Why on Earth would anyone want to put a turbo on a 4010. Dad had a 4010-D from Dec, 1968 to about August '72. After having the self-proclaimed "Best Deere Mechanic in the Midwest" tune it up, a '63 4010 w/4020 kit in it already was probably making 65-70 HP. When it finally started struggling pulling a 12 ft Kewanee disk in plowed ground in 5th gear and a 4-14 Case pull type plow in 4th Dad had a true expert come over one night and rebuild the pump. Some HACK had ground the ends of the leaf spring in the pump to get it to act like a stiffer spring, but ground one side more than the other. Three alternating cylinders running at half throttle and the other 3 at full load. With the rebuilt pump set for 100- 105 HP I could pull that little disk in 7th gear if I wanted to!
After about 50-60 hours after the pump rebuild the head gasket blew. Replaced the head gasket and ran maybe 20 more hours, then took it to the shop the pump expert owned and did a complete major O/H with M&W sleeves/pistons, turned pump down to 95 HP, ran tractor maybe 75-80 hours and the PTO went out running a 6 ft bush hog, so back to the experts shop. PTO & engine clutch both replaced, tractor SOLD to local kid, M&W turbo installed, piston cooling jets were installed at rebuild, and about a year later the kid came to complain about a total transmission/final drive failure and rebuild and see how much of the bill Dad was going to pay! The kid got an education on what "as is, where is, no warrantee" meant on a used 10 year old tractor. This tractor was the Big Horse on a 160 acre livestock farm. It plowed with 4-14's, 12 ft disk, cultivated with 4RW frt mount cultivator, and pulled the JD #30 combine over 30-40 acres of oats every summer, and sat in the shed 6-8 months of the year. Only used 160-180 hours a year, never came close to a loader. Never started from Labor Day till Easter unless we were able to fall plow which we only did two years.
Most people agree the 1010 & 2010 are frail, but in my opinion, the 4010 is worse! The list of problems with that 4010 is actually MUCH MUCH longer, absolute Money Pit! The tractor had the factory 15.5 rear tires with 60% tread left when Dad bought it at 4-5 years old. I suspect the thing made 120-125 HP after the turbo and didn't last a year. And it's not like 65-70 HP for 3-4+ years or more and 100 HP pulling 3010 sized implements for a year should have hurt it. Tractor got repainted and all 4 new tires before it was ever taken to the field. And then the breakdowns and repairs started!
Save yourself a LOT of headaches, turbo a 4020, about 1/3 of them around home got turbo's, and held up much better.
What amazes me, the neighbor across the road farmed 240 acres for two years with just a 560 FARMALL gas as his only tractor, then 320 acres for 2-3 years still only using the 560 and NEVER had a problem with the tractor pulling 4-14's & 14 ft disk. That tractor did EVERTHING except pick corn, guy had a 203 IH combine, plow, disk, plant, cultivate, spray, even mow/rake hay the one year he raised hay, 560 did everything!
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