Hi, I have a 71 Old Cutlass 350 with TH350 Trans I am restoring. I am installing a new wiring harness. Can anyone tell me how the starter solenoid wires are routed, (where)? Pictures helpful !, Thanks !

 

Welcome aboard.

Best thing to have is a 71 Cutlass Assembly Manual, and an Oldsmobile Chassis Service Manual (CSM). Both are available relatively inexpensive on the web. They have good pics of what you're looking for.

examples:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Oldsmob...item2c950185ad

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1971-Oldsm...-/390085813433

You can also ask for them to be shipped at 'book rate' which will save a bit of $$$.

 

I don't know if this is stock or not but this is what I did with mine.

1. Wires come off the starter (heat shield sleeves) and split; battery wire through the tube, the others run behind the tube.

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2. Then it runs up, behind the brake booster.

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3.Then it meets up with the rest of the harness.

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Hope this helps. Like I said, I don't know if this is stock but mine was a mess when I bought the car.

 

Thanks for the help !Looks like a good idea to use heat shield wire jackets on the cabling near the manifold & starter

 

Thanks ! I have the Cutlass Chassis Manual, but did not know about the 71 assembly manual.

 

If you haven't already, you can download the assembly manual from wildaboutcars.com. It's a little hard to read but works okay.

 

Mac, actually it's no longer Wild About Cars and it's no longer free.

 

No kidding? When did that happen? I guess I'm lucky I saved them to my hard drive.

 

Months ago! Here's a link to the thread that explains it from the head honcho himself.

 

Ahh, okay. That's quite a read. Can't say I blame them though.