1964 Jeep CJ-5 Sitting in a Barn 30 years, Engine Stuck, Will it Run?!? 

You're never getting that Jeep back from Eva.

"I've got too many projects" *Brings home another project. Never change man!

The fact that wofey is Excited To work on this jeep Is awesome she has a beautiful smile By the Way Matt love the Gators Shirt 13:20 @Diesel Creek

the odd metal thing is probably a driver head for U type fence posts. By the way Matt, you are very fortunate to have such a lovely assistant willing to dive in and help!!! Congratulations!!!

That mushroomed driver is for driving metal line "U" fence posts.

Matt: "I have too many projects...." Also Matt: "Meet my new project Jeep!"

Matt & Eva, you both did a bang up job on getting the old Jeep running! I cannot wait to see the Jeep steam cleaned, and all of the services completed! Well done, Matt and Wife!

Lmfao We got a Squirter 😂 Hilarious Matt 2:10 @Diesel Creek

I think the phrase “ yes, that’s my wife’s blue Jeep “ is something you will be saying VERY often!! Start practicing now! LOL!!

Please tell your wife, there is almost nothing as beautiful as taking something old, broken, used, unloved and forgotten and then to take that and fix it and give it life again. Thats why we all come here, and im glad she can be part of that with you.

That custom winch setup workong great Matt 5:01 @Diesel Creek

We need a jeep and leaf blower update. I understand that you are probably busy with the new shop build, but I can't wait to see how that is coming along. I like to see your wife help. Your videos are very informative and entertaining. I have never worked on a diesel engine, but from watching you, I think I would have a pretty good chance at getting 1 to run.

Well I think this might be an “Eva Mobile”!!!! You be lucky if you get to drive it😃😃

About 10 years ago I was in that same barn walking around that exact jeep.

It is nice to see your wife taking an interest in your projects.

Deep down I think Eva is the real brains behind this operation.

Half the comments here: "That's a fence post driver."

There is a head bolt under the carb. It is inside the intake manifold. Dad broke the block not knowing about the bolt. The engine is an F head. Intake valves in the head with the exhaust valves in the block. Good luck.

Understand what it means to have "so many irons in the fire", but this is a cool vehicle. look forward to you getting back to it. Great channel, thanks for you hard work

At 37.00 minutes that was one happy mechanic! Methinks that Eva will have her own farm transportation before long.?

Gotta give props to Miss Eva. She was enthusiastic (even heard a "Whee!"), and got right in there, laying on her back in the gravel and wrenching! Way to go!

If this video was 12 hours long I’d watch every minute of it.

My late next door neighbor's son has one just like it that my neighbor bought him for his first car a half century ago. He just got done overhauling it. As his sister inherited the house when mom and dad died, and now lives next door, he's up here with that old jeep all the time. He absolutely loves that thing. One taillight, no turn signals (never did have), rattles and clanks and bangs, but he is having a blast with it. I think I'd have to turn a leaf blower on that thing first, and get all the mouse mess out of it.

Eva is wife goals. She seems very helpful and supportive.

I love how she went "Whee" when behind the wheel.

7:40 - what a cool jeep! - Yes, make it functional, leave patina, maybe linseed-oil it, give it to Eva... it fit's her perfectly. God bless. love ya

Matt found his pride and joy ,way to go , I'M 75 AND i'M HOOKED

That first item sits on top of a corrugated fence/sign post and you can hammer it without damaging the top of the post. Likely for fence posts as you mention the rest of the stuff in use is for fences in that jeep!

You have a keeper there. Best part to me: you captioned “Tensions are running high…” and five seconds later Eva’s yelling out “Whee!”

You should've gotten the 8N. Never hurts to have more tractors

Love the Jeep. Your truck has plenty of cool patina too. A sympathetic resto is the way to go. Great to see your wife helping out too.

Your excitement at getting those old engines going is contagious, still chuckling...

I have a feeling that the jeep is gonna be hers.😁

I love to see Eva jump in and help. It makes me smile every time.

I drove many days as a young boy on the farm. My uncle let me drive it, unattended, and it too was blue. It was about a 19600 m0del with canvas top and doors. I loved that thing! I hope this one works out for you. Nothing like an old, stock jeep. New ones suck, by comparison.

Also at 40.00 minutes that flutterbye is definitely a good omen!

I love how Matt talks to the camera like we're standing there. Its like Dora the explorer for car guys. Plus, I don't know how anyone feels but that excitement is contagious. When you're watching a RU-vid vid and are just as excited as the dude making the video.. that's good entertainment!

Love the Jeep. I hate to see that old 8n get scrapped though

First time I've ever seen someone actually clean the trash and debris out of one of these revivals instead of just working around and in it until the end. That makes me crazy and you didn't. Thanks!

