how long have you had this, do you know anything about it's history?
Do you have a set of wrenches??
open end/ box end?
sockets short and deep?
how about a timing light?
I am guessing that is a vacuum line on the carb with the big crack in it, I would start by cutting the crack off and putting it back.
Pull the plugs, keep them in order and let us see what they look like.
you will need a service manual that covers the engine,
Transmission and the chassis. this may be 3 different manuals.
Call your local auto parts and see if they rent/loan compression gauges.
Lets see...
My parents have had this jeep for about, oh maybe 10 years.
But it's been off the road for about three, and it's gotten allot worse in those 3 years.
For a little about me...
Yes, I have a pretty full toolbox.
I could use more sockets, but I have a fairly complete set of standard short 1/2" sockets.
And a set of snapon (found in the woods for free) standard deepwell 3/8" sockets.
Quite a few wrenches, what I don't have, dad has.
Timing light, dad has one.
I'm actually a member on owwm.org, It's a forum about old wood working machines, mostly stuff from the 50s. I have a few old tools that I dissembled and restored, including 2 metal lathes.
Basically what I'm saying is, I can swing a wrench, though I have a lot more to learn about working on Jeeps.
Will do, with the vacuum line, but I'll have to fix the starter first.
I had to pull start it the other day, when I try to start it, it just clicks.
Wire from the starter solenoid to the starter gets hot, so I assume the trouble is with the starter itself.
I took a look at the plugs, there bad but none of them are closed all the way.
They have always got crudded up pretty quick, every now and then, dad would pull them and hit em with a wire brush to clean them up some.
They could probably use replacing, some of them are missing some insulation.
I'm pretty sure there's a chilton or a hanes around somewhere, but it's pretty mouse eaten.
I'll have to get to the used bookstore soon, they always have a lot of manuals.
I'll be interested to here about the carb, dad said it was probably just from a vacuum line, but who knows?