That was the most dramatic “self healing” change I have ever seen to date. The trans must not work on the weekends 😂 Edit: the Parking brake doesn’t work, for all those that think I have it locked in the whole video.
Nope, we sure didn’t. Pulling it was just a recap for anyone who is seeing this video by itself without the others - hence why I wrote “in our last video” on screen. It was like 1.5 minutes of recap at the beginning since the video today wouldn’t make sense without context for anyone new.
Ah the classic postal Jeep, My wife and I were rural mail carriers in Oklahoma for over 30 years. Early on in our careers we had to provide our own vehicles. In 1990 when they had gotten through replacing most of the Jeeps they had a big surplus sale down at the plant. We ended up buying over the course of a couple years four Jeeps. And I wouldn't be surprised if the odometer was actually correct. When we got our first couple of ones they just had 40,000 mi on them. Of the hundreds of Jeeps that they had on sale back then I only saw one that had over 100,000 miles on it. Most of them were driven in the city very short mileage sometimes as little as seven or eight miles a day six days week. The engines were great and ran as smooth as silk and were easy to repair. But sometimes there were some uncommon model specific items that were very hard to find when they broke. We were assigned LLV's around 1994 so I was happy to sell off my collection. We only put about 10 or 15,000 mi on them before we got rid of them. I'm surprised your Jeep was in as good as shape as it was. That sheet metal would naturally rust down here in Oklahoma without any salt on the roads. And fenders would crack from metal fatigue. I'm glad you sold it to someone who would give it a little more life. Thanks for the video.
ft cobb Oklahoma is still the same way my old 8 grade pre algebra teacher has to drive his own car because the town post office doesn't supply them he still working at the school as the pre algebra teacher but hes still working mail
Sitting for long periods of time just seems to cause those old Chrysler transmissions to gum up. my old 66 Fury II would act the same way after sitting over the winter. Weirdly, if you left her to idle for 20 minutes and go through all the gears manually, she would come right back around and be 100% again all summer.
my grandpa told me chrysler transmissions dont pump in park like chevy and ford they pump in neutral and to check the fluid you have to put it in neutral and engage the park brake
@@EmpireofRust muh grandpa had a transmission on hes 84 b250 van with a 318 rebilt and he taught the transmission guy that this was back around 2003 when we moved from texas to loisiana
Remember, this us a US Government Vehicle. If my time in the military has taught me anything, its that the only vehicle the curbs harder or accelerates faster than a rental car is a US Government Vehicle. Even if its a straight 6 mail truck. My bet is it was run dry because somebody didnt pay attention, ran it, then sent it to auction.
This is so cool. I had a 1976 DJ-5D that I drove the entire year of 1996 at age 17. It sounded EXACTLY like that. And now I can smell the exhaust, raw gasoline, and mold driving down the road!
Glad you found someone to appreciate the (semi) old Jeep. Always thought the postal versions were cool. Now you can look for a '79/'80 Pinto postal version(seriously I doubt there are any left). A really cool postal unit were the '67 Fairlane Couriers. I'm not sure those were offered in civvy configuration, only one I remember was the postal unit.
Nothing more demoralizing than being passed on a gravel road... in Iowa! Person that passed you thought who delivers mail on Sunday night. Good technical content as always. Thanks Luke
I kept thinking, "man, if I were a rural mail carrier, I'd totally find a DJ-5 like this!" Then at the end you said you sold it to a rural mail carrier. Awesome!
Drove those Postal Jeeps the first few years of my Postal Carrier. They were scary to drive above 40mph and steering was loose. So happy when the LLV (current postal vehicle) came on the scene. Also appreciated that the LLV was larger for today’s mail/parcel volume.
