unbelievable You cant make this up

IH commercial loader tractor diesel - $2000 (Escanaba)

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Date: 2009-07-10, 7:25AM EDT



International 2500 tractor, exact year unknown (from the 70's), heavy duty commercial model made for loading, hydraulic power steering, power brakes, PTO, no 3 pt hitch.

New battery, alternator, starter, and seat.

I bought this tractor with a rod through the side of the block. I didn't want to replace the engine until I knew everything worked on it. So I basically disabled the dead cylinder so that I could run it on 3 cylinders instead of 4 so that I could see that the hydraulics, trans, etc worked before I put any money into it. Thing is, it runs so good on 3 cylinders that I haven't bothered looking for an engine, just been using it the way it is. Still plenty of power, starts right up and runs great. If you were to buy this tractor, I would probably still keep an eye out for a good deal on a used engine for the future, but in the mean time I'd put 'er to work.

Couple of repairs needed: the bucket pins are the wrong size, so it should really get some larger pins put in. And also, it has a pretty good oil leak. Possibly rear main seal or at least towards the rear of the engine. I was going to put a catch pan under it just to keep the oil off the ground. Neither of these repairs have to be done to use the tractor, just thought I'd mention it.

I'm selling it because I bought a new project, a smaller 4x4 loader, so I'm selling this one because I won't need it anymore. Price is $2000 FIRM, I know this tractor would sell for around $5000 if it weren't a 3 cyl, so I think that's a fair price. NO TRADES, please don't ask. You can call my cell 906-280-0225, or email [email protected]


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Huh, wonder where all that oil is coming from?

I'd like to see this one! Thrown rod, running on the remaining 3 cylinders, and is fine as is... I want to buy two of them. I wonder if they get better fuel consumption rates as a 3 cylinder vs. 4 cylinder...

CT

Believe it or not but I have heard of this many times in the past. I have heard of it being done on cars and truck back years ago and my dad would tell me about more then one that was done that way because the person didn't have the money to fix it so they used it like that. Pulled parts off so as to keep that cylinder from doing any thing and go. Of course patched the hole in the block if it had one. Now that said I have not heard of it in probably 30 plus years

It does happen. A long time ago I had my Studebaker engine apart. One of my friends came along one day when I wasen't around. To play a tick on me they took one of my pistons and rods. I put the thing together with only five pistons. It did run, but a little rough. I never did find the piston, ended up junking the car. stan

Whew! Sounds like a real knee slapper of a joke. Some friend.

Charles: When my 560 diesel sucked a sleeve down, number 2 and 3 piston came through the right side of block. It would run after that, I'd question putting it to work. I did load it on a truck twice after that, wouldn't want to try much more. I guess the big question here is this gentleman's opinion of work.

Stan: Ever since trucks were built, east coast Canadians have been selling balsam fir Christmas trees in New England. Over the years, particularly in the early days a lot of very shoddy trucks made the trek from Nova Scotia to New England.

One story I remember was an early Detroit V8 diesel, broke a piston, but driver caught it before any holes in block. Guys had the tools, removed the rod and piston on the side of a turnpike in PA. They cut a hardwood block to block the cylinder off, thus stopping fuel from getting to crankcase or blowing crankcase oil out the stack. I expect that should be worded most of fuel and most of oil.

Anyhow they made it back to Nova Scotia on 7 cylinders. Said they would have sold the tractor for scrap, except they were pulling a new trailer.

Grand-dad told of having a babbitted rod bearing on a 6-cylinder Hudson, about 1925-'27 vintage, go bad on his way into town. So he dropped the pan, pulled the piston and rod, cut off a section of his leather belt and fastened it to the rod journal on the crank, reinstalled the pan, and drove into town.

He promptly took the car to the Hudson dealer, and told them the engine had a miss. After the mechanic had spent 15 minutes trying to track down the miss, Grand-dad reached behind the seat and pulled out the piston and rod and asked, "Reckon this would have anything to do with that miss?" They all had a good laugh about that one.

On a diesel...you'd slowly fill the crankcase with diesel.

In a gasoline engine, I think I'd also pull the plug wire for the disabled cylinder....eventually the air-fuel ratio would get to the point where it would support combustion................ :shock:

Hugh: I agree with ones opinion of "working" the tractor. Putting around in the garden vs. brush hogging 7' tall weeds vs. baling hay. I have heard of getting limited use from a limp engine. I have done it with a 2 cylinger gas Briggs. But I would not advertise it as "usable".

I have seen V-8's with a regular head on one side and an air compressor head on the other. It runs on 4 and pumps on 4. Heard of inline 6's like this, but never seen one.

CT

I had a ratty neighbor in Indiana that ran a rambler 6 cylinder on one cylinder for a year. Boy it was slow. He did nothing to it but drive and pour in oil. JimN