Cart only starts by shaking side to side
 

My 99 Club Car has a 6 inch lift. It will only start after shaking the whole cart side to side. I have changed the fuel pump and fuel filter, cleaned the carb. has anyone heard of this?

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Could it be a bad starter. Next time it dont start try turning the starter a little by hand and then try to start again. Long shot but maybe the starter has some dead spots.

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My guess is a loose wire/bad ground coming to or from your starter or solenoid. When you shake the cart it jar's the wire enough to get the ground needed to start then when you're riding around that wire gets rattled back loose and you lose the ground. Take a minute and check all the wires for damage and all the connections to make sure they are snug. Clean up your chassis ground area's while you're at it too. I bet it solves the issue.

Had the same issue on my '69 Firebird for a while. It would start 5 times in a row with no issues and then one time it would do nothing. Shake the car around a bit and it would fire right up like nothing ever happened.

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X2 on the bad ground. That's what it sounds like.

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Did you have to replace the thick stranded ground wire on top of the starter/generator after installing the lift. Mine snapped in half and stayed inside the protective sheath - did not look damaged until I pushed n the entire wire and it came free. Might be partially broken inside heath cover?

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Thanks for the help, I replaced the ground after I lifted the cart. I will check for loose connections and good continuity.

I will reply with results

Re: Cart only starts by shaking side to side
 

Removed the new ground cable I installed after the lift and buffed the frame, installed washers and new self locking nut. Fixed the problem. Thanks for help.

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I was thinking it sounded like a awesome anti-theft system:lhmo:

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Glad to hear ya got it squared away. With electrical stuff like that often times it's something simple like that.