I do like that huge loader (17' lift height and 3500 lbs. lift capacity). It's an F11-C which is a later version of the F11 and supposedly had some design upgrades from earlier versions. They still command decent prices when I look at sold online auction listings. The plan for this tractor is to fix the power steering leak, find a replacement front pump, and live with the 3rd gear and block damage issues for the foreseeable future. I want to rig up a set of pallet forks for it for loading/unloading. It might even be tall enough to pull the engine out of my Gleaner CII if I ever had to do that someday.

For the front pump, I think these are fairly standard off the shelf items, correct? Just find something with a similar size and GPM that has the correct mounting pattern? The loader has a dedicated PTO pump, so the front pump must just run the tractor hydraulics/rear lift.

Would I have any luck spraying lots of brake cleaner into the block cracks and filling with an epoxy like JB weld? I'm not concerned about it structurally, but it does appear that oil is slowly working its way to the surface.