Watching this, I keep screaming to no one, "You got fuel." "You are turning the engine over." "Now check for spark!" "Take off that distributor cap." File the point gap if needed. Fuel and spark are always the first two checks.

Sitting hear In the UK ,after recently finding your channel ......... I LOVE ,Your attitude . Not hiding any mistakes .. doing what ever it takes , with what you have !!!! , and also and Mainly , You share your thoughts ... Too many of these videos ( Others ), Just buy new !!!, NOT what the Average man , can do .. or afford !!!!!!!! , Yes .. I Watch vice grip etc , But for me Your relaxed , calm , " Lets just get it done " Attitude , That is PROPER Mechanics !!!!!! ,THANK YOU !!.

I have owned three CJ's from that era, 75 CJ5, 77 CJ7 golden eagle, and a 79 CJ7. The 77 CJ7 Golden Eagle, with the 304 was my favorite. They all had sloppy steering boxes, and the bigger the tires, and the more mudding you did with them, the sloppier they got. I miss every one of them now though.

Great job on the Jeep. Your experience was very similar to mine when I had a 76 CJ. A lot of wrenching, smoke and patience. Keep up the GREAT work. This is quality content and these days. KZfaq/the world needs it!

Found your videos through the free plane video and I'm so impressed. It's just so cool seeing other people's skills and talents! Also really impressed that you drove it home... I think that comes from in the UK if the police got you, you'd be done for having it on the road in that state haha. Great video, keep it up!

I just love watching you guys get these old vehicles up and running and ofc you go on a couple hundred mile journey. You could never do that with cars made today if they sat forever like that.

You should always turn the engine over without spark plugs installed after filling cylinder with oil, it allows engine to rotate freely without compression reducing risk of bent or broken parts

17:20 usually the spring pack bolt has a pin that locates into the axle to hold it in place. A hard impact will shear that off and you'll need to replace the bolt to keep the axle located properly

Those tires.... impressive they made it.....they are part of the handling issue. I am still running a few 42s from that era...super swamper seemed to do better tires back then.

Begin with oil in the cylinders on a dry engine. Next check your plugs and for spark. Rags , you need rags to pick up the gas on your intake. Shooting sparks from the solenoid not avoidable..

Brings back memories of my 1976 CJ5 from 26 years ago. I gotta get another one. Thanks

Glad you got her running. Gas was well over $4 a gallon by you. It has hit $3.80 by me.

Really enjoying seeing someone do this sort of stuff in a realistic way. I’m not a mechanic, but run a car business, and it takes hours of messing about to sometimes still fail, or have to come back another day for another go at something that in end might be simple once you’ve ‘solved it’…. Looking forward to see if you get plane running!!!! 😀. Ed

Audience, Great Job!!! A 150 mile travel back to your garage. Wow at 35 mph🤜🏼🤛🏼🙌🏼.

Just finished watching both cj5 videos. Great job. Made me feel like a kid again getting old cars to run with my dad. Admittedly I almost hollered “YES!!!” at 22:35 on the second video when she fired up for the first time 😆. Keep up the good work. Just subscribed. 👍

Really appreciate your comment of how you didn’t trailer up for your audience. No one would have minded if you had, at least me anyhoo. Says a lot about you. BeSafe/BeBlessed…

I love the small story about you fixing on stuff to get to ride when young reminded me of me wanting to learn so much and not having the father figure around to teach me / hard learning experience but now i get things done so no fret

Always remember, you can usually rebuild starters and alternators pretty cheap. Especially this one!

Loving this, here in the UK and I'm desperate for a 'spanner project' in a world where it's so easy to chuck something in the bin and buy a new one, it's so refreshing to see how easy it is to fix things and get them running again. A bit of perseverance and patience, coupled with knowledge and tools, it's outstanding to watch. Keep the content coming.

That's awesome good job man, I wish I was back in PA to pay u a visit. Good to see the 717 in KZfaq.

I'm all about modern tech and electric vehicles but, man, that is one satisfying sound to hear an old V8 come to life. Great work!

