[AT] Fergie TO-20 running.

Steve W. falcon at telenet.net
Fri Nov 21 19:41:21 PST 2008


Indiana Robinson wrote:
> I finally got a chance to do a little work on the Fergie and got it
> running. I was going to use it to pull some Scouts in a parade but
> didn't get it done in time. I kept running into different little
> problems and some weird stuff too.
> I must have had the carburetor apart 6 times and finally got a rebuild
> kit for it and went through it
> one more time and found one tiny blockage I had missed. I also put in
> new spark plugs. The PO had installed a rotor, dist cap and plug
> wires. The PO had drained the old gas out and replaced it. Funny thing
> about the gas... For a while I could not get it to fire at all. Son
> Scott was helping me and he ran a little of it out in a little can. He
> tried to light it with a striker like we use to light LP torches and
> gas welders. He was working it and the sparks were falling into the
> gasoline but not lighting it. Some of this gas they are
> selling now is awful...  I drained it all out including the carb and
> put new gas in again
> and it started firing immediately. I'm still having some minor
> problems from the gunk in the fuel tank but that will go away when get
> the tank off and have it cleaned by a local radiator shop that offers
> that service. I was quite pleased with the way it ran and drove. I had
> forgotten how much I had liked the one we had years ago. The tranny
> was all quite smooth and quiet as was the clutch. It steers like a
> dream for something with manual steering. I took it down the road to
> warm it up and it stopped completely. I had to take the fuel line
> loose at the carb and cupping my hand around it I blew back through it
> to clear away gunk in the tank and it ran OK after that.
> "Now" the engine is quiet and smooth and has good oil pressure. I
> could see no blowby or no exhaust smoke at all.
> There is a lot I want to do to it but for now I just need to have it
> serviceable so I can use it to load some tornado logs to haul home
> from the woods in the next county. I can use it with the 3 point boom
> to load and use the Farmall Super M with the loader to unload on this
> end.
> I picked up my new little Wood-mizer mill Yesterday and it is still on
> the truck. I'm going to try sitting it up across one end of my wood
> shop. I'll use an extra dust collector blower to pull the exhaust away
> with a flex hose kind of like they do at indoor tractor pulls. It is
> the smallest mill they make now, model LT-10.
> http://www.woodmizer.com/us/sawmills/manual/lt10/lt10.aspx
> I bought  it with one 7' bed extension so I can cut up to 18' long
> stuff mostly for rafters etc. It should serve my needs well. I have
> looked for some time and the more I look at this mill the more I am
> impressed with its workmanship. I used to own a much larger bandsaw
> mill a number of years ago so I was already familiar with what I was
> looking for in a mill. I'm going to just be milling for myself but I
> may cut some heavy fireplace mantles etc. to help pay expenses.
> 
> Question...
> I was wondering how many folks on this list own TO series Fergies and
> N series Fords???
> Put me down for one.   :-)
> 
> 

One TO-20 and one 35 Deluxe here.

Shame you're a ways away, I could use some nice rough cut...
Need to talk to the local Amish and see what a few hundred board feet of 
  rough clapboard is going to cost.

-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York



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