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04-27-2013, 02:34 PM | #1 |
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Fuse blows with each attempt to start
Hi: Had trouble getting the "starter" to turn the
enginme using the key and short circuited the solenoid to use the cart for a while. Finally bought a solenoid thinking it was the problem when it wasn't. Some helpful people on this forum suggest I check the fuses and microswitches which I start doing when somebody who used to use the thing mentions they always started it up in reverse not in Neutral like I've been trying (on the dashboard it says to start in Neutral). At first I doubt it but checking this forum discover that it can be set to start in Forward or Reverse. I try the key and the engine turns over and actually catches (so close) before it sounds like the battery is getting low. I confidently setup the trickle charger and look forward to jumping in and driving off later that day. Later I jump in to said cart, turn the key and nothing. Resisting the temptation to push it into a lake, I try short circuiting the solenoid and yes it turns over fine. Notice the fuel gauge isn't lit when the key's on and check the fuses again. One of the 3 fuses (10 amp) is blown (I find only 1 fuse on the wiring diagram). Run out get some new fuses (not so confidently) and they just blow each time I try to start with the key (gas light works with intact fuse). Any ideas? Thanks |
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04-27-2013, 03:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: Fuse blows with each attempt to start
see if there is a small diode wired from small post to small post on starter solenoid if so remove it and try starting
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04-27-2013, 03:30 PM | #3 |
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Re: Fuse blows with each attempt to start
this is something that helped me alot
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04-28-2013, 10:01 AM | #4 |
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Re: Fuse blows with each attempt to start
Hi: There was a little wire-thing going
from small terminal to small terminal which I disconnected from one terminal but upon trying to start the engine there was a short "clunk" sound (maybe the solenoid engaging) and then nothing. The fuse had been blown. Thanks |
04-28-2013, 11:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Fuse blows with each attempt to start
Well, I took a look at the wiring
diagram you mentioned and compared it with the wiring in the club car. It was soon apparent to me that I had the wrong diagram. There's three red wires going to one of the large terminals that in the diagram only has two. Maybe I have a special edition club car. I almost give up but decide on continuing to check the diagram against what's in the cart. Hmmm. That's odd there's a red wire missing from the other large terminal... definately the wrong diagram. Hmmmm! A mising red wire at one terminal and an extra red wire at the other terminal. Some idiot replaced a solenoid that did not need to be replaced and in so doing actually wired it wrong. That idiot took a picture of the wiring so he could double check things in case of confusion. Obviously that idiot wasn't smart enough to even know he was confused as he confidently scrambled the wiring and deleted the photograph. There was a glimmer of intelligence in realizing, after he had rewired possibly correctly (including diode), that he should have taken note of which wire had been wrongly placed on the terminal with the wire from the battery. Anyway, being a forgiving golf cart, it turns over without blowing a fuse and once again the battery sounds tired so the trickle charger is hooked up for a while before another test later today. Thanks for that diagram, it may have taught me more about myself than about the cart |
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