B6000 losing power on load

Rcapellaro

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My 1976 B6000 is bogging down when im putting load on it like pulling some gravel with a scraper blade if too much gravel builds up the tractor engine slows down to almost a stall. Its worse at higher gears but even does it in first gear and it never did this before. Would this be clutch related or could it be losing power due to compression?
 

Russell King

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Is the engine RPM reducing or is the forward movement just slowing down?
 

North Idaho Wolfman

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Yea like Russell was saying, if the engine loses RPM then it's a fuel or compression issue, if the RPM only drop slightly and the tractor bogs down then it's a clutch issue.