tilt hood

OakhamMike · Mar 4, 2017

I'd like to convert my clip on hood to a tilt hood and I know I saw a spring and clip hardware at bottom and a long rod up top in a picture once. Anybody have any pictures or the actual hardware? 1953 TO30 Thanks, Mike

Tom H. · Mar 5, 2017

Hi Mike,

If you have a clip on hood it your tractor may have had a loader on it. The upper hood assembly pictured is the TO30 hood. You will need the hold down parts that are pictured on the dash panel. They can be found from salvage yards and fleabay

Richard L · Mar 5, 2017

Mike all TO 30s came with the tilt hood. The diagram that Tom sent shows the TO 30 in the top diagram & the TE series hood in the bottom diagram. They both tilt forward. You should have the hood latch on your TO 30 on the left side of steering column just below the main dash panel. Since this is the only type of hood I have ever seen on a TO 20 or TO 30 I would like to see what your hood looks like. How do you add gas to your tank and water to the radiator? Thank you Richard

Richard L · Mar 5, 2017

Was that spring and clip you saw on a TO 20? In the beginning Harry Ferguson devised the hood to be held open on the TO 20s with a spring clip that was located down towards the bottom of the radiator. When you wanted to close the hood you had to reach in and lift up or down on that clip to release it so the hood would tilt down to the closed position. Is this what you saw before?

steve19438 · Mar 5, 2017

my dad's TO-20 had that arrangement.

phil(va) · Mar 5, 2017

Richard, I have a hood like he describes on a TO-30 with a loader. If it's like mine, it has spring loaded latches at the front attached to the hood with hold clip on the doglegs, and the rear locks with the standard factory lock, same as a tilt hood. To get to gas tank you just release the two front latches and then release the dash latch same as on normal hood and the hood lifts up. Mine has a very professional cut-out for the radiator access. I have to stand on a front tire to properly lift the hood off as the loader frame makes that task cumbersome otherwise. I do have an extra tilt hood in fair condition that is available cheap, but only for pickup here in VA (Tom, if you are interested).

OakhamMike · Mar 5, 2017

Thanks gents, I've been using two to make one over the past 16 years and the hood is the only thing left.I figured I was missing some rod that would hold the hood from going too far forward and or the spring and clip hardware as in the TE type pictuered.I 've never had a hood on this machine.I made a TO30 part of a deal for a 53 NAA because the Ford did'nt have any fenders and the broken Ferguson did. Brought them both home along with a brand new 6' brush hog,single bottom fergy 16" plow and a ford sickle mower for three Gs.The TO30 had the tranny's front flange broken all the way around then crudely repaired.The guy was glad to get rid of it. Six years later I aquired a running TO30 caught in a barn fire for $200. All the aluminum was melted half way down the steering box.It was'nt far away and I had a complete parts tractor so I've been wire brushing, painting and assembling since, I still have to strip ,prime and paint the hood.

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