A little late on watching this but I can identify (sort of). In 1978 I bought a running 1951 M38A1. That's the military version of the CJ5 (way before the CJ5). I brought it home and pulled the 4 cylinder engine. I bought a running Buick V6 and put in it. Then, I painted it, bought a new top, and ran the heck out of it for years. I loved that Jeep! Good luck with yours. I'd put that diesel in it!

"Too many projects" means: "I need a few more projects!" - Most Gearheads

It was killin' me waiting for the vacuum to come out.

Civilian cousin to the 1955 M38A1 military Jeep that's been in our family since 1969. I recently restored her so a few of your issues were very familiar!! Enjoy your channel!!

Matt anyone who is proud to wear a Florida Gators T-shirt in my books is a true friend and a Fan 👍

That 8-N here in Chile in the condition you found it would sell for $7,000. Tractors here are crazy expensive. Nice Jeep find. Jim in Chile

That girl has happy memories of cruising in an old jeep

Es wundert mich jedesmal wenn ich deine technik sehe.

That "thing" looks like the pattern of a steel fence post. Slide that over the top and hit it with a large maul. Pretty cool. Grew up on a farm and never seen one. Would have been handy!

impressed your wife likes this project looks like she is a good helper - commented in a previous video of her helping remove the truck cab - please get her safety equipment gloves glasses etc for her when she is helping you - made me cringe when she was under the jeep helping you with the starter without any safety glasses!!!!!!!!

From an obsessive restorer, how lucky you are to have found an 'original' intact vehicle. I would have removed each part, cleaned, repaired and painted and put aside ready for rebuild. When it comes to the motor, same applies. I get a lot of pleasure out of full resto, (not necessarily to showroom) Will be watching from Australia with great interest.

The object you found (the steel hockey puck) is for driving steel fence posts into the ground. It fits over the post top and then you slip a fencepost driver pipe over the top for extra weight. Its purpose is to protect the top of the post from mushing up and distorting when pounding the post in. Without its use, the post top can get so mushed up (upon re-use) that a post pounder will not slip over the post top any more. Pete from Prescott

Just got to say I'm 13 minutes into this vid and it's good to see the wife helping. Oh and you made my evening because I was about to watch the latest vid but I hadn't seen this 1 so I've got 2 videos to watch tonight whoop whoop

That was terrific! Eva's toy...great to have her involved in the restoration!

Bang the dents out, clean it up good and clear coat it!

You are a blessed guy. Eva is a doll. You are very fortunate to have her. She is a jewel of great value.

The Mrs is gonna love her new sorta kinda new ride. When she crawled under it and actually turned a wrench that shows me you done lost.

Marty T would have that tractor hauling logs inside a day or two. 😜 ETA I'll wager on a blown head gasket on the Jeep.

I hope you know this is now the number one project on your hands. Since the Wife likes it! Remember happy wife in the old jeep. Is a way happier life for you?

On using the impact for the spark plugs... it's an iron head. As long as you don't go crazy, it's fine. If it was an aluminum head, you'd have to be pretty careful.

Mrs Creek is definitely a welcome addition to your videos.

Don’t ever feel a video is too long cause we love watching them! For me, I like the abandoned Church and all the non running things you get running! Good to see your wife helping you too!

I think it is great his wife is Starting to help with THE PROJECT!!! Me thinks she WANTS THAT JEEP for herself...LOL!!!!!!

I should make sandpaper-business cards for all my wrenching buddies for Christmas 😂😂😂

Me and my dad were goin down the road on the old Massey-Harris when the right hand tire started to spray like that. Being a little kid I thought it looked funny as it sprayed passing cars. So it was maybe ten minuets before I told him. After that backroads and stopping so as not to spray any one else. Thanks for the opportunity to tell a 45 year old story.

My first vehicle was a 68 jeep. Interesting note: a Freightliner key would start it.

Great to see Eva ( formerly the "wife") taking part and I laughed my socks off when you said she was starting to show an interest she replied "starting!" 😂 she makes the videos more fun and is an asset to your channel! Next time you work together let her witness the start up of the engine it would be nice to see her reaction Matt. 👏👏

Just watched video. I seen the butterfly. That is the old owner giving you his blessing to work on the jeep.

Have a nice time bro, restoring the old friend, it's adventure, you got best old time.

I'm an almost 80 year old female and I'm hooked on watching you!

We need a diesel creek and vice grip garage collaboration

She didn't look too game at first but crawling under to get starter bolts is fully committed.

my dad had the exact same one for majority of my childhood... finally sold it when I was 15 or so unfortunately

I'll say she's a good sport about all your junk.

The butterfly was definitely a good omen! And yes..it is now your wife’s Jeep. I think she would like a nice hood wrap of that blue tinted butterfly 🦋… starting 40:06 ……. Sorry Matt !! 🤷‍♂️

I have been watching so many of your videos...love your excitement, loved seeing Evas participation! Question...when are you going to do more with this jeep? Want to see more of it.