I drove those delivering mail. They dont die. I drove one all day , engine tapping away , and at the end of the day, I figured Id get some gas , and oil! lol. It was 4 qts low!! lol Filedl it up, tapping decreased and still ran fine???? One tip. Watch the bumps while driving. The keys always popped out of the ignition! theyd be on the floor without you even knowing. You probably can use a screwdriver to start one. A real drawback is that they arent 4 wheel drive, like people think. But put a set of tire chains on it , they go everywhere in the snow! Glad those days of my life have passed! lol The later trucks werent much better, Just larger, but still not large enough.
Anyone else listen to Luke's theme song where it says "it'll get you there, it'll get you there quicker" as he's hooking the tractor to the jeep on the side of the road?🤣😂 But, seriously, I love your videos Luke.
Pretty cool that you found a taker on the old postal delivery mule. With any luck you got your time & money back out of her with the sale. At least it was saved, and you no longer have a derelict vehicle on the property. Great job.
Awesome job getting the Red, White, and Blue out of its postal death hole and running again. Glad to hear the vehicle or parts of her are going to get another shot at life
The gear oil in the sump reminds me of a story my dad shared with me. Many years ago he had a Fordson Major tractor with a rear axle/trans/hydraulic issue. He put EP120 oil in to try and solve it and the tractor would barely move when cold!
Another good tip for identifying a knock sound. Valve train moves about half as fast as the crank. So a rapid knock is likely bottom end where as a slower knock is probably valve/lifter noise.
something to note, those mail jeeps often came with either 4 wheel drive or a limited slip diff. watching you peel out in the dirt at the end tells me you got one with a limited slip diff. also that extra line coming off the fuel filter is in fact a fuel return line. both the 73 mail jeep and the 72 gremlin i had had those. with out them the fuel pump over powers the float and will flood the carb.
also those 6 cylinder amc engines had hydraulic lifters in the 70's so some of that noise you were hearing was likely collapsed lifters. my gremlin had sat for 11 years when i finally got it. took some lifter cleaner in the oil to get them all to pump back up.
Love the content Thunderhead Loving this revival as well, oh and we gotta get you a new mic so i dont have to turn up volume to 60 lol... But cheers from Flint Mi
You are one of the most thorough and talented RUclips mechanics. I would drive from Kansas to have you fix my vehicles LOL. I know you aren’t a full-time mechanic though.
There are plenty better than me in other automotive avenues, I’m just fairly decent with engines - always loved trying to get things “just” right. It’s also just fun to figure out engine tuning issues and fix them 🤓
That’s great that it basically fixed itself and got sold to a a good home. I would love to see how the project of transferring the body over to a 4-wheel drive chassis transpires as well as the end result.
The horse seems happy about the Jeep having oil pressure haha. These things are so cool, I got to putter one around my neighbors yard when I was a kid, he used it to deliver news papers on a rural route.
When you hit the gas on the gravel there both rear tires spun. I wonder if it might have some kind of positraction in the rear. Wouldn't surprise me since these were expected to operate in all weather. They had to drive through deep snow and all kinds of other crap.
Great video! Would have been cool to see a rebuild or even an engine swap but you got little time and much to do so totally understand sending it on to the next owner. Would have called her T1000 the way she was fixing herself haha
Big Hi from the UK to Uncle Luke , I have watched you for a while now and each video just gets better . I love the big iron you have in the USA and your explanation videos are great .
Hey Luke. That's a cool looking Pail truck. It went through a lot of stop and starts in it's time. It needed to have the oil move around a bit. Thanks for sharing. 🍁👍👍
I actually did drive one of these 'back in the day'. They're even worse to drive than you think. The mileage my not be as high as you think, most of the driving was from mailbox to mailbox. So maybe 25 miles a day, a lot of stop and go driving. They were originally painted blue with white window trim and roof, and a red stripe down the side. Repainted all white to be more visible. The fun thing was driving them in the snow with tire chains. The rattling against the wheel well was deafening. Good times.
Many moons ago a local pizza place had a fleet of these for deliveries. My dad had one he drove back and forth to work. Plus he used it when driving out into the county to go fishing at local lakes. Had a GM Chevy II four cylinder w/a two speed iirc The 232s in this vintage are hard to kill IF taken care of. Neglect them and you will have problems sooner than you should.
