i need help with my E-Z Go golf cart

Harvel

i just bought one he gave me 3 12 volt batteries with it says he had it hooked up and it ran. but i have no idea how to wire them up and make it go i have no past experience with doing these. can some one walk me throw it or help in any way? its not just hooking up the batteries i think he wired the black wire from the top wrong i have no idea where to hook that up.

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JohnnieB

Welcome to BGW!

First, a 36V battery pack is typically six 6V 225 Amp-Hour deep cycle batteries rather than three 12V batteries, so the person that sold you the cart didn't do you any favors.

Three 12V will run the cart, but not for very long at a time and the batteries lifespan won't be very long either.

Need to know the body style and type motor to tell you how to wire it.
Enter the cart's serial number at this website and it will tell what it was when it left the factory. http://www.shopezgo.com/customer-ser...ialNumber.html
Also, the website tells you where to look for the serial number on the various body styles and years.

Harvel

Make:

Marathon

Type:

Gas

Model:

Gas Marathon GX444 4-cycle

Year:

1993
but it is not a gas engine its an electric engine

crash test dummy

wow never seen this !!!

simple man

Any chance you could post up some pics of the motor and battery tray area. It would help us to identify what you have. If you can read any tags on the motor that will help too.

Harvel

MCD: 5bc48jb644a. but on the MCD the c is back words. class b. 2 hp. 60 minuet. it looks like an older one from 1993 from what i found it has the same features. and from the rust which i have some sheet metal i cut out and going to wield to fix thoughts spots.

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Harvel

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p.s thank you very much for all the help you are giving. me and my brother moved to buckeye which is a semi small town and nothing to do but we got work up here. we bought this plus going to buy some dirt bikes and go-karts to ride. we know how to work on them its just this golf cart i have never worked on one before.

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JohnnieB

That is a resistor type drive.

If you follow the four white cables to the right of the motor in your second photo, they will go to three coils of wire. (The resistors)

Here are a schematic and wiring diagram.

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Harvel

i am also going to buy 6 6 volt batteries soon so i can do it the right way. thank you very much i am going to go over the wiring today to make sure it all wired properly.

scottyb

Before you invest in batteries.

That old cart is a resistor coil drive.
It regulates speed by wasting amperage which it burns off as heat with the use of the resistor coils.
This was marvelous technology in 1950 when it was first put into use.
It is well suited for it's intended use but not much more in my opinion.
If you are looking for a cart to play with off road (particularly in the AZ sand) you would be much better off starting with a modern cart with Electronic speed control.
I hope this helps.