What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

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This photo was taken last night and I am anxious to check the cold weather starts on the FJ40 with the Holley Fuel Injection …
Ran outside to start it and it literally started right up, stalled initially but ran well on the 2nd re-start. This was my biggest reason for going this route

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big week. I removed the following:
  1. front bumper, bib, apron and fenders
  2. carb cooling fan
  3. brake master cylinder and booster
  4. radiator and support
  5. clutch master cylinder
  6. steering wheel
  7. wiring harness and all switches
  8. heater, fan box and ducts
  9. hydralic lines on firewall
  10. seats
  11. windshield, wipers and motor
  12. Battery tray and bracket
  13. pedal assembly
  14. intake/exhaust manifold
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charliemeyer007 said:
Yes. And you want ice breaker chains with a hardened V bar. Get the octopus bungie cord tensioner. Chains work in mud too,
If you think you might need 4WD then turn the hubs in now. It is 10 times easier to drive onto the chains when you can still move than to put them on when you are stuck. I can chain up the front axle of the 40 without getting wet/muddy and that's usually enough.

There is an inside and outside to chains. Put them on correctly or you can damage your tires. I cut my chains to fit with 1 extra link, no floppy bits wagging about. Make sure one of the bungie hooks is threw the chain lock so it can't pop loose. Put your chains on at least once in a nice place so you understand how to do it.

Have a several gallon bucket or bag to put them in. I have like 8 pr of cotton jersey gloves in the bucket. I pair for each wheel to put on and 1 pair to take
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sogafarm said:
Took Montina on a snow cruise around the neighborhood

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HIT IT CHEWY!
 
MatthewMcD said:
You mention chains on the front so I think that means buy two pair so I can run chains on all four corners in the worst of it.
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13 years above 7000' in Colorado, never even thought about chains on the 40. Co laws require them on vehicles without proper snow tires. EG passenger cars. Big Tucks. I did get high centered once on a packed drift. Drove from Golden to Loveland twice a week every winter.
 
Chains are illegal in Michigan, and we get a lot of snow where I live. Learn how to drive in it, and you'll be fine. Those who don't know how to drive in those conditions are the greatest threat to you... :cheers:
 
Ocho77 said:
Chains are illegal in Michigan, and we get a lot of snow where I live. Learn how to drive in it, and you'll be fine. Those who don't know how to drive in those conditions are the greatest threat to you... :cheers:
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I’d rather drive on the snow than deal with the brine.
 
I posted this else were on the forums too but I finally got to drive in the snow! we had snow on Ocracoke island on the outer banks of NC for the first time since maybe 2018.
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Used to run to Camelback to bring the kids snowboarding when they were young. It’s nearby and they had fun without that 9 hour ride to northern Vermont to see family and ski the bigger stuff.

@charliemeyer007 I really like your dissertation on snow chains… I have them on my 8N tractor but have never used them on a car. When you mentioned keeping them tight to not tear anything up…..here’s my questions with a little background

On the tractor, they are a bit floppy and loose across the face of the tire. This means when they are traveling at speed (haha maybe 8 miles per hour) they flop around a little. I did add the octopus type bungees to try and tighten them up a bit. I do notice though that the centrifugal force of rotation of the tire exceeds the draw of the bungees so they are almost as loose as before.

In this case, what is the best way to tighten them up to eliminate that flopping around? These tires are also like 4’ tall and these chains are super heavy to manipulate…I’d estimate about 90lbs each side
 
I understand those are big heavy chains with lots of inertia even at low speeds. Rubber like any other spring has a limit. I would do a cheap set of ratchet straps with say 1" nylon. A 20' strap should do at least 5 passes. 2 straps per side would 10 points of tension roughly every 36 degrees
2" x 20' $42 on Amoron 8800 # working. My favorite tie for chain binders, ratchets is 12 ga copper wire stripped from sections of Romex.
https://www.amazon.com/Ratchet-Stra...dp/B0C6TLSL24/135-6523963-9165638?tag=ihco-20

You can also deflate the tire some, say 25%, tighten the straps then pump the tire back up
 
Wow…. Very creative thinking…thank you !!!
 
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