I love Kevin, but a forever home at his place is the same difference as me just parking it back in the tree line. It’s off to someone who is willing to give it a new lease on life where both myself and Kevin never ultimately would have.
I'm so glad you got this vehicle running again fairly. This mail truck deserves to be fully restored and put In a museum with live test drives to keep it going.
I'm impressed it's even moving under its own power with how much damage that engine has and the trans just don't want to work well at all good video Luke @ThunderHead289
I was a ptf in the 80s and very often got the spare to do pivots more worn out the the assigned jeeps,had no ps or pb wished I had pb more then steering,they often showed under 100.000 miles but they idled. For 6 or more hours a day.the lifters would starve for oil when climbing hills and would clatter,losing power,till you headed back down.the oil pressure always seemed to be like yours till you pulled to next mailbox.in winter we had a few with water in ps box and would freeze.not to mention a mile of play.
Even with its issues someone could definitely use the frame and somebody parts to fix up their old Jeep. Man this makes me really miss my 66 Kaiser Willys, Which I had a Buick 225 in
A flip mobile. A dangerous vehicle for sure. They can flip over at less than 20mph. Saw a guy roll his a couple times back in the 80’s. Landed on his head. Bent the floor with his head. His buddies following behind drove him to the hospital. I don’t know his fate. These have been workhorses for years and had a niche purpose. Can’t say that I wouldn’t own or drive one myself, but the limits definitely need to be respected. Cool video 👍😎 Maybe a follow up if the new owner is successful and willing.
Used to drive one of these as my "classic" car. A 1975 model DJ-5D. Sold it to a rural route driver to pay off my wife's wedding/engagement ring and miss it every day.
Thanks Luke, pretty cool video. Would be cool to make a farm rig out of if you had a spare engine and trans laying around. I'm thinking small block manual would be fun
👏👏👏 I remember the mailman telling me they weren't very fast. He thought there was some kind of governner on it to keep it under 45 mph. Something about those used in rural route area's had a habit of flipping.
wow flash back to my dad old letter carrier days. that jeep you could hear comeing up the drive-way. so cool to see it drive, & move under it own power. love that old jeep.
Used to drive one of these Jeeps before the LLV's came along when I carried mail. If you went through a deep mud hole and splashed water you would probably have to stop and wipe out the distributor to dry it out before it would run again.
Its always nice to see a Vehical that has been lawn art for years restored back to something useful, even if it just gets used as a parts car. As that way rather than having 2 scrap vehicles you can get some more use out of one of them and hopefully stop both from leaking oil and other nasties onto your local water supply. Rightly or wrongly I am of the option making stuff last longer is just as important as moving to away from using big powerful gas gusslers to go get stuff from the shop.
I really like that hillbilly music you have playing in the background. Glad to see. you have it going, when I was a kid me and my dad got a 69 amc embassador the motor was stuck, we took a 3.4 rachet and a pole stuck it on t he harmonic balancer and popped the engine free, then it started right up , and we drove it everywhere..
So cool. Glad it can be put to use and get back on the road. I currently work as a mail carrier and the current vehicles on the road are over 30 years old as most of them were built in the early 80s, and they take a beating every day. Countless times a day it’s put into park and drive etc especially delivering in the city, it’s amazing that the jeep moves at all. Also the suicide knob is pretty cool as well haha.
I really appreciate and want more from you on youtube- that being said; You no longer are in the trailer park, leave the damn key in the non running vehicles. I wrote this before I saw the two of you on the ford tractor- You two look awesome @ 18:03!!!!! Godbless!
You might have luck draining the oil and replacing it with about a gallon of kerosene. Idle it with the kerosene for about twenty minutes to loosen up seals and rings and clean out all oil passages. Always freshened up noisy engines that blew smoke for me. Drain the kerosene and change the oil twice.
