Bob and Laddie's blocks came back last week having had their camshaft journals re-bushes. Its a time thing this line-boring. The age of Fergusons means that they are nearly all or have nearly all reached a point where wear is endemic. Low oil pressure is a complaint we hear all the time and nine times out of ten its wear on the camshaft journals. Unfortunately its not a cheap job but once done the tractor will go on for the next sixty years or more because few TE20s do the work hours which they used to.

Bot the crankshafts were off locally to be rebored because of excessive wear as well. Bob came back with 20thou. oversize on the main bearings and 10thou. on the big ends but Laddie was 50thou. oversize on both mains and con-rods. It is still just possible to get the shells but specialist and of course the 50thou. main shells I have on the shelf are for a TEF.

Gary has finished rebuilding Bob's engine and is setting up the timing.