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Air Cleaner To Carb Question TE20

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Langus

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Does anyone have or know of a source for the "Tube, Cleaner to Carb" for 1948 TE20? Part number 825-612 M1. Below are pics of what it used to look like. Plus, now that we are about done with the restore we want it to look right and not cobbled up!
Do any of you have pictures of how your air intake piping is ran? It looks to be really tight behind the exhaust and to miss the choke lever. When we got the tractor it had two pieces of radiator hose about 7" long and then a metal elbow that isnt bent at a 90 degree. After looking at the parts manual, it kind of looks like the elbow is supposed to have an offset bent into it to miss the exhaust?
Thanks for the help!
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Personally, I would work with what you got. As long as the elbow isn't rusted out, get new hoses and clamps.
It seems the Standard engines had a step down pipe like a tail pipe adapter, Yt and sparex only sell short hoses, so ya, use what you got for now.
Yes you need to keep clear of the exhaust and choke, but so did the assembly line right? Kind of a poor design from the get go, but they lasted over 65 years so far eh?
Any clean and repainted fergie looks impressive, only the purist will know, and there ain't many of them!!!
 
I suppose your right. The carb and the exhaust are just about inline with each other. The previous owner just kind of crammed it all on there but I would like it to look a little nicer! I will figure something out. I am thinking of going to a muffler shop and having them bend me some pipe to put in there and still use the 2.5" rubber hose as couplers on both ends. Thanks for the input on this. By the way, here is a pic I took Friday of the progress. Pay no attention to the starter cable. I am redoing that as we speak.
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langus,
might be just as concerned as to what is inside the old air cleaner,

new hoses are good, but if the air cleaner tower has not been cleaned out in years, it may clogged with dirt and not doing its job.

on my old TO35, I took my air cleaner tower off the tractor and soaked it in a 5 gal bucket of kerosene for 4 hours, then rinsed it out, over and over with fresh kerosene until the kerosene ran out clean. you would be surprised how dirty the kerosene was coming out,

note to file I would not try and take the wire mesh material out of the filter, it can be very hard to get back in, unless it's gone, rusted out!!!!!

then let the air cleaner tower set out in the sun for about 8 hours, drip drying, so all the kerosene was out of the filter.

bolted it back up on the tractor, added new oil to the base and off I when.

tractor runs good.

in the old service manuals there was some such hours of operation schedule when this air filter tower was to be serviced. most farmers did not service the air filter tower, just changed the oil in the base cup.
 
Langus,I have a TE20 that I can look at and see if it is any different than yours. The tractor is complete so it might be original.
 
I know what you mean by checking the old air cleaner mesh. Ours was completely plugged top to bottom. Looked like someone tried to dig it out with a screwdriver or something because the mesh was pretty much destroyed. We ended up drilling out the small spot welds so we could pull the old mesh out of the bottom of the tower and replaced the mesh with new. Not a job I would recommend but just didn't feel right leaving it in there the way it was!
 
That would be really appreciated if you could check it for me. I looked at the parts manual but didn't really see what I thought I would. Thanks for the help!
 
Does your tractor have a protective plate over the exhaust manifold?

My friend has a tractor like yours and the gas will boil in the tank as he is working the tractor. There is no protective shield over the manifold.

My TO35 has a protective shield over the exhaust manifold, I told him I had never heard the gas boiling in the tank.

"That appears to be dangerous"
 
No our tractor does not have an exhaust shield over the manifold. I am not sure I have seen a TE20 with a shield over the manifold. I checked my parts manual and it does not call for one that I can see. Anybody else have any input on this? Thanks for the concern.
 
funny timing on this thread - I just took my air cleaner apart yesterday and it was NASTY! I'll be trying your kerosene cleaning method for sure! I did order some steal mesh from this site. Is it really a pain to replace?
 
I have heard by some that the air cleaner mesh is hard to get back into the filter, if taken out, but if it is gone or rusted out, you will have to disassemble the unit.

New mesh can be ordered,

The kerosene dip worked well for my tractor.
 
Langus, they did made a factory manifold heat shield for the TO20, this picture shows one. If you are still having problems with boiling fuel, I would try to make one and fit it. why take a chance on the tractor catching on fire.


The heat shield for the TE 20 series Ferguson tractor is clearly pictured on page 87 of 'Ferguson implements and accessories' by John Farnworth. I have seen a picture of one fitted to an Australian tractor on E bay . Absolutely a factory supplied Ferguson accessory and not anything home made or after market
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Interesting. I did not know they had such a thing. It was another person that was having trouble with fuel boiling. We haven't started out new motor yet. I know for the last 20+ years our TE20 didn't have the shield on it. Not to say it didn't originally. Thanks for the info. I will for sure keep an eye on it!
 
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