Pulled the trigger, Mutt is home!

Safe recovery!
A little rust in the floor boards, undercarriage looks great.
Engine needs a little attention, idles good, acts like it starves out about mid throttle.
Noisiest vehicle I have ever owned, lots of clunking to be chased down.
Having never owned one of these I don't know what normal is.
Let the fun begin!

That is a good find. That was the general's ride.

Congrats! I thought it was priced very reasonable.

Why didn't you let the dog ride?!

Evil Dr. Porkchop said:

Congrats! I thought it was priced very reasonable.

Click to expand...

Even better, got it for 2200.0

clinto said:

Why didn't you let the dog ride?!

Click to expand...

The young one did, the old one is smarter than that

Complete the theft report yet? You stole it for that price.

Very nice! Mutts are a very fun vehicle. Very gokart like when the top is off and the windshield's down.

Did the cops show up yet?
Because you stole that truck! Good score, looks like it has a good home.
Welcome to the M151 crowd.

Got the little dings tapped out of the hood then sanded and repainted it today, came out pretty good.
looks like I am going to be in the market for a rear differential.
Making a heck of a racket back there at anything past first gear.
All good though, fully expected to do some tinkering.

You lucky duck! I need to see that thing! I know the one at the foxhole the guy wanted 6000

Not sure how loud your differential is, but they do make quite a bit of noise due to being mounted directly to the unibody. I thought the same thing with mine, but after tearing it down I found little wear. Make sure it's full of gear oil. Looks like a nice ride. You stole it at that price.

elkhtr said:

Got the little dings tapped out of the hood then sanded and repainted it today, came out pretty good.
looks like I am going to be in the market for a rear differential.
Making a heck of a racket back there at anything past first gear.
All good though, fully expected to do some tinkering.

Click to expand...

If you do need a rear differential I'm told that the 1100 series are an improvement over the 875 series. Numbers should be cast into the housing. If you haven't already, check out G838.org website - it's all and only M151. Lots of good info on there.

Congrats on the jeep. I seen that posting but got busy and didn't get a chance to call the PO until later in the day. When I did have time to call him he said someone was coming by the next day to look at it. He told me to call him the next day but I knew with the number of collectors out your way it was as good as gone. The asking price and the way it was listed I knew he wasn't one of the OD crowd here. Glad to see someone here bought it and thanks for saving me the trip to get it. Lol!

187 said:

Not sure how loud your differential is, but they do make quite a bit of noise due to being mounted directly to the unibody. I thought the same thing with mine, but after tearing it down I found little wear. Make sure it's full of gear oil. Looks like a nice ride. You stole it at that price.

Click to expand...

Not knowing what is normal for this vehicle puts me at a small disadvantage.
It is up on stands right now, I will post a video in a bit and maybe you guys can tell me what you think.

srodocker said:

You lucky duck! I need to see that thing! I know the one at the foxhole the guy wanted 6000

Click to expand...

Hi Scott
Sorry I snuck into your backyard and pilfered this.
It was in parkland.

Differential noise

Here is a video of the differential noise, and a couple pics of how the hood cleaned up.
If I stop the non driven wheel from spinning it gets much quieter.
Also, the faster you go the louder it gets.
Opinions?

The rear end does make some noise and the metal rear floor amplifies it since it's bolted to it. Unless it sounds like a pencil sharpener eating metal I'd say it good. LOL!
If in doubt, pull the drain plug. You are going to need to flush all the fluids anyway. A little silver in the oil is ok, alot or bits of metal isn't. Using a thick gear oil in them helps too.
It takes a grease gun with a needle to get some of the u joints on the drive shaft. FYI
Again, good score, fun lil jeeps!

Here are some things to check. I heard that rattle in the video, but not sure if it's the diff or a u-joint. So, check the fluid in the diff. In fact just drain and refill. The drain plug should have a little magnet on the end of it. Look for metal flakes. Like posted above. Check the u-joints make sure they are tight and have grease in them. You have 12 u-joints on that thing. (4 on each axle and 2 on each drive shaft). Also you'll notice that the diffs can be mounted front or rear and that each has a flange on them that has a nut. You see one spinning in the video. Check the nuts on there to make sure that the flange isn't loose and that you have no front to back play in the diffs.

Other than that good find and everyone hates you because of the price you stole it for...lol. The diffs will make noise and as long as it's not so loud that it drowns out everything else you should be fine. But check those things to be sure.

Sounds like a universal joint to me too. Or a pinion bearing.