Like the Ford 200 and 300 sixes, the AMC sixes have 7 mains. Apparently they wanted them to live! I had a 1974 Jeep pickup, and put 207,000 miles on it. The body was very rust prone, but the chassis kept on keeping on.
I've always wanted one of these old postal Jeeps. I don't know why, they're just fascinating, and a memory of my growing up. I always remembered how tough they sounded when the mailman revved it up going to the next house.
(Poor Aussie accent) Rod knock? That’s not a rod knock. This! is a rod knock! ....Kevin pulls up in his AMC Eagle. Enjoyable mini-series. Glad u found a home for the old girl.
The seals and bands on the transmission swelled up after being immersed in ATF. You said "forget about the airline, Let's take the car and save the fare." We blew a gasket on the Grapevine And eighty dollars on repairs. All onboard!
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That was the most dramatic “self healing” change I have ever seen to date.
The trans must not work on the weekends 😂
Edit: the Parking brake doesn’t work, for all those that think I have it locked in the whole video.
🤣🤣
Postal office management.
My ‘02 Jeep used to be like that…it was like she was mad at making her sit in the yard too long
Didn't we do this already??
Nope, we sure didn’t.
Pulling it was just a recap for anyone who is seeing this video by itself without the others - hence why I wrote “in our last video” on screen.
It was like 1.5 minutes of recap at the beginning since the video today wouldn’t make sense without context for anyone new.
Ah the classic postal Jeep, My wife and I were rural mail carriers in Oklahoma for over 30 years. Early on in our careers we had to provide our own vehicles. In 1990 when they had gotten through replacing most of the Jeeps they had a big surplus sale down at the plant. We ended up buying over the course of a couple years four Jeeps. And I wouldn't be surprised if the odometer was actually correct. When we got our first couple of ones they just had 40,000 mi on them. Of the hundreds of Jeeps that they had on sale back then I only saw one that had over 100,000 miles on it. Most of them were driven in the city very short mileage sometimes as little as seven or eight miles a day six days week. The engines were great and ran as smooth as silk and were easy to repair. But sometimes there were some uncommon model specific items that were very hard to find when they broke. We were assigned LLV's around 1994 so I was happy to sell off my collection. We only put about 10 or 15,000 mi on them before we got rid of them. I'm surprised your Jeep was in as good as shape as it was. That sheet metal would naturally rust down here in Oklahoma without any salt on the roads. And fenders would crack from metal fatigue. I'm glad you sold it to someone who would give it a little more life. Thanks for the video.
im a rural carrier in nova scotia canada, i drive a dodge caravan lol
@@donairsauce2496 much respect, those Canadian winters would be a challenge to say the least.
@@jamesh6229 it's the wind that gets ya
ft cobb Oklahoma is still the same way my old 8 grade pre algebra teacher has to drive his own car because the town post office doesn't supply them he still working at the school as the pre algebra teacher but hes still working mail
As a rural letter carrier in a rather big city I always forget that truly rural stations still don’t have postal vehicles. Interesting story
"...any time you ever have any sliver of optimism and you just get punished..." I love it, Luke! Kind of like no good deed ever goes unpunished!
That was probably the best case scenario for that little Jeep. That really makes me happy to hear.
She wanted to live and be appreciated again! Loved this revival! Glad she found a home. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Sitting for long periods of time just seems to cause those old Chrysler transmissions to gum up. my old 66 Fury II would act the same way after sitting over the winter. Weirdly, if you left her to idle for 20 minutes and go through all the gears manually, she would come right back around and be 100% again all summer.
The Chrysler spool up thing is an oddly real deal - knowledge and the one who who showed me first hand comes from dylan mccool
my grandpa told me chrysler transmissions dont pump in park like chevy and ford they pump in neutral and to check the fluid you have to put it in neutral and engage the park brake
@@joshuafisk5080 Yepper...I used to put them in Neutral for a few seconds before placing in Drive.
@@joshuafisk5080 100%. Always idle torqueflites in neutral, not park!
