G9 problem

TROUBADOUR

Rounding up cattle yesterday I covered some pretty rough ground -- lots of scrub brush (sage brush, russian olive, young aspen, etc), lots of hills/mounds/draws/hollows, places I'd never been before -- chasing cattle out of their hiding places. Got 'em all rounded up in about 1.5 hours of very slow, stop & go riding. I was done even before the horses were caught, saddled and loaded! The "riders" didn't even mount up once they got their horses off the trailer because the cattle were already at the gate!
Anyway, YamaDonk performed flawlessly -- good thing because I could never get a pickup close to most of the places I was riding. But when I got on the "road" I got the speed up to about 15-20 mph for a couple miles when I heard a muffled "pop" - I wasn't even sure I heard it. Then the engine died. It didn't sputter or anything, it just quit running and I couldn't re-start it. It turned over just fine, but it wouldn't start.
In-line fuel filter was almost empty so I first suspected a line blockage - tank was almost full. After a bit of cranking I saw fuel entering the filter OK, but it still wouldn't start. So I caught a ride home with my F-i-L and wife in his PU hauling a horse trailer (how embarrassing!), got my PU and trailer and hauled the cart home. I'm going out to do a quick check right now (spark plug, fuel line) to see if I can see an obvious problem, then I have to get to the branding pen and get to work. Heading out of town as soon as we're done there, so probably won't really get a chance to work on the cart until Monday or Tuesday, but I'm looking for thoughts on what else to check or other checks I should make? Coil? What else?

BGW

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TROUBADOUR

Found it! Loose wire to the coil -- easy to fix but hard to find. It was connected by the spade connector was very loose.
Tightened it with a pair of pliers and it seems to run OK.

toadady

when that @#$% happens at night it isn't very fun

TROUBADOUR

Not much fun in the daylight either --- especially when you are trying to show how good your cart is! LOL

Mike Mac

Glad you found it Troub! I lost a final round drag race for that very problem! Dumped all those spade connectors as a result of that, and changed everything to loop connectors with nuts or bolts!!

TROUBADOUR

I use the ring connectors whenever I have to replace or build a connection - but I don't think I'm going to go through the entire cart and replace connections that are currently good. At least not until I decide to do some other "adjustments" too. Yamadonk seems happy enough now.

Gotta start getting ready for the annual Memorial Day Hippie Picnic and Softball Extravaganza! Sponsored by the local Co-op and the Cultural Community Center - it brings people down out of the hills and hollows for a day of fun in the sun (and water)!

Hope you guys all celebrate in a fun and/or meaningful way!

sho305

You should put those connectors on with the non-insulated crimper, one side is pointed so it punches a hole in the connector. They hold a lot better than the type that just squeeze it. I wont use those on anything they are junk IMO. You can get the same kind if you look around you don't need the HD ones.

If you put a spade male to female or any other type like bullets (that I really don't like) then you have to test the connection and slightly crimp the female tighter until they go together harder and stay there. Should at least wrap them good with electrical tape if you want them to last outside, also some dielectric grease inside them is even better.