DERELICT M151 "MUTT"- CAN THE OLD SOLDIER BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE?

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Misfit Toys

7 ай бұрын

I traveled to Kansas to get this M151A2 "MUTT"
Can it be made to run and move under its own power again?

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@gumbomudderx7503 7 ай бұрын

My dad was in Korea in 1967 before going to Vietnam. I have a picture of him somewhere at the Korean DMZ stand beside one of these things. I never knew what it was, just that it wasn’t a jeep with the horizontal grill. The thing I’m most impressed by is that transmission coming back to life! I’d for sure written that off as scrap metal!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

And it was totally quiet as well. I was expecting some kind of growling noise due to some rust pitting

@michaelranasinghe3774 7 ай бұрын

I worked with a old vet that worked on these. He told me alot of the m151 Mutts met their fate at the end of an oxy torch but some were crushed with military dozers. He said they would take these rigs out of storage with 200 hours on the clock and drive them into the shop to be folded up like an accordion by the end of the day.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Typical government waste!

@wes11bravo 7 ай бұрын

@@misfittoys8883- It's even more idiotic than that. They did surplus off a fair number of the 1st generation M151s through the DRMO in the 60s, releasing the version most susceptible to roll over. They only mandated destruction of the safer improved M151A2, leaving the unsafe ones on the road. Blithering idiocy. People did reweld them or brought them in from the Philippines or other countries. Also, there was a company in the 90s that made new bodies, using original engines and transmissions plus other NOS parts, assembling and selling new M151s. Parts are still fairly easy to get, as are original whole vics if you hunt around.

@2koolchris291 7 ай бұрын

I am impressed with how you were able to revive that crusty transmission. Shows how stout old stuff was made and shows the skills that many have forgotten that you still possess. The fact that you were able to make it work

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

And it really didnt take as much effort as one would think to get that trans functioning again

@CPthetooladdict 6 ай бұрын

If you would have told me that thing would run and drive by the end of the video I would have called you a liar lol I'm impressed this was one of the best revivals on KZfaq! Definitely love to see you make this a wheeling rig!

@misfittoys8883 6 ай бұрын

Collecting parts to do so

@Russworld1 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video, was well worth the wait and really enjoyed it. Can’t wait till the next one . Good job man 👍

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@BUILTFORDTOUGH79 6 ай бұрын

Old military equipment always fascinated me. I can honestly say I’ve never known what these were. Pretty cool man. I’m impressed that trans freed up.

@kennethsonier1766 6 ай бұрын

Man you really put some time and effort into that transmission. With all the rest I'm amazed that it's working, and quite well 👍 you really do some awesome work. Keep it up buddy and looking forward to seeing what becomes of the Mutt 👍✌️🇺🇲

@stevenlatham4397 7 ай бұрын

The old beast literally fired right up, that was awesome. I was wondering today on my Lunch break if you were ever going to post again, then magically 2 hours later you release this excellent video.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I do not have the time or money to put out vids more often like other channels. Thanks for watching!

@paulweigle6872 7 ай бұрын

Love the mad max builds. What a cool little build. Definitely make it cool. Do what you do best.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Gonna start collecting stuff for the build

@jonoffensend7519 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. You took something that most people wouldn’t even consider but with persistence and not a lot of expense got a vehicle that looks like a lot of fun. It would be a great vehicle to take to car shows as it is , it would get a lot of attention 👍😁🎩

@isaiahdavid663 6 ай бұрын

We got one of these at St. John's Military Academy, all original. Man are they cool, and hauls pretty good for the little inline 4 it's got.

@WillysRubicon 2 ай бұрын

My Dad and I completely built a M151A2 from surplus parents my grandfather collected before he passed away. If you have any questions, let me know and we would be happy to help. Great reliable truck.

@charlescarter6146 7 ай бұрын

Heck yeah!!! We had those MUTT,s when I was in the army . Build that thing out solid and straight and don't worry about the finish. Long live the MUTT .

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Such enthusiasm!!

@charlescarter6146 7 ай бұрын

Well ....ya know🙂

@donaldhalls2189 7 ай бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun, can't complain about that, 😂 thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tcanthony2 6 ай бұрын

That’s a great yard buggy and a hell of a lot cheaper than a side by side. Nice save.

