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An engine mounting assembly includes a pair of rear engine mounting bracket assemblies having offset mounting surfaces, an engine flywheel housing having complementary mounting surfaces, and a front mounting bracket which together provide a three-point mounting structure resulting in a significantly

An engine mounting assembly includes a pair of rear engine mounting bracket assemblies having offset mounting surfaces, an engine flywheel housing having complementary mounting surfaces, and a front mounting bracket which together provide a three-point mounting structure resulting in a significantly lowered mounting of the engine on a forward control bus chassis. The front mounting bracket includes a single point, vibration-isolated, engine mount to a lowered frame crossmember to provide vibration isolation in any direction while the rear brackets provide vertical and fore-and-aft vibration isolation. The front mounting bracket further includes a lower mount for supporting a vehicle radiator while upper stabilizing rods connect the upper portion of the radiator to the upper portion of the engine to stabilize the desired vertical position of the radiator perpendicular to the engine fan axis.

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In combination with a forward control vehicle chassis, said chassis including fore-and-aft extending parallelly spaced frame rails, an engine, and a radiator, apparatus for mounting said engine and said radiator to said chassis comprising: left and right rear engine mounts connected respectively bet

In combination with a forward control vehicle chassis, said chassis including fore-and-aft extending parallelly spaced frame rails, an engine, and a radiator, apparatus for mounting said engine and said radiator to said chassis comprising: left and right rear engine mounts connected respectively between a flywheel housing of said engine and an adjacent frame rail, said rear engine mounts incorporating vibration isolating members therein; a front cross member secured to and extending between frame rails, said cross member having a U-shaped intermediate portion extending beneath said frame rails; a front engine mounting bracket having a rear end portion secured to a front portion of said engine and an intermediate portion secured at a single point through a vibration isolating means to said front cross member, said front engine mounting bracket extending forwardly beyond said cross member to a forward end portion having radiator mounting means thereat; a U-shaped radiator frame having a horizontal lower portion secured to said radiator mounting means of said forward end portion of said front engine mounting bracket and a pair of upstanding leg portions extending to distal ends; a plurality of stabilizing rod means extending respectively from each distal end of said leg portions to bracket means therefor secured to an upper portion of said engine; and a radiator secured within said radiator frame and operatively connected to said engine.