M151A2 M.U.T.T. Jeep Stored 20 years!! Will It Run And Drive Again????
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This old military jeep was stored for 20 years. Let's see if we can get it going again!!
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I started my US Army carrier with Generators and the Jeep M151 A1 and the M151 A2, know every nut and bolt on these things, could do a complete service and everything in a day, fixed in the field and thought if done right can get you anywhere, don't forget the M35 A2 Also. Twist Your Nuts was our call sign, for what its worth.....
Hoorah God bless welcome home
@@Tsripper69 It's A JEEP DUDE, their was international, dodge's and even AM all were JEEPS to Military's Standards, GET IT STRAIGHT, ALL JEEPS.....
What was your mos I was a 63B also cross trained as a 63F recovery specialist spent most of my time in geibelstadt Germany from 79 to mid 82 when I got out I became a auto mechanic have owned a shop now for 35 years have a great day brother
When I joined the Army in 1971, this vehicle (M151 Series) was the very first tactical vehicle as a Truck Driver that I learned to drive on. They were a lot of fun to drive, but because of the independent suspension you had to really watch your speed with them. Because the rear wheels if you were going too fast and made a sudden sharp turn the vehicle had a tendency to roll over. They have great ground clearance for offroad use. The front and rear differentials are recested pretty high into the body of the vehicle. They have a 24 volt electrical system so you would have to have a like vehicle to slave this vehicle off if the batteries are dead. If I had a dollar for every mile I drove one of these during my 20 years in the Army I could buy one brand new.
One other note regarding the fuel tank, when you opened it up, it is missing the fuel strainer. The reason the tank opening is so large is because the fuel tankers have very large hoses and nozzles. Some of the larger tactical vehicles that run on "MOGAS" ie. (M88 Tank Recovery Vehicle) have fuel tanks that hold hundreds of gallons and would take a very long time to fill up with a standard nozzle like we see at the local gas station.
I'm convinced this guy can get anything running and driving if you give him enough time.
Let me tell you from experience, convoying through Iraq in blackout drive sucked! I retired from the Army in 2021 with just over 20 years in. Watching this reminds me so much because they don’t change much when it comes to the instruments in the army vehicles lol
The cookware is actually called a mess kit.
I drove one of those all over Vietnam. They were great little trucks; you did have to watch cornering on pavement, though - they had a nasty habit of getting upside down. That IRS in the rear was pretty much like a Corvair or a VW - it would jack it up and tip you over. The tip was never , EVER chop 'rthe throttle once you were committed to the corner. Mine had a piece of angle on the front bumper about 4 fit high to catch the cut your head off wires the bad guys liked to string across the road. Also, I can tell you that the Army tires were only good for one thing - you can't tell from the tracks if you were coming or going - otherwise they are absolute crap. FYI - if you mount a .50 cal in the rear area of the truck, it WILL rip the floor right up - ask me how I know. But the firepower was awesome.
Brings back memories of my 53 Willys M38A1 nothing but fun. Another great episode
The blackout headlight on the front is infrared and shows up really well on night vision. We installed extra blackout headlights on humvees in Iraq so they could run at night on night vision with no lights.
Great video! Love to see these old military beauties come back to life. Great work....and patience! USMC 87-93
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Man. It’s been a lot of years since I saw a fuel drum like the one you used. How quickly we forget 😊
Woo hoo!!! Let's go!!! Happiest of Fridays everyone! 💙🙏🏼
🙂 Great video 😉
I learned to drive a stick shift on a M-151. They're fun vehicles to drive.
There's a certain feeling a feller gets while watching multiple "Fire in da hole" attempts. After 14 plug checks, battery charges, and cranking it puts a feller on the edge of his seat hoping that it's going to bust-off. And then it happens ! AUGH - YA ! When I heard you "Woo-who-whoo'en" it was nothing but smiles over here. Was a great moment. 😄
MLS was mild this week, only one minor repeat being the return spring bracket. 👍 The ride at the end was the victory lap and reward 🏁🏁🏁That was a lot of fun, thank-you very much.
I believe the large fuel filler and fuel cap are meant for rapid filling.
Waited all week for this 1 video. Friends asked what I was doing tonight, I said watching This-N-That Garage.
