harder to get them to look right , Ive seen a lot off center and on the wonk and big dents around the bolts
personally i think they look a mess with a bit of care you can get fenders to fit quite well, even the reproduction ones ,
just take your time and think about things before whacking the drill through them and slinging some bolts through the holes,
just before i get in to this il put a picture up so you can see what I'm on about there we go,
right the fender frames Ive heard story's about them having to pull the top part of the frames about to get them to go back on , yes i did laugh the only time this happens is 1 when they are bent and in tension or you have the wrong top
on the right bottom . they are drilled to match the bottom so if you take them a part keep the two bits together .guess
how I know this .............. Charlies and Hubert's wings are originals and I TRYED TO SWAP THE BITS OVER TO SEE IF THEY FIT THE ANSWER WAS NO ... I had a close look at the way charlies where drilled and the holes are not in uniformed positions as they would be if they where drilled on a jig . if the wings are originals the bottom 3 holes in the Grey V will be rivets, and the top center one on the top frame to
like this above( top middle rivet )
Right you will need your bolts dome head like this
measure the square bit across the corners you need a drill the same size Plus a mill or so ,
then nip off the corners like this, Do not take all of the corner off,
the reason for doing this is that the taper will locate and lock into the frame easier by the way the bolts i used
are 23.5 mm wide domes 36mm long and M10 ,
ha ha sorry lads a request from tim at www.ploughmyfield.co.uk just for you tim ....... dome 15/16 .. 1 1/2 inch long
and 3/8
right start by centering the fender , then have a quick check and mark up the fender
remove the fender and drill out the holes with the size of drill you have gone for and bolt then bolt on the fender
its should look like this below
now mark up the other 5 holes remove the fender and drill them out and refit it
still with me , now take the nuts off the top 4 bolts and fit the support, be careful to fit the right one
yes i know its the same picture as at the start , right this is where it gets a bit tricky new fender skins are a slightly
different shape to the originals along the top edge so be careful do the top middle hole first , you will notice the other 2 holes one either side they might be standing away from the frame make sure you mark the fender square to its own face not in line with the hole ,
the red lines are the hole in the frame , the green line is what your aiming for 90" degrees to the skin surface
remove the fender drill the hole , I do hope your not confused , you will see what I'm up to soon , bolt the fender back on , now look at the hole in put a bolt in the middle top hole now look at the ones either side the hole in the fender is bigger than the hole in the frame, yes ? , if you using M10 bolts get an 11mm drill and drill out the hole and tilt the drill to realign the holes... anyone having a whinge yet ? get this, I DONT CARE This is the difference between bolting some rear fenders on your tractor, AND FITTING SOME ,Right on with the job , now you will need some big Pennie washers like these
get a bit of soft wood and a big socket put the washer on the wood turn the socket on its side and smack the socket with a hammer what your after is a slight bend ( Its bloody quicker to do it than write about it ) these are for inside the fenders between the skin and the frame, can you see what we are up to now ? look at the little gap that's where the fender skin sits and the washers take up the gap
that was the easy way of doing that bit , for you who want to do it them selves. And this is my way
Just because i can and there is another angled washer between the frame and skin
This is what you get for your well spent time
Lovely ,So people there you go
fun with Ferguson tractor fenders ,
PS. Try this out , on a standard original fender the skin has 3 rivets at the bottom, see below
yes , and the top has 1 rivet in the middle hole
so the fender will not come apart even if you undo all the bolts , Very strange , unless it is for a reason, Old man Ferguson was not daft , they could be for fitting lights and stuff or ................................Look what i dug up
can you see, look where the uprights are on the cab right on the 4 bolts on the top frames , spot on idea from the bloke who designed the cab , like i said i might be totaly wrong , and its a SUN TRAC cab
And lastly, thank you for the Emails and pictures ,