Hydraulic Couplers

[TVIron]

I have a John Deere 3046R tractor and I have a 165 loader. Due to my disability in my shoulders and hands, I have no strength to attach the hydraulic hoses from the loader to the tractor. I have followed all of John Deere instruction books, and also after my 60 years working on tractors, I can not get the hydraulic couplers together. I would appreciate any possible help or ideas that anyone could give me. Is there a tool that would be beneficial?
After working for an hour and a half of trying to connect the two halves together, I simply had to give up. Please can anyone help me?

 

[Wisconsin Cowman]

Not sure if Deere has a single point hydraulic coupler block. May want to connect your dealer for options.

 

[Jim.ME]

You likely tried these two things to see that residual pressure is not preventing you from connecting them. Can you push the ball, or poppet, in on the loader hose ends to relieve any pressure in those hoses? Sometimes temperature changes or settling will create pressure in the hoses even if you neutralized them before removal. Did you have the tractor off and cycle the valves that control the tractor remotes to remove any pressure from them before trying to connect them?

Or is the problem you can't work the snap sleeves and push the hoses at the same time? A hydraulic shop might be able to set you up with couplers that screw (wing nut shell to turn) together instead of snap together. Couplers like port-a-powers use would work but the coupler nuts are round.

 

[Kansas4010]

This is what Wisconsin cowman is talking about. I know they offer them for smaller tractors but don't know if it can be retrofitted afterwards.

 

[Wisconsin Cowman]

It looks like there is none offered for the 3 series tractors but could be added like this guy did using part number AW36032.

 

[Mike M]

Not sure what that tractor uses ? But on my early JD 5105 it has a coupler that you are to simply push in and pull out. These have no external collar to release them. Well I got them out without too much issue. I fought them and fought them trying to get reconnected. I finally unscrewed the couplers from the tractor and was able to tear them apart and clean up the inside mechanism that makes them work. Then then went back together really easy.