@@EmpireofRust muh grandpa had a transmission on hes 84 b250 van with a 318 rebilt and he taught the transmission guy that this was back around 2003 when we moved from texas to loisiana
Buy the way, I forgot to congratulate your Wife on finishing Vet school. Proud of y'all!!!!
I’m so proud of her, what a haul that way for her
Remember, this us a US Government Vehicle. If my time in the military has taught me anything, its that the only vehicle the curbs harder or accelerates faster than a rental car is a US Government Vehicle. Even if its a straight 6 mail truck. My bet is it was run dry because somebody didnt pay attention, ran it, then sent it to auction.
This is so cool. I had a 1976 DJ-5D that I drove the entire year of 1996 at age 17. It sounded EXACTLY like that. And now I can smell the exhaust, raw gasoline, and mold driving down the road!
That was a nice trip down memory lane, thank you for such a nice tribute to such an odd old vehicle, I’m glad it has a future.
Glad you found someone to appreciate the (semi) old Jeep. Always thought the postal versions were cool. Now you can look for a '79/'80 Pinto postal version(seriously I doubt there are any left). A really cool postal unit were the '67 Fairlane Couriers. I'm not sure those were offered in civvy configuration, only one I remember was the postal unit.
Wow you brought back some memories there, I remember the post office near us had a bunch of those Pintos when I was a kid.
Nothing more demoralizing than being passed on a gravel road... in Iowa! Person that passed you thought who delivers mail on Sunday night. Good technical content as always. Thanks Luke
I kept thinking, "man, if I were a rural mail carrier, I'd totally find a DJ-5 like this!" Then at the end you said you sold it to a rural mail carrier. Awesome!
Drove those Postal Jeeps the first few years of my Postal Carrier. They were scary to drive above 40mph and steering was loose. So happy when the LLV (current postal vehicle) came on the scene. Also appreciated that the LLV was larger for today’s mail/parcel volume.
I drove those delivering mail. They dont die. I drove one all day , engine tapping away , and at the end of the day, I figured Id get some gas , and oil! lol. It was 4 qts low!! lol Filedl it up, tapping decreased and still ran fine???? One tip. Watch the bumps while driving. The keys always popped out of the ignition! theyd be on the floor without you even knowing. You probably can use a screwdriver to start one. A real drawback is that they arent 4 wheel drive, like people think. But put a set of tire chains on it , they go everywhere in the snow! Glad those days of my life have passed! lol The later trucks werent much better, Just larger, but still not large enough.
Anyone else listen to Luke's theme song where it says "it'll get you there, it'll get you there quicker" as he's hooking the tractor to the jeep on the side of the road?🤣😂 But, seriously, I love your videos Luke.
What's the name of that theme song
@@kevinsukdolak5007 The Steeldrivers - Good Corn Liquor
Pretty cool that you found a taker on the old postal delivery mule. With any luck you got your time & money back out of her with the sale. At least it was saved, and you no longer have a derelict vehicle on the property. Great job.
Awesome job getting the Red, White, and Blue out of its postal death hole and running again. Glad to hear the vehicle or parts of her are going to get another shot at life
The gear oil in the sump reminds me of a story my dad shared with me. Many years ago he had a Fordson Major tractor with a rear axle/trans/hydraulic issue. He put EP120 oil in to try and solve it and the tractor would barely move when cold!
Another good tip for identifying a knock sound. Valve train moves about half as fast as the crank. So a rapid knock is likely bottom end where as a slower knock is probably valve/lifter noise.
something to note, those mail jeeps often came with either 4 wheel drive or a limited slip diff. watching you peel out in the dirt at the end tells me you got one with a limited slip diff. also that extra line coming off the fuel filter is in fact a fuel return line. both the 73 mail jeep and the 72 gremlin i had had those. with out them the fuel pump over powers the float and will flood the carb.
also those 6 cylinder amc engines had hydraulic lifters in the 70's so some of that noise you were hearing was likely collapsed lifters. my gremlin had sat for 11 years when i finally got it. took some lifter cleaner in the oil to get them all to pump back up.