Strange, but it seems there is one trick you might not know. If you have any spray can, you can spray into the carb and the engine will fire on it, even without or with old fuel. Of course, what is in the can should not damage the engine (like paint, for example). And obviously, if there are sparks flying around, you have a working flame thrower. Apart from that, it works flawlessly! ;-)

Just watched this and the previous video and thoroughly enjoyed watching someone besides myself deal with these same issues. haha. I am currently working on my late father's '81 Scrambler with an AMC 304 swap and had to do the exact same stuff. Best of luck to you and can't wait to see the results!

The spirit of that CJ is definitely grateful.

A little hint where there is rust road signs repair underneath nicely lol just don't get caught getting the signs lol

you need a GM HEI Ignition module... it will fire almost any engine... then marvel mystery oil and diesel fuel as a cleaner lubricant, keep up the cool finds.. enjoy watching your program..

That looks mighty fresh for a vehicle that has apparently been standing for 20yrs.

Had a 1979 CJ5 black jeep..bought it new. Steering was good...brake..etc. For a rag top...loud and cold in the winter. Heater was barely there. Had a 304 AMC V8...later put headers, thrush muffler, and side exhaust like yours. It was fun to drive.

I am almost finished with a 1981 CJ5 rebuild. Had to rebuild EVERYTHING! Front end, total fuel system, tranny, engine but well worth the effort!!!

That starter solenoid is a very common part readily available.

If all else fails hook a log chain to the front end and have someone pull you and pop the clutch on it to fire it off in like 3rd gear and just have them keep pulling until she fires off from brute force :) Back when I was "between starters" I always made sure to park on a hill so I could start mine by rolling down hill and popping the clutch. Mine just had points & condenser (capacitor). Mine had 4 on the floor too, but 1st gear in mine was Granny gear and I generally always took off in 2nd and only used 1st if I was doing something like pulling a buddy out of a ditch or my Brother's VW Beetle out of a muddy cornfield, both of which seemed to happen a lot more often than you'd think. And yes, that 4 in the floor has a long throw pattern. Mine was my 1st stick shift vehicle except for our old John Deere "A" , our old '66 Chevy dump truck and our 1959 Ford "D" school bus, so I always just assumed all stick shifts had long throws, LOL!

This was me trying to start my CJ5 every morning back in the day. :-)

I am just starting on this jeep series but it reminds me so much of my 79 cj . Put a 327 sbc in it mounted to a ford t-18 granny low transmission. Put 4-1 kit in the transfer case. Lockers in the diffs and just 33’s. Loved that jeep. It would keep up with the best of my local jeepers. Love the old cj’s.

That's awesome, glad you got it running, great video. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Again the fact you found a starter in 2022 with all this stuff going on that fits an old jeep. I am impressed someone even had one somewhat locally.

The AMC V8s have significant power potential with just a few modifications and changes. A Comp Cams 268h cam and lifters, Edelbrock performer intake manifold and Holley 670 truck avenger carburetor wakes them big time.

I like he started with out starting fluid that is the sign of a good man smart man. your really don't want to use starting fluid is possible it hurts the engine. Makes the cylinders dry from washing the oil off.

I have bought and fixed old cars and trucks. I always take a crow bar with me on the trip home so I can use it to separate my butt cheeks when I make a stop. I have always made it back home safe though. Great video. Glad you made it back safe.

Love watching you do things..... Keep a couple cotter pin sets around.... saves the screw drivers.... LOL "No power brakes and four drums" Young man, that is what I learned to drive with. Such a pampered generation.. Love your adventure.

She's got a weeee little manifold leak... Good to see the girl running. Got here through the 401 vids. Keep up the good work

I brought one of these in the late 80's and it was awesome wish i did no sell it on my tour of Italy

What a dream car. It deserves to be rescued.

There used to be people that could rebuild starters and alternators but no more. Keep up the good work brother. Don’t forget to tighten that reared up

They do put a choke on that carb for a reason. It helps when starting a cold aspirated motor.

Such a great video series (all two of them) - you earned my subscription. Please complete the restoration of this beast and auction it off (I promise to bid). I had a 79 CJ5 and miss it every day!

Put Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders. Wait 24 hours. Awesome stuff!

My papa has that EXACT Jeep, same year, same color (black), CJ5, and it has everything on it plus many many expensive and advanced features (expensive for the time and advanced for the time).

Good ole PB Blaster. I hope they’re sponsoring you, as much as you use it! We use it in the oilfield for almost everything!

