My Uncle was a '52 CJ3A & a '53 CJ3B. I'm about 10 miles from the '53 and it needs some TLC. We got it started the other day but i'm "in charge" of keeping it running and looking good. I'm enjoying myself!
just bought one a 53 high hood, the guy I bought it from found it in a barn, took it a part and lost intrest, sold it to me, now to go thru all the boxes and sort out the parts and peices, oh and it came with an PTO take off from the transfercase, its going to be a project fer sure
Oh, a word of advice from the voice of painful experience: Keep an eye on the screws that hold your choke and throttle butterflies on the shafts. I had one on the M151A1 come loose from the choke butterfly, and it got sucked into the no.2 cylinder. After removing the head, I ground the edges of the dent in the piston face, and it ran fine when I put it back together. Didn't damage the head at all. That's one of those things that I hope I never have to deal with again. Hope you don't either.
Absolutely beautiful!! They just don't build them like that anymore. Even my '95 YJ, which I work on myself, is much more complicated and harder to work on than the old Willys. Sure, it's reliable and rugged, but it lacks the cool old feel of the classics. When I was stationed at Point Mugu, CA we had a 1966 Kaiser M151A1. Army "Jeep" that I maintained and drove around on base working on radars and radios. It was a pleasure working on an old Jeep like that. I miss it. Great video!!
i have the same jeep but with out the plaw, and i was wondering if yours has a blue light on the dash up and to the right of all the dials??? and if so what is it four.
I cranked the starter for 7 seconds, that is well within any guidelines that I have ever seen on cranking a starter. The minimum time I have ever seen given was 10 seconds. If this thing sits for a monthit takes at lest that long to pump the fuel into the bowl. How long do you crank your starter?
My father had a 1967 CJ 5. It had a 6 cyl OHV engine with a lot of power but me and my late bro replaced it with a 4DR5 Mitsubishi engine which also very good and economical. He used it for 26 years and he cried when he sold it.
I have a 54 as seen in the video response. The guy I got it from kept it outside all year round uncovered as did the farmer he got ti from. It is modified military and I am going to put an electronic ignition in it with tax returns. good video.
nice ive got a 53 as well we use it for plowing too but the brakes are shot, the floor is rusted only one light works and the plywood roof that my grandpa put on several years ago is starting to rot through fortunately my cousin and i will work on it this summer
my dads 53 has a 350 chevy init but i has 4 levers i dont know what the 4th lever is for though. warren over drive i know is the second lever and i has some crazy tires and exausht
your probally right but we live in louisiana): so unless we lived in northern louisiana, the only thing we need to worry about down here is hurricanes ):
I use mine for the same purpose...local plowing...even down to charging the battery before a snowstorm. Mine stays inside the garage except for plwoing.
Great video of you jeep love that you still put it to work
Copperswilly 1 year ago
My Uncle was a '52 CJ3A & a '53 CJ3B. I'm about 10 miles from the '53 and it needs some TLC. We got it started the other day but i'm "in charge" of keeping it running and looking good. I'm enjoying myself!
That70sShow1Fan 1 year ago
Love the jeep.
The bike...not so much. :-)
awbjr9871 1 year ago
love that engine note.
thebibleisfiction 1 year ago
just bought one a 53 high hood, the guy I bought it from found it in a barn, took it a part and lost intrest, sold it to me, now to go thru all the boxes and sort out the parts and peices, oh and it came with an PTO take off from the transfercase, its going to be a project fer sure
wirenutze 2 years ago
Oh, a word of advice from the voice of painful experience: Keep an eye on the screws that hold your choke and throttle butterflies on the shafts. I had one on the M151A1 come loose from the choke butterfly, and it got sucked into the no.2 cylinder. After removing the head, I ground the edges of the dent in the piston face, and it ran fine when I put it back together. Didn't damage the head at all. That's one of those things that I hope I never have to deal with again. Hope you don't either.
gblpst81 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful!! They just don't build them like that anymore. Even my '95 YJ, which I work on myself, is much more complicated and harder to work on than the old Willys. Sure, it's reliable and rugged, but it lacks the cool old feel of the classics. When I was stationed at Point Mugu, CA we had a 1966 Kaiser M151A1. Army "Jeep" that I maintained and drove around on base working on radars and radios. It was a pleasure working on an old Jeep like that. I miss it. Great video!!
gblpst81 2 years ago
are those original tires?
rdrdrd22 2 years ago
I doubt that they are original, but they were on it when I bought the jeep.
shadowdog500 2 years ago
noooooooo please dont do that to the starter!!!!
i have the same jeep but with out the plaw, and i was wondering if yours has a blue light on the dash up and to the right of all the dials??? and if so what is it four.
singful 2 years ago
What am I doing to the starter that you dont like?
no blue light.
shadowdog500 2 years ago
it is bad to run the starter that long it should start up much quicker
singful 2 years ago
I cranked the starter for 7 seconds, that is well within any guidelines that I have ever seen on cranking a starter. The minimum time I have ever seen given was 10 seconds. If this thing sits for a monthit takes at lest that long to pump the fuel into the bowl. How long do you crank your starter?
shadowdog500 2 years ago
@shadowdog500 Geeez, Ive used my starter to move my jeep out of the garage when I was doing my frame off. didn't hurt anything
Copperswilly 1 year ago
My father had a 1967 CJ 5. It had a 6 cyl OHV engine with a lot of power but me and my late bro replaced it with a 4DR5 Mitsubishi engine which also very good and economical. He used it for 26 years and he cried when he sold it.
shaliput 2 years ago
I have a 54 as seen in the video response. The guy I got it from kept it outside all year round uncovered as did the farmer he got ti from. It is modified military and I am going to put an electronic ignition in it with tax returns. good video.
Foehammer54 3 years ago
nice ive got a 53 as well we use it for plowing too but the brakes are shot, the floor is rusted only one light works and the plywood roof that my grandpa put on several years ago is starting to rot through fortunately my cousin and i will work on it this summer
nickman478 3 years ago
my dads 53 has a 350 chevy init but i has 4 levers i dont know what the 4th lever is for though. warren over drive i know is the second lever and i has some crazy tires and exausht
linksys01112 3 years ago
it might be for snow plow hydrolics
nickman478 3 years ago
your probally right but we live in louisiana): so unless we lived in northern louisiana, the only thing we need to worry about down here is hurricanes ):
linksys01112 3 years ago
It may have the optional power takeoff that bolts to the back of the transfer case.
shadowdog500 3 years ago
actually i asked him about it and its for high and low 4x4
linksys01112 3 years ago
I have a 1954 CJ3B...See video response above.
I use mine for the same purpose...local plowing...even down to charging the battery before a snowstorm. Mine stays inside the garage except for plwoing.
ns3330 3 years ago
Great video
madannfrank 3 years ago
Damm cool jeep, I have a '63 CJ3B Kaiser- Frazier.
RichAtCamp 3 years ago