Love the content Thunderhead Loving this revival as well, oh and we gotta get you a new mic so i dont have to turn up volume to 60 lol... But cheers from Flint Mi
yup i had my phone and car volume to the max and still couldn’t really hear him lol
Honesty this was one the most enjoyable revives I watched! Thanks for sharing.
You are one of the most thorough and talented RUclips mechanics. I would drive from Kansas to have you fix my vehicles LOL. I know you aren’t a full-time mechanic though.
There are plenty better than me in other automotive avenues, I’m just fairly decent with engines - always loved trying to get things “just” right.
It’s also just fun to figure out engine tuning issues and fix them 🤓
That little Jeep is awesome. I know a guy who dropped a 350 in one. He had to modify the firewall among a few other things, but that thing hauled.
It's tough to tell on the video, but that knock sounds like a classic case of worn out AMC rocker arms and bridges.
Always a great video from Luke...
that was my thought broken rocker bridge if it has the alloy ones.
That’s great that it basically fixed itself and got sold to a a good home. I would love to see how the project of transferring the body over to a 4-wheel drive chassis transpires as well as the end result.
I drove one of these in college. I loved it! Would buck the drifts in Northern Michigan just fine. It was a blast to drive.
I'm glad it's getting reporpused. I had one and it ran like a champ. Took it through some knarly mud roads that 4x4's were afraid to go down.
The horse seems happy about the Jeep having oil pressure haha. These things are so cool, I got to putter one around my neighbors yard when I was a kid, he used it to deliver news papers on a rural route.
I'm glad its gone to a new home, its too cute a little jeep to be sitting in a field rusting.
Completely agree
She’s a sweet rig, perfect for the homestead and thank you for sharing.
Great video Luke! As a Jeep guy, I’m looking at mail carriers now! But the coolest thing I thought was the way you pulled up that fence post!!
My father is a retired letter carrier. He drove those jeeps.
When you hit the gas on the gravel there both rear tires spun. I wonder if it might have some kind of positraction in the rear. Wouldn't surprise me since these were expected to operate in all weather. They had to drive through deep snow and all kinds of other crap.
Great video! Would have been cool to see a rebuild or even an engine swap but you got little time and much to do so totally understand sending it on to the next owner. Would have called her T1000 the way she was fixing herself haha
I get the feeling you LOVE your tractor, me too Luke, me too!!!
Emily is the best! Not just letting you play with your toys and film it for us, but actually participating! 😂
Glad the car got saved in some form!
Big Hi from the UK to Uncle Luke , I have watched you for a while now and each video just gets better . I love the big iron you have in the USA and your explanation videos are great .
Hey Luke. That's a cool looking Pail truck. It went through a lot of stop and starts in it's time. It needed to have the oil move around a bit. Thanks for sharing. 🍁👍👍
Luke, you have a solid gift for teaching. Superb explanation! Yours is one of the most educational car channels on youtube.
I actually did drive one of these 'back in the day'.
They're even worse to drive than you think. The mileage my not be as high as you think, most of the driving was from mailbox to mailbox. So maybe 25 miles a day, a lot of stop and go driving. They were originally painted blue with white window trim and roof, and a red stripe down the side. Repainted all white to be more visible. The fun thing was driving them in the snow with tire chains. The rattling against the wheel well was deafening. Good times.
Many moons ago a local pizza place had a fleet of these for deliveries. My dad had one he drove back and forth to work. Plus he used it when driving out into the county to go fishing at local lakes. Had a GM Chevy II four cylinder w/a two speed iirc
The 232s in this vintage are hard to kill IF taken care of. Neglect them and you will have problems sooner than you should.
Awesome! Love the little one wheel peel in the gravel. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Glad to hear she's going to a decent home. Jeeps are strange beasts. But, in the end, they are still beasts.
glad to see you found a home for it while having fun bringing it back from the dead. good stuff
Junkyard Digs has recently been expressing some curiosity about becoming a "Jeep person". Perhaps he could give this fine vehicle a forever home.
