Mounting a fire extinguisher to the C-pillar

[JAsh1967]

I've got a mounting bracket designed to be attached using steel hose clamps and in the interest of both keeping everything from "moving" and reducing scratches and rattling, I want to put some rubber self-stick weather stripping to the hose clamps. This would be both to the clamp going around the C-pillar and the clamps going around the extinguisher.

The extinguisher is a 2.75lb marine (class B and C) from Harbor Freight.

Attached are photos of both the mount, the extinguisher, and the weather stripping.

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[kkirsch06]

I've got a mounting bracket designed to be attached using steel hose clamps and in the interest of both keeping everything from "moving" and reducing scratches and rattling, I want to put some rubber self-stick weather stripping to the hose clamps. This would be both to the clamp going around the C-pillar and the clamps going around the extinguisher.

The extinguisher is a 2.75lb marine (class B and C) from Harbor Freight.

Attached are photos of both the mount, the extinguisher, and the weather stripping.

This is what I have, works well.

 

[Cattywumpuss]

I have this one and mounted my fire extinguisher to my C pillar with it.

 

[S JEEPN]

I always wondered how well a holder that uses Velcro would hold under sudden force. I have used the ones with a rubber strap and those with a stainless steel band and never seen those fail.

 

[Cattywumpuss]

I always wondered how well a holder that uses Velcro would hold under sudden force. I have used the ones with a rubber strap and those with a stainless steel band and never seen those fail.

Mine seems to hold very well and has long enough Velcro around the roll bar that I’m not worried. Hasn’t come loose and doesn’t rattle when off road driving over washboards either.

 

[Blade1668]

I've got a mounting bracket designed to be attached using steel hose clamps and in the interest of both keeping everything from "moving" and reducing scratches and rattling, I want to put some rubber self-stick weather stripping to the hose clamps. This would be both to the clamp going around the C-pillar and the clamps going around the extinguisher.

The extinguisher is a 2.75lb marine (class B and C) from Harbor Freight.

Attached are photos of both the mount, the extinguisher, and the weather stripping.

I've got similar mounts for 2 fire extinguishers in my JT. I used hose clamps and I think heat shrink tubing on them.

 

[JAsh1967]

So I installed this the other day and a couple notes so far:

• Putting the rubber strip along the base of the part that goes against the C pillar, I think, causes more "rattle" than there might otherwise be. At some point, I'm going to take it off
• A 2.5lb extinguisher needs the top hose clamp with that bracket to be tucked under the top edge of the seatbelt mount, or getting the extinguisher off is a bit fussy
• Having the pull tag on pull ring (which did NOT come with it) makes it a LOT easier to grab and yank to get the extinguisher free

So far, though, it was an easy install.

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