Tinkerer
Senior Member
Change the hydraulic filter element as soon as you can. Correct the filter line arrangement to match the diagram .
I have it tore down to replace it but I'm not sure the last guy used the right gasket. According to the book I should have fire rings and this one doesn't and seems to be oversized around the sleeves. It seems like the gasket is the same outer size as the sleeve and with the gasket in place it looks like it would leak. The gasket in there has the metal crush ring around the sleeve but it just doesn't look right to me.
I hope someone can help before I order the wrong one.
Had those studs already been removed? Should i bother to remove them and use sealant if they haven't been altered?On the 188D, most studs go right through to the water jacket. When I got mine back from the machine shop, I used a tap to clean all the threads in the block and applied sealer to each one as it was threaded back. A couple could have been threaded down past where they were supposed to be, so watch the length above the block to have enough for the nut to fully go on.