LTX project as it is known.

He continued his hobby of racing and set up Harry Ferguson Research, which produced the Race car, which won the in 1961 with at the wheel. Harry Ferguson later helped the development of the 4-wheel-drive system which was used in the Land Rover, even though he had already made vehicles with a 4-wheel-drive system much earlier, just after World War I. He died at his home (Abbotswood, Stow on the Wold) on 25 October 1960 due to a barbiturate overdose; it was never known if it was deliberate or not. Engines The engine was the. Dimensions were:., 80 mm bore × 92 mm stroke, capacity 1,850 cc, 5.77:1., 85 mm bore × 92 mm stroke, capacity 2,088 cc, compression ratio 4.5:1 The larger capacity of the petrol-paraffin engine was to compensate for the power reduction resulting from the low compression ratio.

Newer versions of the petrol only engine has 85 mm bore as well. Corsa comfort 2018 manual for courts. Variants.

A 1949 Ferguson TO20 on display at the in August 2015 The first TE20s ran on until 1949 when the TVO tractor was launched incorporating the standard engine as early TE20s used a continental Z-120. There were later versions that ran on (TVO), sometimes called or power kerosene. Some were converted in the UK to use a 3-cylinder diesel engine. TE stood for Tractor England. TO stood for Tractor Overseas.

Massey Ferguson Tef 20 Diesel Tractor Manual

Between 1948 and 1951, the TO20 with a Continental engine was built in Detroit, Michigan. These were built with the Z120 engines. TO30s were also built in Michigan with Z-129 engines. Production ceased in 1954.

Massey Ferguson, Banner Lane, Coventry. One of the car parks at the front of the site was (2005) still used as a demonstration area for equipment carrying the Massey Ferguson brand, although it is no longer made on this site 517,651 TE20 tractors of all models were built. In mid-1953 Ferguson merged with to become. The new company continued both Massey Harris and Ferguson brands until December 1957, when it became Massey-Ferguson. The new FE35 was introduced in October 1956 in grey and gold livery and became the red and grey MF35 at the in December 1957.

Ferguson 28 The colloquial term 'Ferguson 28' is sometimes used in Australia and New Zealand for later models of the TE-20 including the petrol TEA-20 and diesel TEF-20. 'Ferguson 28' has never been an official tractor model designation. Initially the TE20 had the 'Continental' Z120 23HP engine, as did the Detroit-built TO20 introduced a year later. The 80 mm bore 'Standard' petrol engine was phased in in mid-1947 as the TEA-20, approximately 3,000 of the 20,500 tractors built to 31 December 1947 being TEA-20s. Subsequent to the introduction of the 85 mm bore TED-20 in April 1949, the petrol engine was also made with an 85 mm bore, which increased its power to just over 28 hp.

The term 'Fergie 28' refers to the nominal horsepower of the later range of tractors. To benefit from the reputation of the later models in the used tractor market, the 23HP TE-20 is often advertised simply as TE-20; only very rarely is it referred to in Australia as a 'Ferguson 23'. In North America the 'Standard' petrol-engined TEA-20s with the 85 mm bore were known and advertised as TE-2085s. Famous Fergies There is a monument in at the junction of the and in Australia commemorating the when both rivers flooded and a fleet of little grey Fergies was used to build to save the town.