Ferguson TEA20 Serial Numbers

What's your Ferguson TEA20 Serial Number? The TEA20 was built by Standard Motor Company of England. To identify your tractor model and year of manufacture check the engine serial number (SN) plates. The SN plate is located at varying positions on the instrument console, depending on the model.

UK Produced Ferguson Tractors

Date casting codes on UK-built Ferguson tractors normally follow a format of day/month/year. Eg., a casting code of “01 9 5” would mean 1st September 1955.

TE-20 casting code numbers are found on the left side of the differential/hydraulic housing, just forward of the round port.

TEA-20 casting code numbers are found on the right side of the differential/hydraulic housing, just forward of the round port, on most, but not all, tractors.

FE-35 casting code numbers are found on the right side of the differential/hydraulic housing, just forward of the round port.

YEAR	TEA20 SERIAL NUMBER
1948	20895
1949	77773
1950	116462
1951	167837
1952	241336
1953	310780
1954	367999
1955	428093
1956	488579
Final	517651

TE and TEA tractors were built side by side to serial number 48000.

FERGUSON MODEL NUMBERS

MODEL	YEAR	MANUFACTURER	ENGINE
TE20	1947-1948	Standard Built	Continental Z-120
TO20	1948-1951	Detroit built	Continental Z-120
TEA-20	1947-1956	Standard Built	Petrol Standard engine
TEB-20	1946-1948	Standard Built	Continental narrow
TEC-20	1948-1956	Standard Built	Petrol Standard engine, narrow
TED-20	1949-1956	Standard Built	V.O. Standard engine
TEE-20	1949-1956	Standard Built	V.O. Standard engine, narrow
TEF-20	1951-1956	Standard Built	Diesel
TO30	1951-1954	Detroit built	Continental Z-129
TEH-20	1950-1956	Standard Built	Zero Octane Standard engine
TEJ-20	1950-1956	Standard Built	Zero Octane Standard engine, narrow
TEK-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	Petrol Standard engine, vineyard
TEL-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	V.O. Standard engine, vineyard
TEM-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	Zero Octane Standard engine, vineyard
TEP-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	Petrol Standard engine, industrial
TER-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	V.O. Standard engine, industrial
TES-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	Lamp oil Standard engine, industrial
TET-20	1952-1956	Standard Built	Diesel Standard engine, industrial
TEY-20	1955-1956	P3 (TA)	Perkins engine

V.O = Vaporising oil engine (TVO)
Lamp oil engine= Zero Octane engine
Standard engine= Engine manufactured by the Standard Motor Company

'Standard' is classified in 3 ways:

Standard as in chassis type (a TO-20 has a standard chassis vs. a F-40 Hi-Crop wide-front which is not a standard chassis type)

Standard as in model (such as TO-35 Standard vs. TO-35 Deluxe vs. TO-35 Special)

Standard as in engine manufacturer (Standard Motors in the UK)

Some of the prefixes below apply only to UK-built tractors and others are applicable only to early MF tractors. They are included for your information:
S - Standard chassis/wide front
C - High clearance/wide front chassis
R - Row crop/twin wheel front chassis
T - Row crop/single wheel front chassis
J - Industrial or multiple purpose chassis
V - Vineyard chassis
U - Utility or turf chassis
G - Gasoline
H - High altitude gasoline
D - Standard Diesel
K - Vaporizing oil (TVO)
L - Lamp oil
P - Perkins Diesel
B - LP Gas
M - Dual-stage clutch
F - Single-stage clutch
W - Multi-Power

Can't find your Serial Number Plate?*

If your SN plate is missing there are some features that may help you identify your Ferguson TE20:
The aluminum engine SN plate, fastened to the block with four small course-threaded rivets, will be located near the top of the left side of the engine block between the coil and the distributor. The engine model (all Z-series) will be found on the plate, preceding the engine number, and will help determine the tractor model (assuming no modifications to the tractor have been made, such as cobbling together a tractor from parts of several different models). If equipped with a Standard Motors gasoline or Diesel engine: Standard Motors engines have no SN plate. The engine data is stamped into the block on a flat surface. On engines with carburetors, the numbers are located between the oil filler and the coil on the left side of the engine. On Diesels the numbers are just above the generator on the right side of the engine.

FERGUSON TEA

A TEA has a gasoline engine whose SN begins with “S” and ends with “E.” A SN of 1 through 100204 indicates an 80mm (bore) engine.

Engines from 100501 through 117000 are 85mm engines.

Engines with SN SC1E - SC102519E are later 85mm engines.

Engines up to S112390E are 6V; engines from that point on are 12V with the air intake on the right side of the instrument console.

Some late engines may have “EVR” as a suffix, indicating it has rotating exhaust valves.

TEA and its variations

The oil filler cap is located on the left side of the engine near the top of the block toward the rear.

The grill is comprised of three separate pieces the two side panels separate from the rest.

The top of the valve cover is not flat, but lower on the right-hand side

The electrical components are Lucas.

Sheet metal and hood release latches are virtually the same as for the TE-20.

The brakes are adjusted with a large square nut, unlike the TO series tractors which are adjusted with a screwdriver in a slot (some early ones were modified to adjust with a TO-35 Identifying Features F-40 Identifying Features screwdriver).

* Information from Ferguson tractors.org

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