4 cyliners minus 1 cylinder

bill boucher · Jul 5, 2011

I have a international 3444 backhoe. The bearings on the #3 Piston seized and threw a rod thru the block. The machine might be used 30 hrs a year. ( bury an ocasional animal, Move a down tree, ect.). It is an old tired machine. I have to put hydraulic fluid before i use it. My question is for the time being (unTILL this winter when it cools down some) Can I leave the rod out, Attach the piston to the top of the cylinder, Plug up the Fuel Injectot, unplug the Glow Plug , Put a Plate over the hole in the block, and use it on three cyliders. I am trying to buy some time till this winter when I will rebuild another block. I know it will run a little rough but will it work. Thanks Bill

wisbaker · Jul 5, 2011

No, when you take what's left of your rod out the journal on the crank it will be bare, large amounts of oil will squirt out on the bare journal, you won't have any oil pressure, heck when they get worn the pressure drops, if nothing is there you'll pump all your oil through that one journal and starve the others, they'll probably get upset and seize on the crank and start breaking too! Try googling Granville King Fourwheeler thrown rod

DeltaRed · Jul 5, 2011

Yes,it will work.be out of balance,but wll work.years ago ,a neighbor's fther bought an old tractor(at a consighment aution) that had a'miss',could'nt remedy it;it had no compression on that'hole'.Finally he took it apart...the piston and rod were gone!a hose clamp and pop can covered the oil hole on the crank,the pushrods and cam followers were also missing!

DeltaRed · Jul 5, 2011

Yes,it will work.be out of balance,but wll work.years ago ,a neighbor's fther bought an old tractor(at a consighment aution) that had a'miss',could'nt remedy it;it had no compression on that'hole'.Finally he took it apart...the piston and rod were gone!a hose clamp and pop can covered the oil hole on the crank,the pushrods and cam followers were also missing!

John(OR) · Jul 5, 2011

Saw a guy in early 60's pull a piston and rod out of a 58 T-Bird wedge an oil can in hole pulled spark plug wire bolted pan back on and drove from Jackpot Nev. to LA, Calif.

Bob · Jul 5, 2011

You can NOT "plug up the fuel injector"!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 5, 2011

There was a nieghbor near here that had a rod go out the side of the block on a 53 Chevy car, they reached in the hole and removed the broken pieces, and then used it as a field car for a dozen years or more ! When it got low on oil they would pour waste oil in the hole in the side of the block ! lol Engine never did quit , finally brakes or clutch or something went out and it was parked in the woods.

bill boucher · Jul 5, 2011

(quoted from post at 15:49:06 07/05/11) You can NOT "plug up the fuel injector"!

well would you stop the line up or plug the outlet of the pump. You do not want fuel in the cylinder would you? I do not know that is why I am asking

mkirsch · Jul 5, 2011

You can't do any of that. The high-pressure fuel from that line has to go SOMEWHERE. If you don't let it "blow off" something is going to blow UP.

It might be possible to somehow divert that line to the fuel tank and just let it squirt back into the tank. At what point does fixing it right become less work than jury-rigging it together "for now?"

bill boucher · Jul 5, 2011

thanks for the reply- I did not know_ that is why I asked. I agree with you about repairing it right- but I need to locate another block or short block. In the mean-time I would like it to be " usable " if needed- Thanks again for the fast reply and keeping me out of more trouble - Bill

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