How many reverse bars do you run and how are the chopper knifes or discharge beater paddles. Maybe it's about time for helicalsIJ I believe all the '94 R62's had 260hp wheather they had the Cummins or Deutz. I believe Tom has it on our web site where the hp stood as time went on. The only thing I have seen on the Cummins or Deutz that will cut raw power is junk in the hand pump check valve or a failing charge pump on the Cummins. Of course that is beyond the obvious like filters, hi idle speed, ect. Thats not saying you can't get pump tuned up so it will give you the snap you like to have in a combine. Most pump shops should know how to do that for you and if not than check around. Get the fuel specs. for pump from Gleaner service manual. I think with the hours on your machine and if your engine is a Deutz that it would be time for injector job, set valves again, check timing, pull pump to have it evened out and fine tuned. Be sure pump shop puts four spring governer setup in it for some had two spring and some had three spring. The Gleaner P_N for spring kit is in a bullitin back in '93 or '94 and the campaign was for the '93 machines. I have found two spring setups in later machines and the reason we were looking at them is because machine started a micro surge at high idle low load which would throw main drive belts. This governer spring deal I'm talking about is for the Deutz V8's. To answer your question are new machines stronger. Yes, in '00 we got 285 electonically controled ponys in the R62 and they are real nice. I think if you stuck your combine engine in you tractor you would find the governers to act similiarly. Its just that in a combine when shafts ect. slow up just enough it starts gulping up a bunch of power. Thats why everyone wants a governer setup that will respond as much as possible immediatly after rated load without being so responsive that engine starts surging. I think if the engine manufacture had the pump manufacture set these pumps to get mega torque rise within a short period after rated there would be many operators using up all the power and sitting right on the edge of the torque rise limit all day long. You see to get that mega torque rise very soon after rated the HP would go up also as you keep loading machine. Best thing to do is watch that rated load speed and run as close to it as what is comfortable.