[NoleFan4Ever]

You probably have the first and only 1997 I have seen with T type still present, which had the Z connector. Most were replaced by CC under warranty by that time. They are rickety to say the least, but for the controller activation you need the following:
• The Key Switch
• The Accelerator Pedal Limit Switch
• Z8 Transistor located inside the controller.
• The 18 gauge green wire from the large post of the Main solenoid to the key switch No. 1 terminal.
• The 18 gauge blue wire from the key switch No. 2 terminal to the accelerator pedal limit switch.
• The 18 gauge green/white wire from the accelerator pedal limit switch to the Z8 position on the Z Plug/controller.

With the key switch in the On position, the Fwd/Rev Rocker switch in Fwd, and the accelerator pedal Depressed, voltage is supplied to the Z8 position in the controller. This activates the controller which completes the circuit, supplying voltage to the motor. If you have all that present and no controller activation, then it is a dead/failed controller.