72 mustache bar.... Is this right?

[malcolm2]

It has been over 2 years since I took this apart. I remember it being asymmetrical. That is, I believe the same bracket is used on both sides. Orientation of the brackets and which holes in the brackets to use... has faded from my memory. I had a hard time finding any pictures on here that showed me enough detail, or told me which side the CLOSE-UP was taken from. And the engine was always in the way. Not here boys.....

So do I have this right?

Just dry fitting stuff before I get the heavy engine in there and determine I have something wrong.

DRIVER'S side

PASSENGER side

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[pioneer1]

Im guessing you have the later 1700 engine. The mustache bar fastens to the motor before installing the engine...and becomes evident as the dip is for clearance on the a.alternator
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[busdaddy]

Looks right to me, don't forget to put the bar on before the exhaust as well..

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[malcolm2]

Anyone else think this is correct?

Remember this is a dry run. I am not leaving it here. I want to know EXACTLY how to mount the brackets and EXACTLY how to mount the bar. THIS IS NOT STAYING HERE.

I measured from each mount hole in the "dip" of the mustache to the outside of the frame on each side. I figured that was a way to check it the engine would be centered.


driver side hole to driver side frame = 19-1/2"
pass side hole to pass side frame = 20"

While that is not THE SAME, I really don't see another way to mount this thing.
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[malcolm2]

[busdaddy]

Study the pics in your Bentley manual, those mounts are often caught in the background of another procedures pictures.
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[Wildthings]

The mount was design to fit around the alternator and the duct work was designed to miss both the bar and the alternator. As others said you have to install the bar in the correct sequence or you will be pulling things back apart to get it on. I would guess that most of us have had to redo certain steps in putting this part of the engine package together at least once.

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[TomWesty]

[SamboSamba22]

The 72 mustache bar functions the same, the only difference being the brackets that attach from bar to bus. They have a taller shape to them. The bar will attach to the engine mounts one way, I seem to recall there's just enough offset to only allow one way of attaching it to the engine before exhaust, and to hoist the engine/mustache bar into the bus as a unit.


Sam
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[SantaBubba]

I have a 1970 bus, it doesn’t have a mustache bar, is this normal

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[SGKent]

the horns are where the ends of the mustache bar sit. It is held to the engine with 3 bolts. The rubber mounts go between the bar and horns on the frame.