Hi all,
Since I expect to do a fair amount of cross country here in the West where mountains are high, wanted to have a removeable O2 bottle mounted in the front luggage compartment. I bought a bottle from Mountain High, which came with a nice mounting kit.
I have been looking at the floor of the luggage compartment and scratching my head about the best way to mount the bottle. The floor is pretty thin aluminium and secured forward on a right angle that is riveted to the firewall. The rear side of the baggage floor is secured to the aft wall but doesn't have any other support.
My options would seem to be:
1. Some sort of reinforcement of the floor where the bottle mounts would be, like a backing plate.
2. A strap or bar with the mounting lugs fixed to it and screwed to the forward and aft mounting holes for the floor
3. Replace the floor with a heavier gauge aluminium build it specifically to mount the bottle.
I looked through the archives and couldn't find much about baggage tie downs in the front compartment or anything about how the O2 bottle was secured. I am sure I am not the first to do this. Anyone have any other ideas or experience?
Since I expect to do a fair amount of cross country here in the West where mountains are high, wanted to have a removeable O2 bottle mounted in the front luggage compartment. I bought a bottle from Mountain High, which came with a nice mounting kit.
I have been looking at the floor of the luggage compartment and scratching my head about the best way to mount the bottle. The floor is pretty thin aluminium and secured forward on a right angle that is riveted to the firewall. The rear side of the baggage floor is secured to the aft wall but doesn't have any other support.
My options would seem to be:
1. Some sort of reinforcement of the floor where the bottle mounts would be, like a backing plate.
2. A strap or bar with the mounting lugs fixed to it and screwed to the forward and aft mounting holes for the floor
3. Replace the floor with a heavier gauge aluminium build it specifically to mount the bottle.
I looked through the archives and couldn't find much about baggage tie downs in the front compartment or anything about how the O2 bottle was secured. I am sure I am not the first to do this. Anyone have any other ideas or experience?