@francoisbouchard602 7 ай бұрын

Good.job cool jeep Nice show Merry Christmas Happy.new.year 👍👍👏👏👏

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@Jonesec1 7 ай бұрын

Awesome man, i just bought an A1 and got it going. i bought some 7.00 x 16 deestone detrack 506 ebay specials for 67 bucks a piece and they really have an agressive old school tread pattern. i found parts easy to find way easier than my unimog 404. you have the good carb with the pressure relief valve going back to tank. so id recommend an amazon 24-12 converter (epbowpt) 12 bucks and a clack clack pump and filter set up. i was going to sell mine but i love it . keep us posted man love the videos and you really showed that tire who is running shit lol. merry christmas

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

I have a 404 as well. Parts scarcity and cost have kept me from building it. Parts are definitely out there for these M151's. Some are reasonably priced, but others are scary expensive- like ignition parts. Thats part of the reason why I would like to convert it to 12v

@matthewjack9950 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome. Love your videos

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them. Thanks for watching!

@tyhogue8316 4 ай бұрын

I drove one of those from Idaho to Portland and it was not nice in any way! They did work well off road and was alot of fun.

@Helge198 7 ай бұрын

Looked like som brakes would been nice to lol. Shure got that tree good. Merry Christmas from Norway, hope u get a good one

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Brakes will be adressed when I build it for a wheeling rig

@shannondueling7697 7 ай бұрын

I was eyeballing that and an orange one, congrats on the find!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

I drove into Kansas for this one. Is the orange one you are talking about the one still for sale in Iowa?

@FJB8885 7 ай бұрын

You use your eyecrometer to check straightness of the front axle. You surprised me with that rusty transmission. Cool video 👍🇺🇸✌️

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Eyecrometer! I like that!

@frankballard6958 7 ай бұрын

Man, i would love to see your channel get as big as you want it to be. You make great videos now and I would love to see what you would do on a bigger scale. That little thing had some snort to it, pretty impressive. Very cool to see you get the transmission going again. A little set of swampers or tractor lugs and maybe a way to soften the suspension a bit and locked up, that thing would climb trees.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

We will find out sometime in the future. Now that I have it running and evaluated, I will start collecting stuff for the build

@carlosquintana6930 7 ай бұрын

Yes, we would like to see more of that little jeep

@misfittoys8883 6 ай бұрын

It's not a jeep

@cliffpalermo 7 ай бұрын

Rusted up to back in the ruts great work buddy!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, dude

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

It helps if you get the fuel in the carb or better yet get the carb off and cleaned with a gravity fed gas tank!

@Helge198 7 ай бұрын

I was impressed that it did that well with thos tires

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

No doubt. Those tires were just awful

@craigbowley6783 6 ай бұрын

Damn that vinegar did awesome!

@wes11bravo 7 ай бұрын

Got my first military driver's license on the M151. Somehow, I managed to pass the part of the test where we had to do a reverse serpentine course with the 1/4 ton trailer!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

That test sounds challenging. How tight were the turns and was there a time limit?

@willscott85 7 ай бұрын

Looks fun bud, would be a fun little project, just to show that you don't "need" solid axles too go out and have a good time.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Or big tires. A good spotter definitely gets more important though.

@allensnook7760 7 ай бұрын

Must have open differentials because i noticed when u got hung up some tires were just hanging out in air not turning.if you could put lockers or weldup spiders to make it permanant lock driveshaft then better tires and bobs ur uncle.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Yes, open diffs. I think the tires were holding it back more than the open diffs though.

@jimschafer9196 7 ай бұрын

Well that was quite the revival project, great content on how too - I would have used some of the newer rust destroyer with diesel fuel. It would be interesting after the run through in the world famous "Misfit Toys Proving Grounds" how the gears looked after the supreme load testing. LOL

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

That is a great idea. When I get down to building it as a true wheeling rig, I will pull the top off the trans again to see how well the gears cleaned up due to being ran.

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

I see you are testing the axel you welded back together!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

The axle repair was always on my mind when wheeling it!

@craigbowley6783 6 ай бұрын

It would work a whole lot better if you cleaned up the teeth on the gears and the moving parts in the housing with a wire wheel then sprayed it down with actual penatrating oil. ( WD 40 isn't penatrating oil. ) PB blaster or kroil 👌🇺🇸

@misfittoys8883 6 ай бұрын

Was using what I happened to have on hand because I was very skeptical it was going to work out anyway. Really coulnt have worked better anyway. Trans worked just fine and didnt even make any noise either.

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

If you are bound and determined to break something you are doing a good job seems to me!!!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Gotta find the limit somehow

@kevineleven5610 7 ай бұрын

It's got a quiet place to grow old gracefully. Ha - yeah right.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Gracefully,,,,,,, shure, thats the plan!!

@andrewmcewan8081 6 ай бұрын

timeing out or a vacume leak is probably whats causeing the backfires. there r parts for mutts quite freely available from germany and denmark ,but sometimes its cheaper useing u.s ebay for used or n.o.stock

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

With the way it is backfiring might want to check for vacuum leak or may be timing issue!!