That brought back a lot of memories. I drove those in the early 80's. I never could get one stuck unless it had a 1/4 ton trailer on the back. Then it was always getting stuck. Great job
What an absolute gem, this is amazing, almost everything works, a little TLC and some basic maintenance and it's gonna be a nice ride
That's pretty cool man. It has a lot of potential be fixed up nice. A great place of history. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Growing up My friends had an old 24 volt year Kaiser 53 and we had more fun in that old Jeep. Almost every day we would put in $2 worth of gas and head to the woods, get stuck, get muddy and laugh and joke. We kept out of trouble by being out enjoying life. Once we slipped off a log bridge across a backwater slough. Had to walk out several miles to a main road in the dark scared as all get out. When we got there my friends Daddy, my scoutmaster, was sitting there waiting for us about 10pm at night. Oh yeah I forgot the jeep was under water but had the sealed system. He made us go back and and we hand winched the jeep out with an old manual wench mounted to the front. After we got it out it we got it started back up and drove it home. Many great memories of these were brought back when you road through woods. Now everything around my home town is National Wildlife preserve and we can't even take a four wheeler where we used to have the best times of our lives. When I moved home after 35 years I was heart broken when I could not travel where we used to go. I asked several people about it and they had the same feelings. Thanks for the memories.
Awesome story. 👍
We've been having storms here today too. 55 mph winds and heavy rain. Another great video Chad!
Incredible save. I love the simplicity of these vehicles and their size makes them incredibly nimble. Really enjoyed this revival, now I want to go find me one. 👍🏻
Glad to see this video my uncle had a WW2 jeep he bought home from the service brings back memories thanks again for another excellent and enjoyable video 🤠
You made my Saturday, I love watching your videos, thank you for what you said about the veterans!! I am Army Retired (35.5 years) I have worked on Both the M151A1 and A2! I super enjoyed your bringing that old War horse back to the living!
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Mister I have spent a heck of a lot of time in one of those. I was a Cav scout in the Army reference TV show "Rat patrol" they could take you anywhere you wanted to go, long distance trips were torture, slow , cold , loud vibrations , almost enough room for three soldiers. I was very happy when we changed to "tracked vehicles " thanks Chad.Central California watching
Our internet has been out for 2 days so we just got to see your video.Thank you so much that was awesome as always!!!!Keep them rolling never knew Ford made jeeps!!!Very cool!!!!To all be blessed!!!!!!🙏🙏😇😇
I have a cherokee that fixes itself. Over the years it's developed a slew of different issues. I learned that if I ignore them long enough they seem to just go away. Right now it's in convalescence because the inside of the block is rusted. Hopefully that goes away too..
your patience on working on the old jeep was amazing and it paid off!
Great content! Nice little cruise in the backwoods. Always been fascinated with military vehicles no matter what size or purpose! Good job as usual. Thanks for the salute to or Armed Forces and Veterans! USAF Vietnam 1970-1974
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Did some work on one of these for a retiree,oil leaks, steering, and complete re wire with nos. harness..24 volt ,a Korean war vet got the diagrams and coding for the harness, loved every minute working on it, missing it past 45yrs,
Mess kit missing part. Foot locker. If you look at the Jerry can you will see why the filler neck is so big. Great video on a great historical vehicle.
You got another one running! Good on you! You have the patience of Jobe
Thank you I do appreciate you saying that about active retired and pass veterans Retired US Army Sargent Major Gamsby
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I love it!
Those hand throttles used to be common on 4x4s in Australia. Used anywhere steady throttle is needed. Or if you feel like trying your luck opening gates without doing a double in-out shuffle.
Man, does this video bring back memories!! After 26 years on and off total service, I've got a lot of them! To me, the M35 series was/is the best vehicle in the military.
Great video chad love the old military vehicles you did a fine ... well done sir...
Congratulations on getting the ol’ 4-tay up and running Chad. A job well done!
So cool seeing you working on something obscure! Love it. Favorite channel
I too give thanks to all veterans, THANK YOU!
Congratulations on getting the ole MUTT running. 👍 Maybe next you’ll work on a tank. 🤣
Did you figure out what that clang was when you was doing the test drive?
