Identifying 188 diesel block

The other problem is knowing how many holes should be open in the rear cam bearing. The engine ID tag had previously been removed from the block which is what is used in the manual (Thanks George!) for identifying cam bearings and hollow bolts.

So, how do I go about sorting this mess out?

What makes matters worse, I think the machine shop installed the front cam bearing wrong as only one oiler hole is open to the oil passage. The manual seems a little ambiguous on this issue.

Oh yeah, this engine has the small flange liners if this helps any.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Brad

• 1963 Case 530CK backhoe

Thanks for the info. I finally managed to solve the problem this afternoon after talking with George Miller. There is a change point on the 188 diesel engines where the oil to the rocker train switched from the center pedistal to the rear pedistal. The early engines had the oil feed go through a hole on the right side top center of the block and the later engines were fed from the rear camshaft bearing.

Once we figured out my block didn't have the rear oil hole up to the head it became a no brainer that mine fed from the center.

What this means is on the early blocks the front and rear cam bearings each only had one oil feed hole where the later blocks had an extra hole in the rear cam bearing.

Brad

• 1963 Case 530CK backhoe

Brad

• 1963 Case 530CK backhoe