Tractor & Farming Heritage

FITTING FERGIE LIGHTS

The customer who I rebuilt the Ferguson engine for has been so pleased with his tractor he decided he wanted a set of lights fitted on it. He also wanted to tow his trailer with the lights working on the back of it. The head and sidelights are pretty much straightforward, in that all the components are readily available off the shelf from myriad suppliers, in fact, some suppliers even supply a light wiring kit.

Where to start

The first thing to do is to mark and drill the holes for the lights and switch on the dash. With having two Fergies fitted with headlights, a quick measure up with a tape measure revealed the hole for each headlight is 4¼in (108mm) from the line that joins the top of the bonnet to the sides and 4¼in

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