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The Vintage Jeep Barn: CJ-5
Publish date: Aug 1, 2005
By:  ORC STAFF
Source: Jeep at Off-Road.com

Description

The CJ-5 was produced from 1955 through 1983.

Drive Train

Engine

Many engine options have been offered for the CJ-5 over it's long production run. The original engine offered in the CJ-5 was the "Hurricane" F-Head 134 I4. The first optional engine offerred for the CJ-5 was the Perkins 192 I4 diesel followed by the "Dauntless" Buick 225 V6. When AMC purchased Jeep from Kaiser, they soon made the AMC 232, 258, and 304 available in the CJ-5. The last three years of production, the GM 151 I4 was the standard engine.

Transmission

The T-90 3 speed was the standard transmission for the CJ-5 for many years. It's close brother, the T-86 3 speed was used with CJ-5s with the Dauntless V6. The T-14 replaced the T-90 and later the beefy T-15 was used with CJ-5 with the 304. The T-98 was an optional 4 speed for the CJ-5 until 1971 when the T-18 became the optional 4 speed. In 1976, the T-150 became the 3 speed for the CJ-5. In 1980, the heavy duty 3 speeds and 4 speeds were no longer offered. The lighter duty SR-4, T-4, T-176, and T-5 were used. The CJ-5 never came with an automatic from the factory.

Transfer Case

The CJ-5 used the Dana 18 from '55 until '71. In '72 they switched to the Dana 20. From '80-'83 they used the Dana 300.

Front Axle

The CJ-5 was first offered with the Dana 25 until 1965. The Dana 27 replaced it and was used until 1971. From 1972-1983, the Dana 30 was used in the CJ-5.

Rear Axle

The Dana 44 with two piece shafts was used in the CJ-5 until mid-1970. A Dana 44 with one piece shafts replaced it after that until 1975. After 1976 the AMC 20 was used.

Production Information

57548
YEARBODYMODELSTARTENDUNITS
1955CJ-557548100012700617006
CJ-5 ST CH57648100011001010
CJ-5 Fire Eng.57048-0210001100011
1956CJ-557548270074592218915
CJ-5 ST CH57648100111002212
CJ-5 C/WS5654810001100066
CJ-5 Fire Eng57048-0210002100076
1957CJ-557548459236881522893
CJ-5 ST CH57648100231006846
CJ-5 C/WS5654810007100126
CJ-5 Fire Eng57048-0210008100125
1958CJ-5688168287714062(6)
CJ-5 ST CH57648100691013668(6)
CJ-5 C/WS5654810013100153(6)
CJ-5 Fire Eng57048-0210013100164(6)
1959CJ-557548828789791815040(6)(14)
CJ-5 ST CH57648101371017337(6)
CJ-5 C/WS5654810016100205(6)
CJ-5 Fire Eng57048-0210016100172(6)
1960CJ-5575489791911953921621
CJ-5 ST CH576481017410325152
CJ-5 Fire Eng57048-0210018100236
1961CJ-55754811954013474715208(21)
CJ-5 ST CH57648103261038661(21)
CJ-5 Diesel575581000110152152(21)
1962CJ-5
1963CJ-5
1964CJ-5
1965CJ-5
1966CJ-5
1967CJ-5
1968CJ-5
1969CJ-5
1970CJ-5
1971CJ-5
1972CJ-5
1973CJ-5
1974CJ-5
1975CJ-5
1976CJ-5
1977CJ-5
1978CJ-5
1979CJ-5
1980CJ-5
1981CJ-5
1982CJ-5
1983CJ-5

Serial Number Locations

For CJ-5s manufactured from 1955 through 1970, The vehicle serial number is stamped on a metal plate located on the firewall, under the hood, on the passenger side.

Contributors

Thanks to Kevin Mullin for serial number location information.

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Comments and questions from our Readers
 Posted Aug 26 2007 06:06PM
This is the MOST informative site I have been to in the past 2 days. I recently took possesion of what I beleive to be a '55 Willys CJ5, and trying to find info for ID purposes is a little difficult. Thank you.
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