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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Robert Walton wrote:

> I've got a 1983 Kubota L305 DT. Lately, it has a problem when it's
> been working. It's hard to describe, but I'll try: It starts to lose
> rpms and gets like it is going to stall. I also notice that the loader
> starts to droop a little when it does that. Today I was cleaning up a
> farm lane with the bush hog, nothing heavy. At the end of the job, it
> started to lose rpms and get like it was going to stall. I cut off the
> pto and let it idle for a few minutes and it was OK, but did the same
> thing after a few minutes of running the PTO.
>
> It did this last time I used it a lot plowing and disking a field, I'd
> have to stop and let it rest a while. The indicator does not show that
> it is overheating.
>
> The transmission/hydraulic fluid is not low, but I'm thinking that
> there must be a filter and it would probably be good to change it.
> I've not changed it in the 3 years I've had it and have no idea if it
> has ever been done. I'm thinking that the fluid is overheating? I'd
> sure appreciate it if anyone that is good with tractors would give me
> their opinion on troubleshooting this.

Losing rpm? That's engine. If it has fuel injection, the injector pump  
may need an overhaul.