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

Keep on in the mud I think you can get the engine and the trans both at same time!!!!

@midgetrace 6 ай бұрын

If I remember the designation of dash 2 ment that the M151 had turn signals.

@christianbattestin9747 6 ай бұрын

I noticed that altered "S" symbol on your wall. We used to draw those in 5th, 6th and 7th grade, just like that.

@misfittoys8883 6 ай бұрын

My daughter did that a few years ago

@andrewmcewan8081 6 ай бұрын

drum brakes r fine in most circumstances unless ur going quite quickly or they get hot they work well enough

@richardoswalt1009 7 ай бұрын

Rusty cobbled up heap ,I would have not ever bought it, it is cool but only you are brave enough to save it. 😊

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Brave enough or foolish enough?

@bernadettegarbers9552 5 ай бұрын

They used them in Vietnam and in the movie the Gran Bray......

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

Looking at it from the side with your camera it looks like it was cut into right where the seats start bowed up on the passenger side from a distance you can see it

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Looking at it in person, you can definitly see a bow in the body. I will attemp to straighten that out before I build the rollcage

@ludicrous7044 6 ай бұрын

Only one wheel pulls at a time and it's usually the wrong one!! 😊😮 🎶I got it one piece at a time-and it didn't cost me a dime!!🎶

@eddieedwards77 7 ай бұрын

I knew this was going to be a good day. And hell yeah I find misfit toys

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Stop, I'm blushing!!

@michaelcarpenter7835 7 ай бұрын

With a little work that would be a really cool Wheeling rig

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Definitely. Plus, not likely going to see another one wheeling

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

I saw this too, yeah they called it a mutt

@Supertech-86 7 ай бұрын

Stout lil rig.

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Gonna have to build it so I can find its limits now

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

At oil looks like coffee with creamer in it😂😂😂😂😂

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Caramel!

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

Heat that spring up and drop it in some water and get extension back

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Wouldnt that just make the spring brittle?

@midgetrace 6 ай бұрын

That vinegar seems to work OK I would have used diesel fuel cheaper.

@Helge198 7 ай бұрын

It is cool litle weelin rig, built it

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

I have to now. If for no other reason than to see how much improved it would be with better tires and locked diffs.

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

Do you feel better after surveying the damage, well maybe I spoke too soon you haven't broke anything yet!!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

No damage added that matters! Body already a bit crunchy

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

Baking soda and water to neturalize the vingar!!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Good info. I will keep that in mind.

@inspireonex 7 ай бұрын

Shit, If I found it local I would have bought that thing too

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

How could any true gearhead NOT buy it?

@graywolf2694 6 ай бұрын

yeah it looks like it was crushed then un crushed

@midgetrace 6 ай бұрын

I heard Elvis Presley tipped one of these over in Germany

@misfittoys8883 6 ай бұрын

I,,,,,,, dont know what to say to that!!

@midgetrace 6 ай бұрын

That pippy aint as good as you thought it was going to be hay? But still better than a 150 Ford

@donm8856 7 ай бұрын

Fix that thing and play away!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Can do!!

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

If this is kind of stuff you want the mutt for you are going to have to get bigger tires!!!!!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Going to stick with same size, just in a tractor tire. A spotter would have been an immense help

@tyhogue8316 4 ай бұрын

You should make a crawler out of it! Just use whatever you have laying around.👍

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

Looks like you need to put some Lockers in it now

@raynyhus2026 6 ай бұрын

I use clorox rust toilet cleaner. It removes rust fast.

@BladeworksStudio 7 ай бұрын

should have dont a better job repairing it and cleaned the shiftier better and cleaned inside a grinder is an amazing tool for that

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Time is always a factor.

@BladeworksStudio 7 ай бұрын

thats what editing is for@@misfittoys8883

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

Diesel fuel would have been better for that transmission

@scottsullivan1464 6 ай бұрын

I'd weld the diffs and restore the cage. I guess tires, too. It's lightness really helps it so try to keep it that way

@mikewilliams2072 7 ай бұрын

What are you trying to do it's a 4x4 not a logging skidder! Just sitting there and burning the tire down is smart , it will burn down or break, give her hell!!!!

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

Tires are total crap anyway

@imasmartidiot3330 7 ай бұрын

For the Ford 300 straight six in it

@misfittoys8883 7 ай бұрын

That would be a chore getting that long of an engine in it!! Honestly, the people that engineered it did a great job in my opinion. The 4 popper in it does a great job with the axle gearing and the weight of rig

@raynyhus2026 6 ай бұрын

I'd like one for a sidexside. Change the tires, a good cage, and a hunting we will go.