I love Kevin, but a forever home at his place is the same difference as me just parking it back in the tree line. It’s off to someone who is willing to give it a new lease on life where both myself and Kevin never ultimately would have.
There is at least some oil pressure. Guage and/or sending unit toast. Cool video Luke! Great content!! Keep it coming please!!
Live the theme song. Our Mail man had one of these could here him coming up the hill every day sure takes me back thanks for sharing this video.
If you don't know, the theme song is Good Corn Liquor by The SteelDrivers
Thanks
I'm so glad you got this vehicle running again fairly. This mail truck deserves to be fully restored and put In a museum with live test drives to keep it going.
Coool!! My father drove those jeeps at the local post office
The forward clutch and high/reverse clutch seals were notorious for getting hard on those old 904's - bet the heat softened them up a bit :-)
All the Mail Trucks in my area sound pretty similar to this one. Hear them coming a mile away!
I'm impressed it's even moving under its own power with how much damage that engine has and the trans just don't want to work well at all good video Luke @ThunderHead289
I was a ptf in the 80s and very often got the spare to do pivots more worn out the the assigned jeeps,had no ps or pb wished I had pb more then steering,they often showed under 100.000 miles but they idled. For 6 or more hours a day.the lifters would starve for oil when climbing hills and would clatter,losing power,till you headed back down.the oil pressure always seemed to be like yours till you pulled to next mailbox.in winter we had a few with water in ps box and would freeze.not to mention a mile of play.
Great work! You got that old Jeep running again, and now, at least part of it will get a new lease on life.
Even with its issues someone could definitely use the frame and somebody parts to fix up their old Jeep. Man this makes me really miss my 66 Kaiser Willys, Which I had a Buick 225 in
Well , ya still the best mechanic on the net. And the best to explain things in common language. Thanks fer ya hard work and all and God Bless.
A flip mobile.
A dangerous vehicle for sure.
They can flip over at less than 20mph.
Saw a guy roll his a couple times back in the 80’s.
Landed on his head. Bent the floor with his head.
His buddies following behind drove him to the hospital. I don’t know his fate.
These have been workhorses for years and had a niche purpose.
Can’t say that I wouldn’t own or drive one myself, but the limits definitely need to be respected.
Cool video 👍😎
Maybe a follow up if the new owner is successful and willing.
Love the background music. The Steeldrivers are great.
Used to drive one of these as my "classic" car. A 1975 model DJ-5D. Sold it to a rural route driver to pay off my wife's wedding/engagement ring and miss it every day.
Thanks Luke, pretty cool video. Would be cool to make a farm rig out of if you had a spare engine and trans laying around. I'm thinking small block manual would be fun
Gotta love them old jeeps, She's happy someone took an interest in her! 😊 ✌🏻🇺🇸
Nice work, uncle Luke. Brought her back from the grave AND found her a new home!
👏👏👏 I remember the mailman telling me they weren't very fast. He thought there was some kind of governner on it to keep it under 45 mph. Something about those used in rural route area's had a habit of flipping.
wow flash back to my dad old letter carrier days. that jeep you could hear comeing up the drive-way. so cool to see it drive, & move under it own power. love that old jeep.
thats gonna be cool, lucky guy that got it, hope he lets ya do a update on it, would like to see how it comes out after
Glad you decided to mess with it Luke, at least it still has the chance to do it's job rather than returning to mother earth
There's a Popular Mechanics type build guide out there for turning those old Jeep mail carriers into campers.
Nice. There's something about these practical, unpretentious utility vehicles that I find really appealing.
Good job Luke , as they say , the mail must go thru !! The old girl just wanted to live !!
Love the steeldrivers! Everytime you put that song in videos I have to tap my feet lol
Used to drive one of these Jeeps before the LLV's came along when I carried mail. If you went through a deep mud hole and splashed water you would probably have to stop and wipe out the distributor to dry it out before it would run again.
