76_cutty

Hey guys, I’m trying to help a friend of mine put his 71 cutlass back together. A “mechanic” took it all apart then disappeared LOL. I put everything back together just like my 76 cutlass but he has a bracket that mine doesn’t have. Could anyone tell me where this goes? I think it ties into the alternator bracket but I cannot figure out how. Any help would be appreciated!

Fun71

Yes, that is the rear alternator bracket. It straddles the valve cover.

This thread may help you:

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-350-a-124005/

76_cutty

Got it! Thank you sir, I couldn’t figure it out for the life of me. I even went and looked at my brothers 72 and his is like mine. I appreciate you.

coppertopgmc

Oldsmobile changed the brackets from 71 to 72, I found that out after blasting and painting the brackets from a donor car and then finding out they where for a 72+ not 71 and older

76_cutty

Yeah, I thought i was losing it. I wasn't the one who took it apart, at first i though it was part of the AC brackets LOL