--SSGSPEAR@aol.com said:--
> So, what I wonder
> is is it really, REALLY necessary to have that rear mount?  Inquiring minds
> want to know!

Well, when the bolts holding the back of my engine to the 
carrier broke, the engine sagged enough to drag the crank
pully on the carrier [couple of inches, anyway]. I would say
not a Good Thing, but I'm sure it's been done....

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Todd R. Schroeder          |    Without vision, a people perish.
todds@sungate.chotel.com   |      Proverbs xxix:18
'71 Campmobile