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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> My first guess is that the fuel filter is getting plugged.  Losing power is
> usually fuel related.  If it is a case of not going, if you have a torque
> converter, it could be oil level.

I'll start with a fuel filter. Would that happen only after the
tracter gets warmed up or is worked hard?

>
> Second, change all filters every year or so, fuel, oil, and fuel when you
> change the oil.

I changed oil and filter last fall.

>Even if it is a low hours tractor, oil needs to be warm for
> a while to evaporate the water vapors that can form acids and sludge.
>

I don't understand. Thanks for taking the time to give me this info!

Rob - Va