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

[@gumbomudderx7503]

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]

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

[@2koolchris291]

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]

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

[@Russworld1]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Thanks for watching

[@michaelranasinghe3774]

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]

Typical government waste!

[@wes11bravo]

​@@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.

[@CPthetooladdict]

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 KZbin! Definitely love to see you make this a wheeling rig!

[@misfittoys8883]

Collecting parts to do so

[@kennethsonier1766]

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 👍✌️🇺🇲

[@paulweigle6872]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Gonna start collecting stuff for the build

[@stevenlatham4397]

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]

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

[@jonoffensend7519]

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 👍😁🎩

[@BUILTFORDTOUGH79]

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.

[@tcanthony2]

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

[@francoisbouchard602]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Thanks!!

[@isaiahdavid663]

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.

[@charlescarter6146]

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]

Such enthusiasm!!

[@charlescarter6146]

Well ....ya know🙂

[@donaldhalls2189]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Thanks for watching!

[@carlosquintana6930]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

It's not a jeep

[@bernadettegarbers9552]

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

[@tyhogue8316]

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]

I was impressed that it did that well with thos tires

[@misfittoys8883]

No doubt. Those tires were just awful

[@mikewilliams2072]

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!

[@shannondueling7697]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@Jonesec1]

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]

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

[@FJB8885]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Eyecrometer! I like that!

[@willscott85]

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]

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

[@allensnook7760]

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]

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

[@craigbowley6783]

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]

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.

[@matthewjack9950]

That's awesome. Love your videos

[@misfittoys8883]

Glad you like them. Thanks for watching!

[@frankballard6958]

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]

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

[@Helge198]

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]

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

[@cliffpalermo]

Rusted up to back in the ruts great work buddy!

[@misfittoys8883]

Thanks, dude

[@jimschafer9196]

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]

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.

[@wes11bravo]

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]

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

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@imasmartidiot3330]

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]

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

[@andrewmcewan8081]

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

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Gotta find the limit somehow

[@craigbowley6783]

Damn that vinegar did awesome!

[@andrewmcewan8081]

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

[@christianbattestin9747]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

My daughter did that a few years ago

[@michaelcarpenter7835]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@richardoswalt1009]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Brave enough or foolish enough?

[@WillysRubicon]

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.

[@adventurewagen]

Trans in a jeep my neighbor gave me looked about like that, after that I moved the project onto some other poor bastard lol.

[@kevineleven5610]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@imasmartidiot3330]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Caramel!

[@Supertech-86]

Stout lil rig.

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@eddieedwards77]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Stop, I'm blushing!!

[@imasmartidiot3330]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

Wouldnt that just make the spring brittle?

[@Helge198]

It is cool litle weelin rig, built it

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@ludicrous7044]

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!!🎶

[@mikewilliams2072]

I saw this too, yeah they called it a mutt

[@mikewilliams2072]

Baking soda and water to neturalize the vingar!!

[@misfittoys8883]

Good info. I will keep that in mind.

[@inspireonex]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

How could any true gearhead NOT buy it?

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

No damage added that matters! Body already a bit crunchy

[@graywolf2694]

yeah it looks like it was crushed then un crushed

[@scottsullivan1464]

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

[@donm8856]

Fix that thing and play away!

[@misfittoys8883]

Can do!!

[@mikewilliams2072]

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

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@wilfriedbus4218]

Held

[@tyhogue8316]

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

[@BladeworksStudio]

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]

Time is always a factor.

[@BladeworksStudio]

thats what editing is for@@misfittoys8883

[@imasmartidiot3330]

Looks like you need to put some Lockers in it now

[@imasmartidiot3330]

Diesel fuel would have been better for that transmission

[@raynyhus2026]

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

[@imasmartidiot3330]

For the Ford 300 straight six in it

[@misfittoys8883]

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

[@mikemccloney5640]

Put tractor tires on it , weld the rear and make a roll bar , go wheeling !

[@misfittoys8883]

Thats the plan now! Going to start collecting parts for the build

[@raynyhus2026]

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

[@mikewilliams2072]

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]

Tires are total crap anyway

[@johnscheffler1514]

Definitely tractor tires.

[@carlcarlamos9055]

Those things are trash. Roll over specials. Scrap it. You have been warned. Take care.

[@davidweidner1675]

@Mike Finstad