150 miles at 41 mph? That has to be some king of an achievement.

Wow. Just came across your videos and am amazed. What perseverance you had to keep at it, when you had your trailer there the whole time. Amazing mechanic you are and learned a lot. Especially had fun pausing your ride home and looking for clues to the roads you traveled and where your shop is. I’m from PA as well. Keep it up. thank you for taking the time to record these, it must add extra time to everything else your doing.

Those mufflers are scary with no hangers and only clamps

Haha love the nest flying out!

The starter solenoid is a common part. It's used on a lot of old Fords as well.

These old jeeps tend to have all sorts of random motors, Buick seems like a popular choice for a lot of the ones I've seen.

That was nuts lol.. She sounds really healthy !! Glad to see you getting it going!

FYI, if you have a hard time finding the solenoid or the price is outrageous, grab a starter relay for a 70s Ford, the mounting holes might be slightly different and need to be oblonged, but it will work.

Short wheelbase with a fold down window and a top and sides that went on and off. The CJ5 was my dream car. RIP 1972 304.

thx mate caught up with the free plane liked all so far

Great video as usual. I especially loved your creativity and ingenuity in getting the Jeep started. Incredible!! Also, I appreciated that you drove the Jeep back to your shop instead of just loading it onto the trailer. YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!

Love it from the UK. What a brilliant couple of videos. I'm in hospital the day after tomorrow for an operation and this really took my mind of it. God Bless Yawl

I have the same starter -ack. Man that thing works great! Have jumped my Cummins on a cold morning with both batteries dead. I left the interior lights on.

I'm so glad I found your channel, it was recommended by KZfaq's algorithm. I really like the format, you earned a subscriber !

I love this channel! I really wish I had the time and money to do this as I love working on projects and bringing stuff back to life! Unfortunately it's a bit harder and more expensive to do this in the UK because you can't just find an old car that's been sat for 20 years and drive it on the roads legally, you have to book it in for an MOT to get a certificate of roadworthiness before you can drive it! Loving the 401 project as well and can't wait to see the finished result but rest up that leg brother otherwise you'll do yourself more damage and be off it for longer.

Damn nice CJ5, have owned a pair and they are so nice. Greatings from Sweden

Well done. Great perseverance

Back when Jeep was a Jeep and not this garbage they claim to be a Jeep these days. Nice rescue!

Keep doing what you do, I like to see the mistakes bad calls all of it, the last thing utube needs is another fully edited perfect run, When you dropped the spark plug trying to hand screw them back in I got a huge burst of deja vu, of me and my dad working on his crappy car trying to get it to start so he could drive to work. Iv still got some of his spanners (wrenches) all the imperial ones in inches lol all mine are metric, its such a pain but yet I still keep them.

Great Video. Body and Hood look like a AJ Manufacturing body. They where based in PA but went out of business in or around 1998. At the time, they built the nicest, strongest and heaviest fiberglass tubs. I still have one of their one piece front ends.

Finally subscribed. The CJ pulled me in. I have a 78 CJ5 I'm just starting to dismantle for a rebuild. No motor in my carcass and I don't know what to put in. I'm leaning towards a 300 Ford 6 just for the fun factor and cool old exhaust burble. A friend has several typical 305/350 motors. I'm not a snowflake, but seeing you pour gas in the carb and make sparks right above the throat made me cringe. I've has gas blow up on me on a fire and a friend was scorched when she lit a burn pile and didn't know her husband had dumped old gas on it. Be careful and I hope to see this one running.

Well I don't think V.G.G could handle watching this guy he would go nuts

Love that nutty exhaust 😂👍🇦🇺

One of the reasons you're all over the road are those big tires. They're fine for off road use but for highway driving, just put a set of all season small truck radials or even car radials on it and it will handle a LOT better on the highway (past experience) and that loud hum of the tires will disappear too. Not saying that's your only problem but it can be significant and the ride quality on roads will improve too with car/light truck tires.

Yessss that's the way to do it. Pull them plugs And lub them Pistons free. Works every time

ATF and a bit of acetone works wonders for freeing up cylinders and rings. It's a lot thinner and the acetone helps pull the ATF into the ring lands and down the cylinder. Those remote starter relays should be plentiful, they're super generic and used in many applications. Power in, power out and a signal from your ignition switch

Jeep starter is same as a old Ford, starter solenoid is Ford part too. One thing about AMC is they use a mix of ford, GM, Chrysler parts.

