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Do any of you Farmall tractor owners have a John Deere 3046R? 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?
 

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.
 
If the issue is from cylinders under pressure, few couplers can overcome that situation. There are some lever types out there that help a little. Also someone makes handles that attach inline with the male tip and hose--they look like bike handlebars.
Some new female couplers operate differently than traditional designs; the body can remain stationary while only the sleeve moves, yet pullout under unhitching emergencies still is possible.
2 way sleeves have been popular for a few years, push or pull as is comfortable for you and the retaining balls release either way.

Good luck
Karl f
 
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