You shouldn't have but it worked

[96Indyram]

Heard of a old guy off-roading in his truck, and busted a connecting rod while playing out in the middle of nowhere many miles from home...but has tools in his toolbox. so The dude dropped the oilpan, removed the broke rod and piston then noticed the rod broke the cylinder wall into the water jacket.
So after some thought he gets a idea. He cuts a treelimb around the same size as his cylinder dia. Wittles it down with his knife for a good fit, then he hammers the "wooden piston" plug up into the cylinder hole covering the crack in the wall. wood swells when it gets wet and will keep it from leaking was his thinking.
He puts the oilpan back on, and fills the radiator back up with what water he had. Starts it up. It ran like total crap but he drove it out and back home on 7 cylinders.