Fuel for a ted20
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tomlad
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- nr. preston
Keep it. ..,!
Two bob weights is side the disy that can wear would effect timing
Holes for springs can oval then pull through.
Two bob weights is side the disy that can wear would effect timing
Holes for springs can oval then pull through.
having run many tvo tractors over the years, Case, International, Fordson ,and a Fergy powered 701 baler, I can say that they all ran with no bother at all on straight 28sec heating oil. The two model "N"s on the farm still do in fact. How ever, as the T20 engine was a poor conversion, they can be trouble in tractors. An Uncle had one from new, and it never ran well unless it was worked at almost stalling point, half an hours light work, and it would cool down and oil the plugs! Not good when you were filling the spreader by hand, you usually got back on the tractor to drive off, and make about 5 yards before it ran out of functioning plugs!
MaisiesDad
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I have a TVO te20 and always run it on standard unleaded, it never does hard work just tows the little muck trailer and sometimes the chain harrows. Two years ago i rebuilt the carb, new fuel tank, new fuel filters and gave it a good service, runs like a dream.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
£140 on eBay. Struck me as not being bad money really. Hardly entering into the spirit of farmers though is it.
MaisiesDad
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True, I did a full restoration job intending to show it but ended up using the old girl instead!
mikep
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- Arse end of Surrey, UK
If I remember correctly the fergie distributor was a needle roller affair very popular with the car racing boys of the time as it was more reliable at higher revs. I know my cooper s had one reputed to be a 20. Maybe yours was borrowed one dark night
firsttimerestoration
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Thank you for all the advise on this forum conversation
firsttimerestoration
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Thank you because this leads to what you need depending on the work it is going to do it is very useful
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
I'm fine with points and timing, I've done them.
The tractor had been sat outside for decades unused, I rescued it and soon had it running but it wouldn't run a sawbench. I had cleaned the tank as best I could, even had the Hoover in there but I think that was still the cause of the starvation.
Uncle then told me " dissy has always been buggered on that". I guess he meant the spindle was worn.
There isn't a heat shield on it but I do have one
Uncle also told me it has the Howard reduction box in it which I didn't know.
I was driving this tractor aged 6, carting caulis with my Dad. Fancy putting a six year old to drive a tractor!
Still, it put me in good stead for when they sent me down the mines at 8
ha, i nearly ran Dad down about that age. my legs wernt long enough to straddle the gearbox on the nuffield, so it was either clutch or brakes, but not both at the same time. It was fun at that age and had now idea how much knowledge was unknowingly absorbed.. Same with handling livestock,
If you want to run your TED solely on petrol it says in the manual to remove the exhaust manifold heat shield, we were still running a TED and a 35 TVO in the late 70s when the oil firms stopped supplying TVO, they advised us at the time to use 28 second house heating oil mixed with 4 star petrol at 8 parts house heating oil to 2 parts petrol, if the tractor was doing hard work we made it 7 to 3 mix
I did , for years! and in many different engines and tractors! Still do in fact, on the very rare occasions my model "N" escapes its hut.There are two others which are run on 28 as well, and they are in use at ploughing matches. Never any problems.
smcapstick
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- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
Run it on petrol with Redex and take the side head cover off.
tomlad
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- nr. preston
I may have asked this before ?
should we worry about the lack of lead in the petrol in presumably a standard head
I use the redex in petrol too, u can see the colour change in the glass fuel bowl .
should we worry about the lack of lead in the petrol in presumably a standard head
I use the redex in petrol too, u can see the colour change in the glass fuel bowl .