TO20 Tool Kit?

ghostdncr · Dec 15, 2018

Does anyone know what the basic original tool kit supplied with a TO20 consisted of? I'm not having much luck searching for info or images of this kit, although I did run across this interesting Australian website in the process that shows all manner of Ferguson "spanners" and other such tools:

https://ozwrenches.com/ferguson.htm

steve19438 · Dec 15, 2018

never thought the TO's came with tool kits. but I have been known to be wrong before.

ghostdncr · Dec 15, 2018

(quoted from post at 08:14:34 12/15/18) never thought the TO's came with tool kits. but I have been known to be wrong before.

That is an assumption on my part, Steve. I've found one image in a locked-down .pdf document (can't copy/paste or otherwise extract the image for posting) that shows an overhead view of the toolbox fitted between the radiator and fuel tank. It contains three Ferguson wrenches and what appears to be a screwdriver blade and (perhaps?) a screwdriver handle/plug wrench-type thing. I'm sure it's quite possible none of this was delivered with a TO20 but instead was optional and this particular box just happened to contain those items.

Tom H. · Dec 15, 2018

These pics are from a Ferguson parts manual. I also do not know if the tractors were supplied with the tool kit or just available from the dealer. I?ve
purchased from ebayers quite a few of the standard 11/16-1-1/16 wrenches.

ghostdncr · Dec 15, 2018

You came through again, Tom! Middle left of the second page you posted is the kit I saw. I went looking for that .pdf and just took a photo of my computer screen to illustrate:

I can't quite make out the sizes of items 12 and 13 on the parts list, but think they are 3/8 and 7/16, and 1/2 and 9/16 inch. Is this correct?

Crem · Dec 15, 2018

Tom, about those standard 11/16-1-1/16 Ferguson wrenches that you have purchased, do you have a number of different types of labeling that were made? I have five different Ferguson ones and four different Ford ones plus some of those same size plow wrenches that are not either Ford or Ferguson.

Roy Gatewood · Dec 15, 2018

Our 1952 TO-30 was used as demonstrator before my dad bought it. I still have the 3/8 and 7/16 wrench that
came with it. I think my dad carried it in his pocket for many years. On one end of the "handle" for lack
of better term you can make out an HF. I don't remember the 1/2 and 9/16. We had the big wrench. Since we
had a demonstrator the other pieces may been lost or misplaced.

Tom H. · Dec 15, 2018

I?ll have a look and get back to when I get home I do know that two are stamped Ferguson and most of the others are MHF castings.

Tom H. · Dec 16, 2018

These are some of the wrenches I have collected. Ones not pictured are in my tractors and are of the MHF series and not the Ferguson or Harry
Ferguson stamped or embossed (those don?t leave my garage).
They are as follows
180108 MHF
Two Ferguson TO17014
Harry Ferguson Inc TO17014
MF. M3
185931M1 1-5/16 or 1-3/8? maybe Massey Harris
MF Spark Plug Wrench 202783M1

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · Dec 21, 2018

Harry designed the original Plow Wrench for the 1936 Ferguson-Brown Type A tractor based on the earlier LaCrosse Plow wrench that had the inch hash marks. Only about 1200 tractors were built so these wrenches are rare to find today. In 1938 Harry joined the Ford team to produce the 9N tractor and he took his design to them. Ford modified it a bit and added the FORD logo and their part number, 9N-17014. Several clones were made over the years. I wrote an article for the 'N-NEWS' and "FORD TOOL TIMES' many years ago detailing all the different suppliers. Any part with the 180 prefix is a later Massey-Ferguson number. The book "FERGUSON IMPLEMENTS AND ACCESSORIES" by John Farnsworth has a page or two on the original Ferguson tools. The list for the TE20 Tractor shows:

10 Inch Spanner (17014 Plough Wrench)
Grease Gun
Adjustable Spanner
Spark Plug Box Socket & Handle

Issued with every new tractor, toolkits were also dealer accessory options.

9N-17014 FORD & LACROSSE PLOW WRENCHES:

Tim *PloughNman* Daley(MI)

ghostdncr · Dec 22, 2018

I've been doing a lot of tinkering on my Ferguson the past few weeks and have found use for little else beyond 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 11/16, and 1-1/16 combination wrenches. I had those sizes on hand and they've done a fine job. In connection with another recent series of YT threads concerning a particular metric size, I did find the little terminal block (?) that connects the coil lead to the points on my distributor uses 10mm nuts. I can see myself eventually filing those nuts down to 3/8" AF to prevent having to carry the extra wrenches.

Personally, I think open-end wrenches are the devil's work and best suited to rounding over fasteners. If there's any way I can get a box-end wrench into play, that's what I'm using. I was not aware that the collecting of these original wrenches was such a big deal, but it clearly is. I'll definitely be keeping a closer eye out for them at future sales and flea markets.

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