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Machinery Forum Re: Re: JD 4050 Tractor with 359 cid engine [ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ] Posted by CJ Johansson on October 24, 2000 at 10:16:48 from (156.153.255.186): In Reply to: Re: JD 4050 Tractor with 359 cid engine posted by McC on August 11, 2000 at 23:56:59: I have a 4050MFWD with the 6359 engine. It has about 7000 hours on it and runs perfectly. It will pull a 3 bottom 18" plow through anything, even heavy adobe without even noticing it (I'm sure I could handle a 4 bottom, but the dealers say that would be pushing it). I'm sure the MFWD helps a lot. I have a 15' JD 310 tandem disk (heavy, 210 is medium, 110 is light) I can pull that UP 20+ degree slopes, but I do have to shift down from 6th to 4th or so. The 6359 engines for the 4050's were made in Saran France. I've heard from numerous dealers that the 3659 engine was used world wide in more applications than any other engine Deere ever made. Interestingly, they don't seem to make it anymore, well, I should qualify that statement. I was looking through some info on re-power engines and they list the 466 as the one for the 4050. As with all diesel engines, HP/torque is really a function of how much fuel you put into the cylinder (yes, displacement counts for something too). The 359 as well as 466 comes set up for a variety of power ratings. I find it interesting that my pickup truck has a 360 cu.in. Cummins diesel and is rated at 215 HP. I know Cummins makes that particular engine with up to 300 HP. So, the JD 6359, assuming it's fairly similar in design, running at 130HP is really running well under it's design limit. This will equate to a long lasting engine. Oh, yes, the 4050 is rated at 105 HP at the PTO, according to my engine manual, the engine flywheel HP is 130. Follow Ups: Post A Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Re: Re: Re: JD 4050 Tractor with 359 cid engine Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.