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Thanks again, Dennis! Once again, I was a day late and a dollar short! I googled and found a LOT of info on the TCS system, now that I know what it's called (thank you)! It appears that most people don't use it, but cap or reroute the vacuum lines, which I will prob do too. I am on a steep learning curve here, as I owned a '71 350 Monte as my first car, but that was 35 years ago, and it was a small-block. I sincerely appreciate any help I can get, and want let you know that! BTW- How do I get a FLORIDA home to spend the winters in??? John

Thanks Dennis! I was actually able to make sense out of the starter wiring in diagram! Can I ask you for one more favor? If you would look under your hood, there are about five wires that run together, with the purple and yellow starter wires among them, at the passenger-side back of the engine. Could you take a look and tell me where the two black wires and maybe a pink (maybe brown?) wires in that group go to? I assume that they are important, but have no idea how to get that info from a diagram! Thanks in advance for any input! John

Hello all, Due to an unfortunate series of events (including the death of my best-friend of 37 years), my 1970 Monte Carlo sat in a field for an extended amount of time (years) and has deteriorated badly. One of the issues that needs to be rectified immediately is the wiring that USED to go to the starter. Apparently a mouse (rat or squirrel?) ate this and some other wiring, in several places, under the hood. I have a part of the harness that I believe went to the starter, including the "black-wrapped" harness behind the distributor, but unfortunately, it only has two black wires (that are only a few inches long- outside the wrapping) and the remnants of an orange, a purple (violet?) and maybe a pink or brown wire... I think that most of these go to the starter, right? I bought a Haynes Manual, but it doesn't tell anything about the solenoid wiring, other than to mark them when you remove them- which is already done (only eyelets remaining). Can anyone tell me where to find a diagram (sorry but not a B&W Technical one- I get confused by them) that will help me figure out where these five wires are supposed to go? Or maybe there is a photo of a correctly wired starter available? I appreciate any and all help, as I have finally gotten my car back to my house and want desperately to hear it run again. Thanks John