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You guys are too kind, thank you! It's great to hear you both are happy with it. I'm trying hard to think everything through.

Josey1972 said:
I'm going to weigh in my purchase of the bracket. I'm a guy who likes to figure a better way to do something. Well, you wont do better than this bracket. You just wont. Joey is so top notch in his engineering that you cant beat it. It went in there perfectly and the holes fit the bracket on my halotron extinguisher perfectly. The hardware is top notch too. The packaging was my first impression of the attention to detail. It was packed like a fine sandwich at a high end deli. I can tell the amount of time that he put into it. I will buy more products from him. I wish he would make one of those consoles and send it to me for a 25 year beta test. My Wits-End decal is with my other decals on the rear slider. I'm proud to display it. Thanks man!
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Slice said:
Ok I have to reply and second exactly what josey said. I opened the box and thought wow, wits end butcher paper with perfectly folded edges, this guy cares about what he does. Fit and finish of the product was perfect, communication and shipping perfect. A nice little baggy with high quality hardware. Top notch from stem to stern.
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Deciding on which size/capacity between 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 kg suits best and I've just tried this 'mock' setup using a 1.5 L water bottle sitting against the drivers side bracket fitted to my 80. The diameter of the water bottle is about the same as the diameter of a 1.5 kg dry chem extinguisher, and a little shorter.

The larger 2kg size would probably work too, but 2.5 kg would be too big.

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One of the extinguisher suppliers I'm looking at now on EBay gives dimensions of:

- 89 mm x 380 mm with 2.0 L cylinder volume and full weight of 3.6 kg for their 1.5 kg type ABE dry chem
- 110 mm x 410 mm with 2.3 L cylinder volume and full weight of 3.6 kg for their 2.0 kg version

I guess that with the smaller extinguishers the cylinder tare (unfilled) weight + weight of the valve, trigger and hose is more or less about the same.
 
The majority of the 2.5lb extinguishers are 3" diameter which is a perfect size both in length and in width. But that puts it at just over 76mm in diameter, narrower than each you are looking at. I would say the 89mm would be fine but t depends on the mounting bracket you wind up using. At 89mm that put its around 1/2" wider than the US extinguishers. Not such a big deal unless of course you are considering a tall mount. This now pushes the bottle further into the footwell than you may be expecting.
 
I have the 2.5 Halotron. Any larger would get in the way of you leg room. Mine does on occasion. But not enough to be of concern. Like a good side arm: when you are reminded its there and ready if needed its good.
 
Dunno about sidearm - I think that's a gun and guns are not wanted or welcomed in Australia. ;-) But yeah I think that extinguishers any larger than the 1.5 kg capacity (diameter of that 1.5L water bottle) are going to be the most practical. I have brackets under both front seats so will get two extinguishers - maybe three and keep one in the back (barn-door accessed cargo area) somewhere.

Craig.
 
A quick follow up on my first few months with the bracket on the driver side floor. I managed to unlatch one of the fire extinguisher clamps while lounging in cruise control. I believe that years of soccer and cycling and just being generally on my feet a lot give me some nasty hamstring crampage on longer drives. I'm always putting my foot on top of the bracket which actually makes my hammies feel better. So, its a fire extinguisher bracket witch has now been clinically (my cruiser clinic) proven to relieve upper leg injuries. It's working out great.

I wouldnt put anything firearm-wise loaded in there unless you have a the bag that goes in the bracket. Too much bouncing around and if you keep one in the pipe it should be more secure than that anyway. To much opportunity to have an issue there.

I'm thinking now of some switches in it for interior lights etc and possibly a kill switch for the primary volt gauge.

It's great Joey. Very Happy with it. I'm trying to figure out where to put an extinguisher in the back somewhere for when I'm cooking on a new tangled killer spare tire shelf.....
 
Just some FYI about these:

• Driver's side are sold out
• Driver's side production starts again in Oct
• Passenger side only 6 left in stock
• Passenger side production starts also in Oct
• Only 3 Locking Lids left, these I will likely not be producing again so once gone, gone!
 
I had mine under the driver's seat and it was the perfect place the day I needed, (yes my truck caught fire:eek:). Now I have two, one under the seat and one in the back, by the tailgate.
 
NLXTACY said:
No I mean about the fire :flipoff2:
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Somehow the distributor cap caught fire, After the fire was put away, the distributor had a large hole on the side. What caused
Ignicion.webp
it, is beyond me...
 
NLXTACY said:
Holy crap! Looks like a piece of the rotor or cap broke off and arc'd maybe? Damn.
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No idea.... After that all I did was replace the burned parts and as of today, the truck is running...
 
Josey1972 said:
It's great Joey. Very Happy with it. I'm trying to figure out where to put an extinguisher in the back somewhere for when I'm cooking on a new tangled killer spare tire shelf.....
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speaking on which, here is piece #1 that is being machined for it ;)
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@NLXTACY do you still have any of the lids left? Mine is a pax side FEM.
 
Thanks dude.
 
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