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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 7140" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>If anyone has experienced breaking the newest style quick couplers on the front of their Bobcat that screw into the block you will know just how "EXPENSIVE " they are , $220US for both a male and female , the older style sells for about $50 a set after market , which is really the same name brand , the newest ones get broke alot from the attachment hoses getting hung up on something and give it a tug and they crack , the older ones are much tougher to break , I came up with and idea of how to get rid of them , do away with the valve completely and go back to the regular old flat face couplers , you will lose the by-pass feature of the vavle which allows you to push in on the coupler to release any pressure in the line but it is a redundant feature as the pressure can be released from the seat by the release pressure button on the dash , I have fabed a plate/bracket to take the place of the valve which the couplers go in to , and attached bulkhed fittings to to so the old couplers can be screwed on , the hardest part was getting the bracket mounting right so that the connection could be made to the existing tubing , I have not installed it yet on a machine , but I think it will work out good , wondering if a lot of people elsewhere have the same problem breaking couplers and would be interseted in a way to modify</p></blockquote><p></p>