WTB Ansul 5# extinguisher

chris vickery · #1 05-02-11, 19:21

As the title says, looking for the correct CF type Ansul 5# fire extinguisher with bracket for my M38A1 CDN3.

This is the baby blue painted type.

rob love · #2 05-02-11, 20:45

http://www.informatiquebridge.com/iltis/products.htm

Not sure who or where this site is, but they have the extinguishers on there for $120. Seems a little pricey to me, but then again once the vehicle fire starts, I suspect you would empty your wallet for one.

Edited to add: They are in Quebec.

Iltis-Components
(Bridge Computing Inc.)
P.O. Box 18, Sainte-Julie, Québec, J3E 1X5
www.bridgecomputing.com
info@iltis-components.com
T : 450-922-1642
F : 450-922-9705

Jon Skagfeld · #3 05-02-11, 23:04

Chris: My 5# Ansul is RED. Are you mixing up the larger Purple K?

Google Ansul...that's where I got mine as well as the 7077 bracket.

rob love · #4 05-02-11, 23:28

Jon
Any that I ever saw in service from the late 70s until present were blue. There were some red ones at the local milsurp scrap yard, but they were either older or of an earlier design with a rounded bottom.

chris vickery · #5 05-02-11, 23:37

I saw that Greg Wright had some on his milsurp website but they are the red Iltis style ones.
Considering that I want to maintain the appearance of a mid to late 70's Jeep, I do require the blue one.
Rob, is the bracket special?

rob love · #6 05-02-11, 23:46

Bracket is commercial. Here is one on ebay. It was on before and received no bids so you may just get it for 98 cents.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/New-Vehicle-Brack...item2c5a9b9832

rob love · #7 05-02-11, 23:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris vickery

I saw that Greg Wright had some on his milsurp website but they are the red Iltis style ones.

I have never seen a red one in an Ilits. Perhaps Ontario uses a different supply depot than the rest of the CF?

chris vickery · #8 06-02-11, 00:09

I am just going by what is advertised, could be wrong but have seen mention of red Ansuls in CF service...

maple_leaf_eh · #9 06-02-11, 21:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris vickery

I saw that Greg Wright had some on his milsurp website but they are the red Iltis style ones.
Considering that I want to maintain the appearance of a mid to late 70's Jeep, I do require the blue one.
Rob, is the bracket special?

Greg has all kinds of stuff that he doesn't catalog. He has a couple sheds and an old house trailer full of gear. Write him and ask. He can only say no.

BCA · #10 07-02-11, 02:21

I believe that the colour of the extinguisher indicates the type of propellant gas: red extinguishers (good for normal temperature ranges) probably use
carbon dioxide. I believe the blue ones were charged with nitrogen which maintains a better pressure at low temperatures.
....... Brian