I found my Serial Number!!!!

The guy I bought it from last month said it was an "N". Then I thought it was an 8N and posted pictures as such over at the other forum. Then someone saw the picture and said it looked like a TO-35. So I figured I had better look for that serial number and there is was - on a plate behind the steeering wheel that I've looked at about a dozen times - right under Harry Ferguson's autograph.

Anyways, the number is TEA-285564 and it was made in Coventry, England. So can anyone now tell me exactly what I have because there's no TEA link in the serial number section.

Thanks in advance and I look forward to sharing nuggets of information with you all. (Actually, I'll be posting more questions than answers as I'm not only new to tractors but new to country living as well)

Gary

Jim

Here's another pic. I've placed several in the Gallery under "1952 TEA 20 with auger I, II & III"

I'm not sure how much you can tell from these, but basically a drive shaft is connected to the PTO by a universal at the bottom and to the auger rotation mechanism by a universal at the top. Downward force is by the weight of the implement itself or by Gary leaning/standing on it.

From another posting below - information is from the fofh.co.uk website.

The archives on here are also worth a good read, loads of info, much of it repeated as few people read or search the archives . . . . . .

TE-20 Tractor- all models Model Year TE-20 Tractor with Continental Z-120 petrol engine 1946-1948 TEA-20 Tractor with standard petrol engine 1947-1956 TEB-20 Tractor with Continental Z-120 petrol engine - Narrow 1946-1948 TEC-20 Tractor with Standard petrol engine - Narrow 1948-1956 TED-20 Tractor with Standard V.0.engine 1949-1956 TEE-20 Tractor with Standard V.0. engine- Narrow 1949-1956 TEF-20 Tractor with Standard diesel engine 1951-1956 TEH-20 Tractor with Standard lamp oil engine 1950-1956 TEJ-20 Tractor with Standard lamp oil engine -Narrow 1950-1956 TEK-20 Tractor with Standard petrol engine~Vineyard 1952-1956 TEL-20 Tractor with Standard V.0. engine~Vineyard 1952-1956 TEM-20 Tractor with Standard lamp oil engine-Vineyard 1952-1956 TEP-20 Tractor with Standard petrol engine - Industrial 1952-1956 TER-20 Tractor with Standard V.O. engine- Industrial 1952-1956 TES-20 Tractor with Standard lamp oil engine - Industrial 1952-1956 TET-20 Tractor with Standard diesel engine - Industrial 1952-1956

Serial Numbers and Year of Manufacture (Total built 517,651). 1-315 1946 316-20894 1947 20895-77772 1948 77773-116461 1949 116462-167836 1950 167837-241335 1951 241335-310779 1952 <--- yours was made here 1952
310780-367998 1953 367999-428092 1954 428093-488578 1955 488579-517651 1956 V.O. = Vaporising oil engine (TVO) Lamp oil engine= Zero Octane engine Standard engine= Engine manufactured by the Standard Motor Company

But thanks anyway :)

• FoFH UK

Btw careful digging with posthole digger without checking for underground cable locates, I've worked on a project putting fiber optics in that general area in the past and that particular one is expensive to damage.

Just a heads up

Take care and have fun

Norm