6 quarts is about all the belly pump reservoir will hold. You might be able to squeeze a pint or two more in if you fill it right to the brim, but that won't double the lift height, and oil will blow all over the place when you let the loader back down.
Did you start the tractor between the drain and fill? Did you move or "adjust" anything? Did you do anything other than drain and fill? With a simple drain and fill, it should work exactly the same after as it did before.
Hydraulic fluid, 30wt oil, it doesn't make a flip bit of difference. 30wt is what is "supposed" to be in there, only because there was no such thing as hydraulic fluid until about 1955. As long as it's liquid, greasy, and not too thick, it will work fine as hydraulic fluid. The pump can't tell the difference. Some Broadway show actually uses vegetable oil in its hydraulics.
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