m38 jeep

[markpickens57]

I inherited a m38 1952 willys jeep from my dad after he passed. I am fixing it up and returning it back to military condition. It has been running good but now it starts good and i can drive it for a short distance and then it starts to miss like and loose power. I let it set and then it does the same thing over again.

[bmorgil]

Welcome Mark! What happens if you give it some choke when it starts to run bad?

[gmwillys]

Welcome aboard Mark!

As Bmorgil alluded to, if you pull the choke out to richen the fuel mixture, does the engine run better? If it does, then you have a fuel supply issue. If not, then I would take a compression check with the engine cold, then again with it warm. If the numbers drop when warm, then I would lean toward a sticking piston ring(s). Hopefully it is a fuel supply issue, but if not, there are a couple of farmer's tricks that you can do to loosen up the stuck rings from the carbon that has built up. I would read the spark plugs first to see what they look like.