I love that jeep i have always wanted one of those with the factory v8 in it. Good job

Nice start on that old beauty! Didn't realize where you were until I saw some street signs. Mount Joy/Manheim. Wow. I'm from E-Town. Live in communist MD now. Hopefully moving south soon. Get to PA all the time. Love to stop in and see that jeep in person.

Had a 79 and a 77 neither one went down the road straight I think its a steering gear problem, the 79 had a 360 very similar set up it would lift the front wheels a foot in the air in first very fast death trap but I loved every freakin min. of it, great content.

43:15 Love your truck-front-with-working-headlights display on the wall :D

It’s funny,in Texas we don’t usually have seized engine issues over long periods of time.Love your videos👍

As far as the starter goes, back when I had my '78 CJ-5 it had a couple teeth missing o the flywheel and that caused me to get really good at changing the starter on mine, lol. It had the 258 straight six. Thing is I NEVER asked for a Jeep starter as if Jeep were printed on the box it always cost 20% more than it would for just an AMC starter and since I knew that they used the same engine in Gremlins back in the day I would always ask for a starter for a 1974 Gremlin with a 258. Always worked just fine :) 99% of the time I bought mine from an old fashioned auto parts store called Auto Value/General Auto Supply. They always told me if they didn't have the part in their warehouse they would find one within 24 hours and they were always true to their word. I tried once to buy one from NAPA and the guy behind the counter argued with me for 5 minutes that I needed a Jeep starter. I finally said, "Look here, sell me a starter for a Gremlin or I'll just go someplace else". He tried arguing again and I said, "Sorry, y'all just lost a customer over your 20% markup and arguing. Now you won't get a cent from me", and I walked out their door and have never been back to a NAPA since.

I mistyped the year. It was a 1980 CJ5 that I purchased new in Nov 1979. My only true complaint with it was the darn quarter-round piece of metal on the rear of the door opening. Every time I would drag my fat butt out of the driver seat the back pocket on my Levi's would snag on it. Eventually I managed to tear out the rear pocket seam on every pair of jeans I owned. The CJ7 has nice big rectangular door opening and didn't have that issue.

Glad you made it back home safe!! Glad I found your channel I hope to see more on the CJ- I’m trying to brake my engine loose too 👍🏻been sitting for 30 years.

Next time you run into this problem pull some plugs and pour a little diesel into the cylinders ( I haven't watched the whole video maybe you try this ) it definitely works to help release the freedom's! 😂

So far, you are doing things right. Diesel Creek has some competition at last. Great video(s).

interesting passenger side motor mount.

Love your channel. I’ve got a 74 cj5 with a 232 amc, and yes, they wander all over the road and have sloppy steering. White knuckles daily.

It's alive! Pretty funny seeing those acorns coming out of the exhaust, makes me think of scrat from ice age

I own a CJ 5, and ill say it like it is. Nobody abandoned that jeep. Ground it better. Pull the plugs squirt some oil type substance, put more power. Varoom.

Vice Grip Garage Derek would be proud of you. :-) Have a great 2022.

Keep it simple. Always check for spark first. #1 thing in a no start condition on an older vehicle. And ive had so many MSD boxes that have gone bad. Even ones that are under a year old.

Also, I agree with comment about atf and a bit of acetone in place of 2 stroke oil. Your 2 stroke oil is a logical alternative though.

Replace the stabilizer shock on the steering,once you get it all lined out,those old keeps are great,you will love it!

Your perseverance and attitude it’s what it’s all about. Subd, loved these last 2 videos 👍 something about getting old jeeps up and running gets me all jazzed up

You look like you were really busy in this episode... Your nuts must be exhausted!!!!!!!! :-)

Yep! I had a 78 CJ7 and it had the AMC 304 mated to a Chevy TH400.

You seem to be a very patient man! I really enjoyed the videos, looking forward to checking out some more. Good job!

Put the biggest grin on my face, i know i was late to the party, i watched the cessna first, so i cannot wait for the next project.

“A squirrel sticking his nuts in the exhaust system.” “He never came back to get them”

That MSD ignition to someone who knows jack about cars looks brand new.