Cushman Cart wiring issue

justahobbie · 08-27-2008, 08:34 PM

Hello i am looking to see if anyone could help me find a wiring spec for a Cushman 898370. i am not having much luck. the biggest problem that i am having right now is with the batteries. the person i bought it for took the battery wiring off and never replaced them. i am not sure how to hook them back up. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

ogre'sdad · 08-28-2008, 09:24 AM

Welcome to the forum, check the stickys on this site or go www.vintagegolfcartparts.com. They have some schematics for early resistor carts but I'm fairly sure the battery set-up is the same. Good luck. Randy

justahobbie · 08-28-2008, 11:05 AM

I've tried that web site and they have everything else but the model 898370 that i have.

ogre'sdad · 08-28-2008, 05:21 PM

Batteries should run positive to negative ( 6x6= 36 volts, 6x8=48volts), the reversing is done at the F/R switch by changing the polarity in the field winding. Try to shoot pics and post them. Is it resisto speed control or electronic (black box)?

poorol'nick · 08-28-2008, 05:54 PM

Here is a scanned copy of the fax the people at cushman sent me for that model. Sorry the quality is not the best.

justahobbie · 08-29-2008, 06:51 AM

thanks Nick, I'll see if i can't make something out of these. Did you get your running yet?

poorol'nick · 08-29-2008, 12:59 PM

I got it running in reverse, but something overheated and that stopped all together. I am still working on things but I got reassigned at work to midnights, so I have been sleeping most of the time.

ogre'sdad · 09-04-2008, 10:00 AM

Nick, how goes the cushman? I still haven't seen any diagrams that are any better than the one you posted. I've tried to get the thing cleaned up but I'm barely able to use this computater as it is, keep on keepin' on. Randy

eagle6165 · 09-08-2008, 09:46 PM

Nick, I too bought a cart not wired. Local golf course maintenance guys and auto repair shops were no help on old Cushman. I could not find any info on Internet either. I spent a month re-wiring my 1965 3-wheel Model 732 Cushman golf cart and figuring out the wiring hookups, batteries, solenoid, speed control etc.. I now have developed a wiring diagram. I paid a local electric motor repair shop for a similar diagram that I tweeked to make my cart work. I now have it working like new with 3 - 12 volt Trojan batteries, wired in series, ignition switch, speed control etc..
G Smith
Indiana
Email: glavasmith@sprynet.com

ogre'sdad · 09-11-2008, 11:50 AM

Just checkin' in to see if there has been any progress on this thread.

08-27-2008, 08:34 PM	#1
justahobbie Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Elverson, PA Posts: 11	Cushman Cart wiring issue Hello i am looking to see if anyone could help me find a wiring spec for a Cushman 898370. i am not having much luck. the biggest problem that i am having right now is with the batteries. the person i bought it for took the battery wiring off and never replaced them. i am not sure how to hook them back up. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

08-28-2008, 09:24 AM	#2
ogre'sdad Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: northern calif Posts: 97	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue Welcome to the forum, check the stickys on this site or go www.vintagegolfcartparts.com. They have some schematics for early resistor carts but I'm fairly sure the battery set-up is the same. Good luck. Randy

08-28-2008, 11:05 AM	#3
justahobbie Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Elverson, PA Posts: 11	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue I've tried that web site and they have everything else but the model 898370 that i have.

08-28-2008, 05:21 PM	#4
ogre'sdad Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: northern calif Posts: 97	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue Batteries should run positive to negative ( 6x6= 36 volts, 6x8=48volts), the reversing is done at the F/R switch by changing the polarity in the field winding. Try to shoot pics and post them. Is it resisto speed control or electronic (black box)?

08-29-2008, 06:51 AM	#6
justahobbie Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Elverson, PA Posts: 11	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue thanks Nick, I'll see if i can't make something out of these. Did you get your running yet?

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08-29-2008, 12:59 PM	#7
poorol'nick Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dexter, Mi Posts: 18	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue I got it running in reverse, but something overheated and that stopped all together. I am still working on things but I got reassigned at work to midnights, so I have been sleeping most of the time.

09-04-2008, 10:00 AM	#8
ogre'sdad Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: northern calif Posts: 97	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue Nick, how goes the cushman? I still haven't seen any diagrams that are any better than the one you posted. I've tried to get the thing cleaned up but I'm barely able to use this computater as it is, keep on keepin' on. Randy

09-08-2008, 09:46 PM	#9
eagle6165 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue Nick, I too bought a cart not wired. Local golf course maintenance guys and auto repair shops were no help on old Cushman. I could not find any info on Internet either. I spent a month re-wiring my 1965 3-wheel Model 732 Cushman golf cart and figuring out the wiring hookups, batteries, solenoid, speed control etc.. I now have developed a wiring diagram. I paid a local electric motor repair shop for a similar diagram that I tweeked to make my cart work. I now have it working like new with 3 - 12 volt Trojan batteries, wired in series, ignition switch, speed control etc.. G Smith Indiana Email: glavasmith@sprynet.com
eagle6165 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1

09-11-2008, 11:50 AM	#10
ogre'sdad Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: northern calif Posts: 97	Re: Cushman Cart wiring issue Just checkin' in to see if there has been any progress on this thread.

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