2003 Club Car 36V V Drive not working

kfreeman99

I have a 2003 club car 36V and all batteries are good! I have volt metered the car and can not get it to run! I jumped the solenoid with pliers and the gas petal down and to jumped. I replaced the solenoid and still no go! I did not put a club car solenoid but one exactly like it. What is the little white box with balck and red wires on it and is it required? I hooked them up and still no go. What could be the issue?

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OLD MEC

" What is little white box with balck and red wires" sounds like a 36 to 12 volt reducer but without a picture impossible to tell for sure?
Not too sure on part of your statement "I jumped solenoid with pliers and the gas pedal down and to jumped. I replaced the solenoid and still no go" Do you mean that by jumping solenoid large posts cart would run? If it did run with jumper then I would do following--( Before doing following tests jack rear of cart off ground and place auto type stands under axle to make solid and block front wheels to stop any movement)
1=turn key on and put F&R in forward gear, then check for 36 volt power at micro switch on back of F&R control ( Blue wire ) and if power there 2=check ( Yellow wire ) for power and then 3=step on gas pedal and check ( green wire ) coming from your V Glide unit to solenoid?
One question did this problem happen after doing any wiring or repairs?

kfreeman99

Sorry!!! yes, I jumped the 2 large post on the solenoid while the gas pedal was down and it ran. I tested the yellow and blue wires and they read 36V. I put it up and touched the probe of the meter to the to one of the posts on the v-drive and it sparked and the wheels turned. Not sure what post it was. There are 3 posts and one has nothing on it. There is a black wire and a green that are hooked up but the middle post is empty. I thing when I probed the post I crossed the green with the empty one. Can I send you pics?

kfreeman99

looks like im no getting power to the other pole of the solenoid. Could it be the little white box? What about the diode that connects the 2 small poles on the solenoid?

OLD MEC

With solenoid jumped and cart runs it means you have a problem between key switch and micro inside V Glide? Yes pleases send pictures as they make things much easier to compare. The Diode can be defective and still run but of course it should be in system to protect solenoid contacts from burning or sticking?
With key on and F&R in gear you should have power going to and through micro on back of F&R control, then from there power goes to the V Glide ( interior micro ) and wiring is as follows Black wire goes to negative post on back of charger receptical also connects to white wire in same location on back or receptical, Green wire goes from micro to solenoid and turns on when pedal is pushed down. So either micro on back of F&R control or micro inside V Glide is bad or wire to charger receptical isnt making contact to negative post on #6 battery ( front drivers side battery )
Hope this helps?