God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Coil springs in the rear. It appears to have two sets, one inside the other, and they were rubbing on each other.
Unbelievable! These old vehicles never stop to amaze me how they want to run. And climb the hill it did. Amazing.
i subscribe to a lot of car channels but it is nice to see a video that has something unique on it. You are doing a good job finding unique stuff to work on. I looked on the web, this engine was developed in the 60s and is the grandfather to the 153 iron duke. I had the 153 in a boat and this engine looked amazingly familiar...
It's not an adjustable wrench in the US Army! It's a several 16ths or a many millimeters !
It's called a mess kit. It used to have a cover for it and same with the canteen. That old jeep is a keeper that is one cool machine for being as old as it is
My job in the Army was as a wheeled vehicle mechanic, basically fixed anything on wheels. I sure worked on enough of those M151’s Kinda wish I was there helping out. 👍🏻
i've got an '52 Airforce M37, they share a lot of the same parts and were pretty impressive. the military used them all the way through the 80's
Love your channel Chad. Marine Corps still had these at work in the late 90s. They called them IFAVs (Infantry Fast Attack Vehicle) Like that one, they would have a lot of add ons and mods depending on the mission the unit expected of them. They were also the only vehicle at the time that would fit in the back of a CH46 transport helo intact and could just drive out. The black lensed light that's caged in on the fender is a "infra-red" light. It's light cannot be seen with the naked eye. The add-on switch you see on the dash marked "IR" should control it. Service members would wear night vision googles to be able to drive with no visible lights on. This allows a convoy or patrol to roll all the way up to highway speed completely darked out. It's add-on ness shows that the technology came about after this jeep was built so a unit just modded it on.
Pretty cool vehicle I don't think I have ever seen one quite like this one before. Took some time to get running but thanks to your persistent nature you finally licked it and now she runs. It seems to do fairly well offloading well done sir you triumph again
You've got a Fast Attack Vehicle from a Special Forces unit! They had all the mods your A2 has.... baskets, modified roll cage, IR lights and such. A very desirable vehicle!!!
That is a U. S Army "mess kit". I had a surplus one in boy scouts.
Man, that looks like a fun machine. Great video! FYI, that looked like an airplane sparking plug. Also, I wonder if that clatter had anything to do with the fording valve. I noticed that when it started clattering, the smoke also started rolling off the motor. Maybe it was pumping up the crank case, causing the clatter, and blowing out oil? When it stopped doing it, the filler cap was loose. Just a guess. Keep em coming!
Great video!! The old AM General looks like a real trooper and great fun!! Glad the engine settled down. I gotta find one of those self healing Jeeps!!
The NSN is the national stock number. All military equipment has one. This is how you reference equipment for ordering or getting tech manuals.
I love these old military jeeps. I didn't think she was going to go, but if anyone could get it going. I knew you were the man to do it. This Veteran's hat is now off to you for providing educational and fun content on your videos.
I know you do love them 😊
In the video, the oil filler cap was dancing away, maybe that was the source of your initial rattle…
Great vehicle, what a piece of history it is.
Love old stuff. ❤️🇷🇴
I like that big tree outside the garage nothing beats working on old junker under a tree on nice day
just watched this, I must say "wow" back in the early 60's POP mech magazine advertised army surplus jeeps in the crate for I believe 49.99 plus shipping, watching you do this AM Gen, brought a flood of memories from that era, thanks. made my day, max
Absolutely marvellous job getting this going once you had it running it really come around & started purring Beautifully a well made piece of equipment have a marvellous weekend take care bud 👊💨
Seen a fully restored Mutt at a car show a couple yrs back and painted in a nice OD green paint. Had a big white star on the hood with one tiny star on each side. Had a Fake M-60 machine gun on a mount on the back with 6 grenade launchers standing up in the back with the field radio/ tall black antenna mounted on the drivers side. Just a beautiful rig. Beware when buying these. Make sure you look underneath them to see if they have been welded together in the middle. Stay away from those types. They have been chopped in half.
Man that thing is a bad booty machine right there. I’d like to see a side by side off-road race between the MUTT and a Jeep of the same year!!
Called a Mess kit for food prep.
