update in coupler holders

caterpillar guy · Aug 28, 2022

Well I wanted to thank everyone that replied. Also looked at some at local store they had the aluminum one price was a bit high I thought so I guess I will order one set from some place else and then I think I'm going to look into making a set for the other side. If I were to use some pipe and cut a piece out of it I could squeeze it down to fit and work I believe then weld a piece over the end to hold the ring from coming out. Or just use a couple washers and weld to a ring of some sort. Have not decided yet.

farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

(quoted from post at 11:16:39 08/28/22) Well I wanted to thank everyone that replied. Also looked at some at local store they had the aluminum one price was a bit high I thought so I guess I will order one set from some place else and then I think I'm going to look into making a set for the other side. If I were to use some pipe and cut a piece out of it I could squeeze it down to fit and work I believe then weld a piece over the end to hold the ring from coming out. Or just use a couple washers and weld to a ring of some sort. Have not decided yet.

I tried that method for years, and it was totally a PITA. They tend to work loose

farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

Take two pieces of square stock, and cut a hole close to the diameter of your coupler sleeve where the hose crimps to the fitting.

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Make a locating pin to keep the pieces of stock aligned for cutting the second hole, then make the second hole.

If you need to bore the holes you made to the proper size, you'll need a second locator pin to hold the pieces in alignment when boring. One pin(the original) will hold them in alignment for the first boring operation. Then the second pin(made to fit the newly bored diameter) will hold everything alignment while boring the second hole.

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farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

Drill holes for your clamp bolts

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Pics aren't loading right, I'll try to get them up when I have time to fight with it LOL

farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

Mill your blocks to create clamping clearance.

The blocks will then have space for some crush.

The valves are bolted to a base plate that will be welded to another plate on the tractor

farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

The Oliver 1850 has very bad provision for remote mounting. I've made mounts that bolt to the final drive housing.

I like a shutoff valve ahead of the coupler to keep fluid dribbling to a minimum when running without hoses hooked up. And, it allows me to hook up without fighting system pressure.

You might notice that the drawbar support bar, drawbar roller support, and main drawbar pin(which you can't see), was rebuilt at the time I updated the remote mounts. These old gals are always a work in process I guess.

farmersamm · Aug 29, 2022

I said, and I don't know why, to size the holes for the crimp on your hose fitting. I guess it's been so many years since I did the update, I forgot that the crimp is a bad place to clamp.

[b:8311abdb64]This is why I used pipe. So....you have hose to pipe, then pipe to coupler. Sorry about that, it's an old project.[/b:8311abdb64]

rrlund · Aug 29, 2022

Are those breakaways? They look like they just hold the base of the coupler, not the collar.

BarnyardEngineering · Aug 29, 2022

farmersamm, those are not "breakaway" couplers. If your implement comes unhooked and you are not lightning fast on the clutch, something's getting ripped apart. Hopefully it's just the hoses.

caterpillar guy · Aug 29, 2022

Farmersamm you're in the right church wrong pew. I need to make something like you have only yo hold the ring/sleeve of the coupler so they can pull out if a pin comes out or something broke and the implement lost off. I don't want to pull the hoses apart like it looks to me yours would. I just want them to be enough heavier they don't slip out and deform from anything that happens over the years.

rrlund · Aug 29, 2022

Do you need me to send you ten bucks so you can buy two sets of the aluminum ones? LOL

rrlund · Aug 29, 2022

I remember the first tractor I had with hydraulics. It was an Oliver 77 and I was 14. I bought a pair of Pioneer couplers and
replaced those Airway or whatever the heck those things had originally. I made something to hold those by the base, not knowing
what I was doing. A know-it-all neighbor was here and I asked him about it. He slid the collar back and said yea, they're
breakaways. I went out and plowed with an Oliver Plow Master with the breakaway hitch. The first stone I hit, it cost me a pair of
hoses.

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