Davarron Posted March 7, 2017 Report Posted March 7, 2017 Hello all, My fire extinguisher has never really fit in the bracket below the rear seats. Appears to be the wrong size bracket for the smaller fire extinguisher. I would rather replace the bracket with the correct one than try to buy a fire extinguisher that fits the installed bracket. My question is it appears the bracket is held on via screws from the backside of under the rear seats. Does anyone know how to remove the bracket? I pulled the rear seats and looked under the plastic seat bowls and appears there is no easy way to get to the back side of the bracket. I can't even see it. Any ideas? Thanks for your help Quote
kortopates Posted March 7, 2017 Report Posted March 7, 2017 I am not sure where your bracket is mounted from your description but in all likelihood the required access is from below the aircraft after removing the belly pan.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
carusoam Posted March 8, 2017 Report Posted March 8, 2017 Davarron, Got a picture of your installation? The fire extinguisher is one of those things that got added later in Mooney history. It took a while to standardize. Best regards, -a- Quote
Davarron Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Posted March 8, 2017 I knew I should have taken a picture lol. If you're sitting in the back seat, there's a cutout area where the vertical portion of the seats meets the floor. Right at the heels of your feet. Slightly left of center when sitting. It looks like it was that way from the factory but then again who knows. It's a 1983 J. Quote
Davarron Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Posted March 8, 2017 Never thought of accessing it from the panels on the belly but I'll have to try that when I get back out to the hangar on Saturday. Quote
PTK Posted March 8, 2017 Report Posted March 8, 2017 In later J's that's where the factory put the fire extinguisher. There's no cutout per se but the angle of the spar there towards the midline gives a little room to tuck in the fire extinguisher. They sell the kit with necessary hardware and frame to retrofit it to earlier J's. When I did my interior I mounted the fire extinguisher in that same spot, using its own bracket it came with, by making a cutout in the carpet covering the spar, leaving the carpet backing intact. I secured it on a couple of the carpet attachment points. It sits on the floor in the carpet cutout and in front of the carpet backing. I made sure the spar is protected. It doen't touch or rub on the spar. Quote
Davarron Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Posted March 8, 2017 Ah ok. I'll post a pic of mine when I get back to the hangar on Saturday. Same spot but from the factory. I just need to change the bracket haha Quote
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