What should I pack that will get me home if something goes wrong? What tool or spare part has saved your butt? Alternately, what do you haul around that you've never used?
What tools do you keep in your FJ40?
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I actually also carry tyre irons, and a couple of spare inner tubes.Im surprise nobody bring a basic tire repair kit
Split ring wheels do have their benefits despite the pitfalls
3Speed40ForLife
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Humble steel tie wire (the kind used for tying rebar together ~16g) has gotten me out of so many pickles it's comical. Doesn't melt on hot exhausts, can be used for missing pins, and it's durable enough to get you home. I always have a roll in the car.
A few guys here carry nearly every necessary tool for off road repairs which is awesome. Always an extra fuel pump, clutch slave cylinder, radiator hoses, all fluids, socket set, wrenches, extra fuel/oil filters, tire repair kit, cordless angle grinder, High Lift Jack, Suppressed Maxim Defense short AR .300AAC, Glock 10mm Pistol, Glock 9mm pistol, ammo, shovel, axe, Premier Power Welder, welding accessories, more ammo, Gerber Multi Tool, Battery starter, and so on. Be fully self sufficient and do not rely on help coming. Especially if you live in Montana!
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that's rolling pretty heavy, but Montana be Montana. I may pack the 45 70 carbine if I'm in grizz country but, as a Canadian, the usual armament is stern language and stubbornness. Just got some of your list ready, but great points. The shopping list continues. Even if I'm not off road, I live on an island with few services - spares are just plain responsible.
Well, I'm kind of a goldfish in that I grow into my bowl. I have a nice little kit for my motorcycle but my F250 has grown into an "every eventuality" type of situation that's approaching the absurd. My plan with my Land Cruiser is to daily carry the basics (lug wrench, jack, most common wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers along with a tire plug kit. For trail use, I'll have a box with spares and more extensive tools. The biggest mistake that I've made in the past was "over outfitting" and creating a rig that was unpleasant for everyday use as well as tying up tools in a place where they'll either never or very rarely get used.
More recently I've been carrying 6" Knipex & my Leatherman.
When I wheeled solo: Socket set, Hub socket, Hammer, coal chisel, Screw drivers, set of drill bits, Air Drill, impact... for starters.
When I wheeled solo: Socket set, Hub socket, Hammer, coal chisel, Screw drivers, set of drill bits, Air Drill, impact... for starters.
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What, no twelve gauge?
If you carry tools and parts you will hardly ever need them. Take them out to make room for other stuff is asking for a break down.
Once I stopped to help someone. Their alternator was loose. I got out my tool roll and handed him the correct combo wrench. After he worked at it a while he said it would go better with a ratchet. I told him why aren't you carrying one then?
Once I stopped to help someone. Their alternator was loose. I got out my tool roll and handed him the correct combo wrench. After he worked at it a while he said it would go better with a ratchet. I told him why aren't you carrying one then?
I should also mention, jumper cables, air line & chuck, Pulaski <-- I've been carrying one since I had a work term with the forest service and saw how useful they can be.
I've also got a powerful Shindaiwa Chainsaw that runs well and was only $80 CDN, so I can carry it with me and won't be too upset if it was lost or damaged.
Random net pictures…
They are well balanced, and will take out a 2-3” diameter tree in a single swing. Used mostly by the forest service, but also landscapers. The first few I bought in ‘92 were $15 each (retail). The shop I bought them from supplied BC forest service and bought a few thousand at a time.
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Only wrench I see in it is a crescent wrench.
I believe you will need at least 10, 12, 14, & 17mm combination wrenches. Also, a spark plug socket, hub socket, and ratchets to work with them. Also a lug wrench.
I didn’t go back to look at the kit on page 1 multiple times so it’s possible some of what I’ve listed could be packaged inside it.
And why not a .22 for those fuses that keep blowing?
It gets to a point though, that you're better off carrying a small motorcycle in the back so you can ride home and get the other truck..
MatthewMcD
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...for making a mess and cleaning it up? How, exactly, are you spending your weekends?
l carry a host of 'stuff',,,from a jack,.. foot pump, sockets, spanners, pliers, mol grips, wire strippers, wiring/connectors, screw drivers, jump leads, towing strap, alt belt, bulbs, fuses, torches, spare fuel, W40, oil, water, brake fluid, waterproofs, gloves, wipes and for those impatient fools my road rage dissuader for the fafo moments....my hannibal lecter impression & an axe.
brian
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Little more than the oe tool kit for a 75.
Listening to what the 40 tells me, has prevented me from ever needing any of those tools in the field.
Listening to what the 40 tells me, has prevented me from ever needing any of those tools in the field.
POPO AGIE
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Most of the time I just ran with the tool kit that came with the truck.
- pliers
- crescent wrench
- screw driver handle with phillips and standard may have been JIS
- screw jack that was stored under the seat
- the jack rods that clipped into place behind one of the jump seats that could have also been used to start the motor
- the handle that drives the jack this was in the tool kit bag
- lug wrench that also popped off the hub caps
- spark plug wench
- High llift jack
- shovel
- axle
now I will need some different tools now that I have a diesel instead of the F series motor
I also kept a logging chain for recovery but will leave that behind to heavy
I had chockers and shackles
recovery strap
have a wench now to install
new recovery attachments
A lot will depend on how you intend to use it and where you want to go.
Do your maintenance and they are very reliable. I made sure it was tuned up and when at hunting camp mine always started and ran the jeep at camp did not.
The only time I had to walk home was because of my driving skills got me stuck not a break down.
POPO AGIE
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I prefer my Colt 1911s in 45ACP or 10mm in Wyoming or anywhere else I maybe. Will add a way to secure an AR when the time comes.
6f40j9
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What are these ‘tools’ you speak of?