Pretty cool find! I was in the Army in the late 80s up until the early 2000s. I remember those mess kits like the one you found in the trunk. Usually, they are old and have been in service for decades. I had a couple that were date stamped from the 1940s. Some soldier or Marine in Europe or the Pacific during wWW2, the same with Korea and Vietnam, may have used the same ones I was eating from in the field back then. You should be able to find somebody selling the "TM" (technical manual) or service manual for civilians, online easily. If you want to take that Jeep in deeper water, you can also probably find someone selling a deep-water fording kit for it.
you have a foot locker without the tray and part of a mess kit.. the frying pan as you called it is the main plate or dinner plate. It holds meat and potatoes and gravy, the divided plate is for the knife, fork. and spoon after cleaning and the kit folds together and locks then is stored in your backpack. When getting food that plates holds veggies and bread, silverware goes in your pocket while loading food.
That No.#8 Cresent wrench is the go to for all applications!
When I was in the Marine Corps I had a license to drive that there was only a couple left on the base.. Pretty cool I get to see one again!
This is a great video Chad, it was cool doing a ride-along with you through the woods. Keep up the good work and the great videos 👍✌️🇺🇲
Sounds like piston slap. More prominent when it's cold and just when the engine starts. Great vehicle Chad! Love it!
There is a military museum in Columbia SC. I took my son to check it out. It's cool to see all the vehicles, weaponry, and uniforms. I learned that "jeep" came from the abbreviation of" general purpose". (GP)
You can fill it from the Jerry can, without a nozzle, or funnel
Chad, as usual you get it done. I want to thank you for what you do as well. We sure could have used you @ the military base that I was stationed at. A little humor and sensible knowledge goes a long way when doing any job. Also, you may have had Houdini on your shoulder! Lol
Excellent video Chad :) amazing old vechile for sure and never work on those one but work on 1945 Jeep type and others ones 1960 C originally a Cargo van came from a Junk Yard then in to Hot Rod type also 1976 ! But this you work on so amazing too !
Brings back memories. I trained at Ft Knox Ky , 11Delta armor recon, 1966, we used I think M151A1 dont remember , but it had an M 60 mounted on a pole in the middle. Then again in Germany Driving regular Jeep. Thanks for sharing and remembering us Vets.
I was at Knox at the Armor/Engineer Board running a test on 1150 Case dozers. Did a LOT of clearing after dark with no cabs.
It's always the rear of the front fenders that eat the tools and parts. I call it the automotive black hole.
Good job Chad! I don't know how you figure out some of the things you do on these unusual vehicles, but I sure enjoy watching you do it!!
Awesome video! Glad to see this one running again, and that it wasn't terrible to fix. I hope you get more like it in the future. Cheers!
Nice to see it back to running. Great vehicle and nice work as usual.
Mess Kit, everything you need to cook something in that thing and the canteen is your coffee, water shower and much more, its missing the cover which would hold some toilet paper, could be carried in a lot of different ways. All that is missing from that kit is a intrenching shovel that also is a leathal weapon. They do things differently now I've been told.... Just Babbling....
I’ve had a 1966 A1 for about 20 years now. A couple of interesting things about the M151 - look underneath, it’s independent suspension on all corners and the diffs are bolted up to the body resulting in loads of ground clearance over the Willys and M38. Also, the radiator is bolted to the engine, not the frame, so the entire “power pack” (engine, transmission, transfer case and radiator) come out as a unit. So motor pools could have power packs waiting and swap out a bad one in no time. Warning - the weakness of these Hercules engines is the little ears on the head that hold the exhaust manifold on. They are bad to break off if overtightened. They actually made more M151’s than any other kind of military 1/4 ton vehicle so parts are surprisingly easy to find. Most that actually served in wartime were left in Southeast Asia. The best thing about owning one is to go to old car shows and let Vietnam vets sit in it and listen to their stories.
