[AT] N-series Fords and TO-series Fergusons

[charlie hill]

Brad,  Christmas is comming.  Buy him a cover for it!
That is one thing about restoring tractors that bothers me.  I don't want 
one that is so nice that I don't want to use it or get it dirty.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Gunnells" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] N-series Fords and TO-series Fergusons


> Dad got a TO-35 many years ago that had been sitting out along a
> fence row. Supposedly it had been rebuilt not long before?????
> Anyway, drained the water from the crankcase (after it thawed) and
> luckily didn't reach the crank. Took mouse nest out of the clutch and
> lo and behold it ran after pulling it a short distance. Thanks been
> ~25 years ago.
>
> We had the head touched up as it was low on compression on a cylinder
> and the rings were stuck. He painted it, but had a few things to
> change and decided he needed to paint it again as he wasn't happy
> with it.
>
> This summer he finally decided to finish it. Anyway all the sheet
> metal is back on and it's a sharp little tractor. And that little
> Continental is such a smooth running motor. You can barely hear it at
> idle as you walk around it. I wish I would have taken photos to
> document it's long process to get to this point as I'm sure he would
> like to look back on it some day. It's given him new enthusiasim to
> start on the JD A he bought a couple years ago.
>
> The problem is now he won't take the Fergy out of the shop and put it
> in the pole shed as it might get dusty. I broke an axle on my skid
> loader and could sure use the shop space to tear it down!
>
> Brad
>
> PS Regarding the skid loader, I forget the list member who is
> knowledgeable with Ford stuff. My skid loader is an Erickson (they
> built the Ford CL40 skid) and I'm looking for part sources.
>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 8:06 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>
>> Farmer a TO 35 or 135 is about as handy and as my daddy would have
>> said,
>> smart,  as any tractor I've ever driven.  You just flat can't beat
>> it for
>> doing box blade work and it's hard to beat for 2 row cultivating.
>> Of course
>> you already know that.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-
>> tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] N-series Fords and TO-series Fergusons
>>
>>
>>> I love the TO-35s and 135s but a decent one is more $$$ than I
>>> want to
>>> spend.
>>>
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