Cutlass supreme Accident

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Hi guys!
I tried all the positions and it doesn't fit ! I already managed to resale it !
So i'm now considering ordering a new starter from rockauto.
But I have a question : my oldsmobile was originally a v8 diesel, but the engine has been converted into gasoline burner with a carburetor few years ago.
So do you know if I need a starter for v8 diesel or for v8 gasoline !? Because they don't have the same reference number.
Sorry if it is a dumb question ! But I don't want to order the wrong one !
Thanks !!
Mickey

The mini starter only fit my Cadillac engine in 1 out of the 3 ‘upright’ positions. However when I went from short headers to long headers I had to turn the solenoid to the ‘straight down’ position. It works fine. I also have the pictured mini starter which works in all positions. I haven’t had the need to use it yet. See if anyone sells it near you.

 

[Texas82GP]

I would have thought the Olds 350 and diesel starters would interchange with the diesel starters having perhaps more horsepower. Olds experts, can you confirm? If that is true, I think I'd go with the starter for the diesel.

 

[ssn696]

Do you know exactly what engine is in your car? Those are definitely Olds valve covers. The oil fill in the front makes me wonder. I was not aware of a set of pistons you could swap to make the diesel (DX) block work with gasoline. I have heard that you can make a decent high-power gas engine from a DX, but it involves a ton of machining. Olds experts chime in, but look for a casting number on the block that will tell you what it is. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/43201-id-on-an-olds-smallblock/?do=findComment&comment=171946

 

[Texas82GP]

I was thinking the car had a diesel in it and now had an Olds 350 in it but I might be wrong.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Your starter looks like the gas 350 one, the diesel starter IS different and ENORMOUS.

 

[mickeypowa]

I just checked on my block : its written
On the top of the block, near fill tube : 395558 2
On the left head : cfd 409 147
On the oil fill tube : 6337221

When I check on internet it tells me a 350 olds in 71 cutlass !? With a 1970 engine !

 

[Huen79H/O]

This is for a 78 Cutlass with a 350. Is that an Olds 350? Is this what he is looking for?

That is not an olds 350 starter that is a chevy starter nose cone is the other way on an olds because it is on the drivers side of engine

 

[mickeypowa]

Actually when I bought the car I was told that it was a diesel cutlass at first. On the dash I have a little logo "diesel" and on the hood I had a diesel logo standing up no the usual oldsmobile logo.
So my car was a cutlass supreme 1980 brougham v8 350 diesel.
But I was also told that the previous owner than the one I bought the car from, had modified the engine to make it work with gasoline.
But maybe it was just a swap with another block of another car, as the cast numbers says it a 1970 engine...

 

[olds307 and 403]

It depends if they used the diesel flex plate which also different than the gas motor, smaller diameter, I believe. Looks like they used the gas flex plate and starter.

 

[ssn696]

Je souhaite que mes enfants soient aussi enthousiastes a propos de leurs devoirs. I hope that identifying the engine will help you find the right parts to fix it.