NSN = National Stock Number, it's used to order it in the defense department logistics system, account for it, order parts, etc. All equipment in the military has one. Not a footlocker, probably was used for a specific piece of equipment. I loved the M151s wish I could have got, one, dang DOT didn't want the roads flooded with them when the military switched to the HMMWV , said they were too unsafe for the highways so they weren't auctioned off
You take care of them and they well take care of you, I used too have operators do things to these vehicles to keep out of the field duty, No, I would not let that happen. I was one step a head of them, the wheels kept on moving making them even more fighting machines and these things saw every possible weather situation no jive they moved the A Lot... And they still do, Nothing but Second To None, US All The Way!.... HEY!.... God Bless The Service Members Still Over Seas and At Home Keeping Us Safe and God Bless their Family's Tooo!....
A really capable little machine. Fantastic.
Men I tell you what you are my hero i love to see you getting these old things back on the road keep doing it
Really cool video this week! Nice little historical buggy there, and it sure looks like it could be a lot of fun! Keep up the good work bud!
Hey Todd I appreciate your appreciation of my service. It meant a lot. Go Army...BTW you haven't lived till you night convoy with a pair of AN-PVS5 NIGHT VISION GOGGLES.. depth perception off LOOK OUT IN FRONT 😮😮😮😮😮 😮😮😮😢
Another great video! Thanks for putting in the time and effort on these longer projects, they make our days more enjoyable and enteraining!
NSN is National Stock Number. That number is used to order one through the Supply System. There is also a listing for every part on that jeep with an associated NSN - to order parts that need to be replaced. Right down to switches and screws - you can even order a complete motor assembly, or a transmission. Interestingly, the first four numbers of that NSN are called the FSCM - which relates to the Federal Stock Code Manufacturer - or, the folks that built it and subsequently supply the repair parts.
Awesome jeep and great mechanic working on it. Love the channel absolutely great content 👍👍
At first it looked like it was not going to run , but with a little patience it got the message and started to act accordingly , It now looks like a typical military vehicle , a little abused but ready for action . Till next time , Stay well and God Bless you and yours . Stuart in Ontario ..........................
Another great episode, keep up the good work.
We thoroughly enjoyed the trip through The Woods!
The black out lights are also used while driving with night vision goggles on. And also the lock on the headlamp switch keeps also from blinding you while using night vision goggles. I was motor-t in the marine corps and we used the black out lights. But we called them “cat eyes”
Good looking little ride. Thanks for sharing.
I found that when trying to start a long parked engine , that I had best luck by leaving the plugs out of the weakest cylinders. The increased rpm helps.
Chad another successful start and drive. Yes, the perfect vehicle for around a farm. Thanks for sharing!
I think those were really low compression so that they would run off about anything. That oil cap with the chain is jumping around luke crazy
I think it’s worn right out. It has tons of blowby, is my guess.
@@belyear yeah 4 sure. Just remember reading that somewhere 👍
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Turn the starter switch on the panel, then and push the switch on the floorboard to start it
Hello my friend how are you today I hope you’re doing well and my god bless you and your family
Love the video! That is one cool military vehicle, it still has plenty of life left in it and is tough as nails! When will we see more 390 FE updates on that cool wagon? Love the channel keep up the great work!
My dad used to daily a mutt in the old country. They where provided as war surplus and got used as dailies. Could never find one here for a good price.
So i actually looked into it. M151s where actually specifically produced for Pakistan until the line shutdown, a production run of a 1000 specifically produced vehicles (plus surplus given by the US) and then until 1990 AMG (AM General) where assembling new m151s from leftover parts with no official production line for contract with Pakistan Sudan and Israel an unknown number where made because it was somewhat adhoc since the US relationships weren't very good with any of these countries. AMG used to exist until 2020, now it's just a subsidiary of KPS who's a investment firm who also owns briggs and straton btw.
Lotta history these trucks went through, same with it's Korean war predecessor and ofc the willys.
Absolutely wonderful. Great rescue of a very rare vehicle!
My great uncle had one of these with the hardtop, thing would go about anywhere just didnt get there fast. I loved the thing, sadly his son took it out one winter when my uncle was at his end of life stage and ended up rolling it and totaled it, never seen another around after that.
Wow that was different ,Great content what a great woods rally machine ,a awesome place for a utv to rip around That's rally heaven ,Great video Chad the woods driving my favorite all time thing to do when I was 14 I had a woods set up similar 4 miles of woods roads and fields to drive my 37 Buick coupe in, you brought back some great memories thank you