My first car was a 1974 Datsun 1200. My parents got two of them for 600.00. I got one. My sister got one. My first purchase was the repair manual. Good thing too. My sister kept blowing head gaskets because she didn't know that you couldn't continue to drive when the temp needle reached the red line. I got it down to 15 minutes to change a head gaskets. 45 minutes with wrenches, 15 with air tools. I also learned about helicoils. Ya know that if you turn a head bolt clockwise with a big enough wrench, they will loosen up. ah. yeah. By stripping out the threads. Hence the experience with helicoils. One of the backyard mechanic techniques I learned was called the 30 second tune up. You rev up the engine, and drizzle water down the intake. The engine will run slower so you press the accelerator harder. This exploding water will steam clean the pistons, spark plugs and rings. As soon as you stop drizzling water you let off the throttle. You don't want to over rev the engine. You also don't want to pour the water in to fast or you risk blowing up the engine. lol. Then you stop the engine, swap the number 1 and 4 spark plug wires, and start the engine. (apposing cylinders on a 4 cylinder) It will run real rough, but will backfire a whole lot and blow all the crap out of the carburetor jets. You only need to run the engine for 30 seconds. Swap the wires back and your off and running again. lol. I also learned 3 ways to set the timing. (distributor). 1. Use a timing light. That doesn't work very well with a stretched timing chain. 2. Hook up a vacuum gauge to the intake manifold, the vacuum advance line from the distributor is a good place to place the gauge. Then advance/retard the distributor for max vacuum and minimal bounce of the needle. 3. Advance the timing and pump the throttle, till the engine does not hesitate. Then Lug out the engine, 4th gear at 10mph with full throttle typically works good. If the engine pings, retard the timing a slight bit, tighten down the distributor and your good to go. Method 3 is the simplest and works the best. I am older and wiser now. I love your videos. Great stuff and never boring. I learn new stuff all the time from them. Keep doing what you are doing.

Send the Ford to MartyT...he has about 5 of them all spiffed up!

Its for pounding fence posts. Those Metal ones.

I bet Evapo Rust Would Work amazing On that Cylinder Matt 22:30 @Diesel Creek

It's awesome you are teaching your wife. That's awesome. I am doing the same thing with my wife. She is getting interested in it too. Thanks for another awesome video.

Dont mess with the 4 wheel drive decal for sure

Idk who has the better “post-first-start” laugh. Matt or Mustie1! Hahaga

Being a Jeep guy. This is going to be an awesome series. I loved this video!!!

The butterfly at the end says good work, I like it!

Nice find same age as me, I am a little rough around the edges these day too

Matt: Eva found a "Tee-Post Topper. It fits on top of a Tee post/fence post so you can drive it in without actually damaging the top of the fence post. whilst bashing it into the ground with a sledge hammer. Great new find !

Diesel Creek, that tool you have is a barbwire fence post driver tool, you put it on the top of the metal post and drive it down into the ground with a 2 1/2 lb sledge hammer. you can still use it today, the posts it fits are still used and you can get them at most any farming store

I find it amazing how you always manage to bring old engines back to life like that. Even got a gas one that was rusted somewhat to run. Youre a master tech. Keep up the awesome videos.

Dennis Collins would pay top dollar for this he just loves these thing's.

As you suspected, that block thing you found in the Jeep was a u-post driver cap. Lets you hit it with a sledge or use it with a driver. You can still buy them today. Sweet ride, yo!

You mite want to name the Jeep project ‘Butterfly’ cause at the end of video He was sitting in the front red hoist gizmo! He approves of the start up procedure too! Dump old fuel filter , carburetor/ float & tank - work never ends! Foo Find!!

Very cool find!! Always good when your wife is on board and even better helping! Super cool CJ5, revive it from the 💀 dead!!! We are rooting for ya!!!

Someone is going to be making a video in 30 years about the junk they found and took home from your property! 😆

That looks like a post driver. I've usually seen posts like that used with in panel fences or with wide boards to simulate a wooden post.

whoa, Miss Diesel Creek !!!!!!!

You do know.......now that Miss Eva is interested in a project.......it now becomes # 1..........love the vid...

Just yank the engine and rebuild it. It’s an afternoon job for someone with your skills

Matt: When you get the little Jeep running well and road worthy, please install a roll bar! I don't want nuthin to happen to you or Miss Eva in the event of a roll over. And yes, I'd like to see you try to knock out the dents as best you can. Congrats on your latest acquisition!

In the late 60's I had the good fortune to drive one of these things around the republic of Vietnam.

Hey Matt you and Eva will be riding in no time got faith in you brother that's nothing compared to what I've seen you do on these videos Man love you guys keep doing what you're doing