I’ve owned my ’52 Ferguson TE-D 20 for quite a few years now, and it’s been used for many jobs along the way, including making many appearances at local ploughing matches. 2022 was a good year for me regarding ploughing, as I was happy with my results and, moreover, particularly pleased with my ploughing using a 10-inch, two-furrow plough.
Overall, the tractor runs very well and purrs away nicely with its original engine, but whilst on the way to my first ploughing match of this year the engine began to run faster than usual, and after climbing a hill and then descending the other side, the engine shut down after closing the throttle lever and wouldn’t