Ok, I'm replying to this post because it was the last one, but I want to really thank everyone for their input - you guys are great. So I put a connected a hoist from the bucket to the tractor front axle and brute forced it down. I don't know why I didn't think to try this at first, but someone made this suggestion I think and I ran with it. At first it jerked a little from side to side as I put more pressure downward, and then it came down a few inches at a time and slacked up the chain.
After I got it all the way down, I pushed it up again a little bit and it came down with gravity. Then I pushed it up a little more and it gravity dropped...then I extended the rods all the way up and it got stuck. I forgot to mention that every time I pushed it up a little I sprayed a bunch of penetro 90 on the rods before I tried to gravity drop it. So it got stuck at the top and I hooked it back up to the hoist and pulled a little and it fell hard and fast all the way down.
I continued to push it up, spray lubricant, drop it, etc. I think whatever was binding it up is now loosening up and tomorrow I'll work it up and down some more and eventually I'll have a normal loader.
Thank you to all who helped, it's really appreciated.
I'm posting some pics of it on the ground to give some closure. Thanks again all's well that ends well. After seeing someone else's post, I probably should have disconnected the hoses before forcing it down to avoid the junk in the cylinders going into the tractor possibly...
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