Holy smokes people, does this thing move some dirt now! Before I would only be able to sink my FEL in a couple inches then I wouldn't be able to lift my bucket. So I would only skim the top as best as I could until I hopefully got enough dirt worth while to move. And if I did get enough dirt worth while to move I wouldn't be able to lift it.
I still have to skim since I don't have a big tractor but I can skim deeper and lift my bucket when needed and get a bucket full of dirt. It's a lot easier to manipulate the bucket in the dirt when needed to get more dirt. I can lift the bucket full of dirt over the dirt pile now as well.
Thanks for all your help on the issue being "bypass"! I never knew what it was and I never would have suspected it either since my bucket lift pistons didn't leak.
You guys rock, I hope I can contribute to others as well.