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So I have this starter that is supposedly for a '72 Cutlass S with a 350 4bbl 4 speed. It was bought in the early '80s from a dealership & supposedly is correct. I have never seen an Olds. starter with staggered mounting points?? Is this only for manual trans cars? Has anyone else seen this & is it correct?
Weird. I can't see how that would fit anything Olds.
4 speed starters are the same as auto starters, but should have the little threaded hole on the case for the clutch return spring bracket/tab (although, this hole is usually missing if it's a rebuilt unit).
Bracket/tab mount is lower left in pic.
Edit : All Olds starters should have this hole. Used for the starter brace AND the spring tab.
Last edited by Indy_68_S; November 24th, 2015 at 08:29 AM.
The starter bolts to the block and neither knows nor cares what trans is attached (except on Toros, of course). I've never seen an Olds starter that used two different length bolts. Pontiac, perhaps? Wrong box?
Part number wise it is a 1978 or later starter. The part numbers are relatively sequential, so the higher the number the later the application. I have a parts book that shows every starter application from the early 60's to 1977 and that part number is no where. The tapered case also lends that it is a later design starter probably 80's. It is not Oldsmobile in any application, until after 1977. I have a starter with the same offset and it apparently came from an early 80's Olds.
Keep in mind that the only "6.0L" engine offered by Chevy in 1984 was the 366 big block medium duty truck motor that was never emissions certified for use in cars. The 6.0 LS-family motor didn't come out until decades later.
I had thought that Cadillac had gone to a Chevy engine around then from Olds, but that's what I get for thinking. I know that the LS series engines came out decades later, I still can't understand how we got into using the metric conversion for American engines for that era.
November 24th, 2015, 07:31 AM
