Ferguson TE20 Steering Box Part 2

In this video I re seal the pitman arms after stripping the box.
Hello Im Lance (aka Bundy Bear) and doing these videos is my hobby. I do own Queensland Tractor Spares in Australia where I sell parts and offer technical advise to customers.
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[@davidsample9130]

So simple, yet so effective, quality of the parts and construction always impresses me with those tractors.

[@BundyBearsShed]

Yes they are made well they are still out there in big numbers 70 years later.

[@timothyturner2910]

I need to see a video on the steering of a 235 Massey Ferguson if you could and thanks on this you are a great teacher thanks

[@BundyBearsShed]

i dont have one available to work on Im afraid.

[@casanana8]

Hey Bundy thank you so much for this series of steering box repair, kind regards m

[@BundyBearsShed]

My pleasure

[@markmurphy2758]

"I'll hang it up on the floor" 😂 Another great video Lance.

[@BundyBearsShed]

If you dont see me do that stuff you know its a pirate video, lol.

[@richardschaffling9882]

Great video I replaced the seals like you told me by grinding the little piece off and the new seals slipped on with no problem and I got the original seals from a place in England thank you for all the great help

[@BundyBearsShed]

Glad it helped

[@johnkinnane547]

G'day mate the other day I was reading about the history of Ford and Ferguson and how they separated and the things that led up to it is very interesting. I finally found out what the " T E " means which is Tractor England you learn something everyday, this video has been good Lance especially how they did the gearing for the steering forks to move in opposite to one another good one mate .......John PS you did a good job on those housing seals and I couldn't hear the rain!

[@BundyBearsShed]

Thanks John, My sound gear does a freat job at removing that now a days but it was still showing on the sound bars.

[@daveklooster4905]

Very helpful video, Lance. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making them.

[@BundyBearsShed]

My pleasure! Glad you like them.

[@vernmuller1]

For some reason I couldn't get those S50258 seals to go in the right way (with lubricant). Kept wanting to roll up. Carefully put them in the other way with a piece of thin walled tube that went down beside the spring. Once started moved hit to top of seal so that I didn't unvulcanize the rubber off the steel. Hopefully it works backwards.

[@BundyBearsShed]

There is no pressure there so I imagine it should go ok.

[@johnvandenakker3245]

Thank you Lance

[@BundyBearsShed]

You are welcome.

[@joecrabtree4142]

Can you show me what wires goes where from gearstart solonoid to various places,thankyou Lance joe south lakes cumbria uk

[@joecrabtree4142]

Sorry Lance joe from uk it's a fergie te20 tractor 1950 thankyou joe

[@BundyBearsShed]

Ill see what I can come up with.

[@briancavaliere607]

Would bad bushings in the gear box cause the steering to be stiff??

[@BundyBearsShed]

Yes particularly if it is dry. A dry king pin will do the same.

[@tricky6902]

Old20 parts here in the UK sell the replacement original type seals👍

[@BundyBearsShed]

As do Acorn but shipping them to Australia with the exchange rate makes them quite expensive. I have the gear so easy to do for me.

[@tricky6902]

@@BundyBearsShed No worries Great videos 👍

[@davewarman3275]

Good job

[@BundyBearsShed]

Thankyou.

[@HeritageExplorer]

Great video. You mentioned magnesium alloy and your fear of putting the heat to it to get the bolt out. When once stuck in Eastern Algeria with a oil filter housing (Bedford M Series Truck) that had a top on it made from something like that which was fixed to the engine block. The top piece developed a crack which allowed the oil to get out. I went to a workshop down on the Lybian Border in Djanet to get it fixed or brazed in some way. The guy put the heat to it and absolutely destroyed it. I never really understood how it was so easily made useless. Might it have been something like you describe in that comment? We ended up sitting in the desert for 25 days waiting for a new top part of the filter housing to come out from the UK.

[@BundyBearsShed]

Wow, what a set back, you do need to be very careful.

[@markbray4537]

For anyone wanting original looking seals you can buy them from Old20 parts company in the Uk part number 1250011 look original and fit perfectly cheers mark New Zealand.

[@BundyBearsShed]

I see Anglo had them as well.

[@liam2863]

Great videos! Absolutely love them. I’m currently restoring a 1952 Ferguson in Ontario Canada. Would you happen to have the correct steering box seal number number. I’m gonna try the opening the original seal up. Thanks

[@BundyBearsShed]

You cant but the correct seal any more but if you take the old seal into a bearing and seal shop they can give you a seal to do the job. It wont look original but it will work.

[@joelsmith7896]

Is the te20 steering box similar to the ones on my to20 and my to30? I know they are different bacause mine can both be removed without removel of the transmission cover. Other than that they look very similar so I'm wondering if this video would a good reference when tear into the my to30 which badly needs work.

[@BundyBearsShed]

I cant really tell you as I havent worked on one. They didnt make it over here to Australia.

[@bradwilliams6179]

Nice presentation Lance, busy with my own restore, question about galvanic on new tensioner bolts, does it matter?

[@BundyBearsShed]

Yes, absolutely, over time it has to make a difference I believe.

[@jimstein8249]

Hey there, On my TO 20 there's lots of gear lash in the center area of the stroke and binding at the limits. The surface on the backside of the sector gears that the backlash adjuster screw runs against has worn along the travel. Do you think that flattening the back of the sector gears would help? Also there's some tooth wear.

[@BundyBearsShed]

Certainly worth a try.

[@tjohnson9051]

Look again at the sector gears and the pinion. My TO 20 was run dry on oil, there was no wear on the sectors, the pinion is softer and was the sacrificial part. You can buy new pinion shaft with the gear and bearings. I found a nice used gear for mine.

[@jimstein8249]

@@tjohnson9051 Thank you, I will check around. Jim

[@charleshart6992]

Excellent! When are you hoping to have this tractor running?

[@BundyBearsShed]

Not sure yet, When I get the box in it shouldnt be long.

[@johncahill2309]

Hey Lance, can i order a set of those new "old " seal holders you made? cheers

[@BundyBearsShed]

No I only made the two just to see if they worked and they seem to.

[@johncahill2309]

@@BundyBearsShed ill go with a set of normal seals.. its not a show pony! cheers

[@johncahill2309]

made a set up using 2 fat o rings in the old seal holders filled with silicon and all assembled.. so far so good

[@bjarnepedersen9415]

Hello i cant gået my Ferguson 26 in any gears woth du i du. Sorry my bad English i come from Denmark Have a Nice day Bjarne 🤔

[@BundyBearsShed]

Try rocking the tractor back and forth while stopped and see if it goes in well. If it does you may have a clutch problem.

[@bjarnepedersen9415]

Thank you i will try to du that i dont think that it is the cluth but i have another one that not have ben started in tre yraers and now i started it up again and naw the clutsh dont work i treid to drive slowly in to my other Ferguson wery slowly and tried to relese it but i wont help so naw i have to take it apart so i Can try to lose i up again So i was hoping i cut se you take that apart thank you for duing a were Nice job have a Nice Day Bjarne from danmark 🛠🇩🇰