Hardware's Cheap & Cheerful Fire Extinguisher mount.
Been meaning to do this for ages ... not clever having the Fire Extinguisher rolling about in the boot. Not least because, on our 2015 Italy road-trip, the eldest lad dragged a suitcase out of the boot only to trigger a big release of white powder. Deffo NOT the recreational type.
I had a suspicion the cubby cover for the standard jack hidey-hole wouldn't be rigid enough unless reinforced, so bought a spare off a forum member.
Thought about using plywood and fibreglass resin to stiffen the cover but opted for a piece of nylon chopping board.
Cut it to shape - PITA as there are no straight edges and the cover itself has a couple of curved areas that aren't obvious until you try and get something to fit flush within it.
Stripped the original sound-proofing layer from the cover.
shaped nylon - I cut some grooves in it to allow it to flex better.
Thickness wise, it's about 9mm
Used this stuff to glue it in place ...
Left it about an hour to cure then found right places for holes ...
Used a couple of 4mm RivNuts shoved in the holes from the rear so the machine screws have somewhere decent to screw in to.
Fixed the cradle, as came with the Fire Extinguisher, to the panel
Glued the sound-proofing back.
Re-fitted the jack cover ... fitted Fire Extinguisher in cradle
Job Done!!
Last edited by Hardware on 16th Apr 2020 8:20 pm. Edited 2 times in total
16th Apr 2020 8:10 pm
kajtzu
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I have a shopping bag full of other car stuff (rags, nitrile glove boxes, BLS, etc. etc.), a 2 kg extinguisher standing in the bag and a Land Rover cargo net I bought from a gentleman on this forum keeping it all in place in the back.
(A solution for those us who are less handy )
16th Apr 2020 8:12 pm
dorianwoolger
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Hi what size extinguisher is that?Dorian Woolger
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Top work Dean
Can't do it for mine as double dog crate in the back, but will be looking at adding one in the front footwell somewhere at some pointIggy/Ieuan
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17th Apr 2020 7:52 am
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Nice - I like it! Wouldn't work with my drawers in the back though
I've always attached mine to the dog guard but my Dad (was a fireman for 40 years) always moaned at me and said a) they're not big enough for a proper car fire and b) they should be in the front of the car, to hand, like Iggy said D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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17th Apr 2020 8:54 am
MJD 3
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Have been thinking about the very same thing for a while and was going to buy a spare cover as a prototype and keep the original if I was to ever sell the car and revert it back to standard (not that I’m planning on doing that anytime soon).
I had thought about the other size as well fixing some kind of strap to hold a first aid kit there, both that and the fire extinguisher handy to locate quickly and easily if the need ever arose!
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First Aid kit will be going on top of the lid of the cubby hole above the Jack access. The extinguisher is too big and heavy to go there without effectively making that storage space inaccessible.
For next road trip, another extinguisher will be added in front seat area. I know passenger seat, fixed to front of the runners, is the "proper" position BUT I can already hear SWMBO complaining I've strapped a bomb underneath her, so will see if I can do the driver's seat version. IIRC, Mr Brain has done that..
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17th Apr 2020 10:18 am
kajtzu
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Iguana wrote:
Top work Dean
Can't do it for mine as double dog crate in the back, but will be looking at adding one in the front footwell somewhere at some point
The “official” mount point is the ledge of the passenger seat. LR has a 1 kg extinguisher that mounts there.
17th Apr 2020 2:00 pm
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Hi, I was thinking of putting one at the front of the passenger seat. I was a bit worried the 1kg might be a bit big has anyone fitted one there?Discovery 4 GS 2009 Auto Stornoway Grey
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17th Apr 2020 4:37 pm
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Will if not fit perfectly into the bottle pocket in the front doors??.
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17th Apr 2020 5:18 pm
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pwheeldon wrote:
Hi, I was thinking of putting one at the front of the passenger seat. I was a bit worried the 1kg might be a bit big has anyone fitted one there?
Have the original JLR 1Kg (VPLAS0041) one mounted in front of the passenger seat on my D4 - on the HSE the mounting bracket is attached to the seat frame and moves backwards/forwards together with the seat. SWMBO has not complained so far Disco4 V6 SC HSE (MY2014)
17th Apr 2020 9:28 pm
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Nice to know, ill look at fitting one there and let everyone know how it goesDiscovery 4 GS 2009 Auto Stornoway Grey
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Will if not fit perfectly into the bottle pocket in the front doors??
I'll have a look BUT ... might be a bit of a complication if it were to go off as a result of a side-impact ? I'm not talking about hard enough to split the cannister ( because if it did, you wouldn't be in a position to care ) just thinking the trigger might get, er, triggered.
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