[Boston Mangler]

Nice Work Brent!

[Brentbba]

Originally Posted by Boston Mangler

Nice Work Brent!

Thx - outside the rattle can's, I didn't do any of the welding. Guy at the welding shop used to own a 60, so while one of his guys welded the steel plate to the brackets, we BS'ed about cruisers.

I did take my time with the painting. Like I said, I cleaned the piece very well, taped off all the rubber pieces in the bracket and applied several light coats of both the primer and the black.

[krisfj40]

Here's mine...
I'll take some other close-ups of the bracket itself when I get home.

[Romer]

These are great guys thanks. I am going to install theone Brentbba showed up above. I just bought the seat bracket from a wrecked rig part out. I will have to order the CO2 bracket/holder and then have my friend weld up the same setup.

hmmmm, I have a 10lb Outback air setup in the 40 I move back and forth. Keep using that or get a new one with a 15lb tank?? Brents looks like a 10lb, so the 15lb tank would probably be too tall. Leaning towards using my existing air setup and using the new bracket in the Lexus for swapping.

I know the pic below is an FJ40, but its the system I would be swapping between that and the bracket Brent and B came up with.

[spressomon]

Drawer mount...

[Romer]

I copied exactly the setup above that Brentbba posted that he gave credit to Chris Geiger and Beowolf . I even used these posts as the instructions to the guy who made it for me.

The ultimate tank had the tank bracket. I bought an extra seat bracket for $15 and that way I can swap them in about 10 minutes if i need a people hauler. My friend welded it together for $20 including materials.

I really like this set-up

[Boston Mangler]

Here is mine

Very similar and it uses the stock 3rd row seat brackets with some mods. This is for the big daddy 20lber!

The pics are in various stages of completion of the bracket!

[Romer]

Here is another solution from this thread

Originally Posted by Box Rocket

I've been working on my wildyoats rear bumper for the last couple days but I spent about an hour working on a bracket to hold my CO2 tank in the truck.

I still use my 3rd row seats periodically so I bought an extra passenger side 3rd row seat bracket from racerdave's wrecked truck that I could modify. Used some 3/4" bar stock and a little flat stock, along with my newl acquired vehicle mounting bracket for my 20lb tank and......viola! Still needs paint.

Really easy and the thing is super solid. Since I used the extra seat bracket I can just bolt this one in when I'm headed to the trail and leave my seats in the rest of the time.

[Romer]

I thought I should update. My previous mounting setup has been moved to my daughters 96. I have since installed drawers and mine are bolted to the drawers with some foam behind the bracket to keep it from bouncing against the side

[alvarorb]

I mounted mine on my roof rack. It's convenient and out of the way.

Alvaro

[Dusty]

I have a couple of 20lb tanks I use for welding. They are back up to the 60lb. Is there a cheap air fitting you can screw on the tanks as they come for welding or do you need to buy those $200 jobs?

[trd55]

You should be able to get an adapter/fitting to attach to the CO2 tank, and then put what ever you want after that. I run an O2 guage from a OXY/Acetylene setup. Tells me how much liquid I have left, and can set the output pressure. Just put an air chuck on the output of the guage and you are golden. Any compressed gas distributor should have it, or be able to order it. I think I am into mine for less than $75($20 for used regulator, +/-$30 for the adapter(not sure,it was a long time ago)) Add a couple of quick connects from Harbour Freight, and ther you go. I have 3 or 4 20lb tanks. I think only 2 are with in the inspection time frame.

Darius

[Dusty]

sweet
Ill talk to my local airgas/weld shop

[SOCALFJ]

[trd55]

Update on my regulator:

I had been using an O2 regualtor with the CO2 connector. Well this reg. finally gave up the ghost. It stopped regulating, so I started looking for a replacement. I did not want to pay the +$200 for the power taqnk setup. I have found what I believe is the equivelent to the power tank regulator. It is a regualtor used by HVAC contractors to purge the refrigerant lines with nitrogen. It has a flow range from 0-450 psi and will not freeze. The innards are made of stainless steel vs. the neoprene that is commonly used in O2 regulators. Over time the neoprene will break down as mine did. Here is the regulator: http://store.cyberweld.com/smnirehvpuh1.html

I am sure that you can go to you welding supply store and order on with the appropriate connector for a CO2 tank, but it might cost more. Don't know, since I will just swap the one I have on my current setup. The required connector for CO2 tanks is CGA 320. Any welding supply store should be able to set you up with the adapter. Last time I bought one it was around $20-30.

All you have to do is change out the tank connector to one for a CO2 tank and put a quick connect on it. You are done and it is substantially cheaper than the other setups. Good luck.

Darius

[Box Rocket]

I also used the factory seat bracket for the mount for my tank.

[Brentbba]

Adam,

Another piece of nice work! Especially for the larger tank.

[cooldry]

Originally Posted by Dusty

I have a couple of 20lb tanks I use for welding. They are back up to the 60lb. Is there a cheap air fitting you can screw on the tanks as they come for welding or do you need to buy those $200 jobs?

You can save a lot of $$ and use your 20lb tanks. Here's a link that shows how to do it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EY3GR8TS7EEYVZD42V/

[informationjunky]

Originally Posted by cooldry

You can save a lot of $$ and use your 20lb tanks. Here's a link that shows how to do it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EY3GR8TS7EEYVZD42V/

sorry to hijack.....kool web site

[Brian894X4]

This is what I did. More info and pics on my interior page:

http://www.brian894x4.com/ExpeditionLCInterior.html