Sorry to hear this! I used to do the same! LOL
Emily is such a great sport for our weird hobby.
Good job Luke it's cool to see that thing running I remember them when I was growing up as mail carriers and sometimes a ice cream carriers
I would of used the mail truck to drive to your mailbox and back. Coolest way to get the mail ever
Its always nice to see a Vehical that has been lawn art for years restored back to something useful, even if it just gets used as a parts car. As that way rather than having 2 scrap vehicles you can get some more use out of one of them and hopefully stop both from leaking oil and other nasties onto your local water supply.
Rightly or wrongly I am of the option making stuff last longer is just as important as moving to away from using big powerful gas gusslers to go get stuff from the shop.
I really like that hillbilly music you have playing in the background. Glad to see. you have it going, when I was a kid me and my dad got a 69 amc embassador the motor was stuck, we took a 3.4 rachet and a pole stuck it on t he harmonic balancer and popped the engine free, then it started right up , and we drove it everywhere..
So cool. Glad it can be put to use and get back on the road. I currently work as a mail carrier and the current vehicles on the road are over 30 years old as most of them were built in the early 80s, and they take a beating every day. Countless times a day it’s put into park and drive etc especially delivering in the city, it’s amazing that the jeep moves at all. Also the suicide knob is pretty cool as well haha.
I’m in love with this thing. I have to find one.
I really appreciate and want more from you on youtube- that being said; You no longer are in the trailer park, leave the damn key in the non running vehicles. I wrote this before I saw the two of you on the ford tractor- You two look awesome @ 18:03!!!!! Godbless!
I would love to see a video series were you do a rough and tough outdoor rebuild on the engine. This would be a pretty sweet yard rig.
You might have luck draining the oil and replacing it with about a gallon of kerosene. Idle it with the kerosene for about twenty minutes to loosen up seals and rings and clean out all oil passages. Always freshened up noisy engines that blew smoke for me. Drain the kerosene and change the oil twice.
Like the Ford 200 and 300 sixes, the AMC sixes have 7 mains. Apparently they wanted them to live! I had a 1974 Jeep pickup, and put 207,000 miles on it. The body was very rust prone, but the chassis kept on keeping on.
The little shoe making elves turned auto mechanics paid you a vist one night, but could only do so much. Nice it's got a new home.
Ever think about finding an old Thunderbolt sort of build to tackle? One can dream of such things lol Ya send the jeep packing for sure :-))
Awesome! Jeeps don't die. I have a 77 CJ7 that I daily, the motor had extremely bad blow by but ran really strong.
I've always wanted one of these old postal Jeeps. I don't know why, they're just fascinating, and a memory of my growing up.
I always remembered how tough they sounded when the mailman revved it up going to the next house.
(Poor Aussie accent) Rod knock? That’s not a rod knock. This! is a rod knock! ....Kevin pulls up in his AMC Eagle.
Enjoyable mini-series.
Glad u found a home for the old girl.
The seals and bands on the transmission swelled up after being immersed in ATF.
You said "forget about the airline,
Let's take the car and save the fare."
We blew a gasket on the Grapevine
And eighty dollars on repairs.
All onboard!
Thanks for sharing this video Luke!
Friend had one if these back I'm his single days always had a keg in back...and surprisingly was a four wheel drive
Thanks Luke! The content is appreciated as always. I’m glad the Mail jeep found a suitable home. :)
Wife and I were in Tennessee last week , took the jack Daniels tour , had your theme song running through my head the whole time
Fix the oil pump and I like when you explain the problem I learn a lot from you 👍
I have no idea why but I love that thing and now I want one
Nice she was put back into service! Great job Luke!
Love these revivals! Your projects are so relatable👍🏻
Nice way to finish off the series, and thanks for bringing it back to life. Way cool.
Today I learned how to pull out a fence post the easy way. That should come in handy once I finally move out into the country.