1995 Club Car DS

[Macdoctor56]

My friends wife was flying across a field headed to her camper drunk and at night and blasted a fire ring. It bust the throttle rod and the motor mount. They've been working on it for 2 weeks and still dont have it running so I said I'd take a shot at it. 1st thing I noticed is they had a starter switch on it that kept the motor always running, why I have no idea. So I'm going to test the microswitch and see if that's bad. It cranks when i jump the solenoid but doesnt start so I'm changing that. What could they hit underneath that could take the motor out of commission. Any advice anyone gives me I'll check, i won't leave a rock unturned.

[Macdoctor56]

Oh yeah Kawasaki engine.

[Macdoctor56]

Everyone must be busy.

[meimk]

You say it does crank, but only when you jump the solenoid? Take a good close look at the plastic bell crank in the black control box, the two micro switches in there and the wiring in & out of them. If it damaged the throttle rod it had to give quite a jolt to that bell crank.
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/gas-c...-diagrams.html
should be your wiring. Top microswitch provides ground to complete the control circuit of the solenoid - sending power to the starter. Bottom switch grounds the ignition when you release the pedal - kills the spark to shut the engine down.

[Macdoctor56]

Sorry I took so long to get back to you. For some reason the previous owner had a starter switch instead of the key start. I looked at the ignition and it's a rusted corroded mess. I replaced the micro switch under the black box where the solenoid is at but they had the wires unplugged so I'm not sure which wires go where. I also changed the solenoid and I'm not even sure if the wiring on that is right, 3 people's hands been in it before mine.

[Mooncarter]

Follow the throttle linkage closely. All the way to the carb. Make sure it is linked all the way and doing what it is supposed to do.

[Macdoctor56]

I followed the wire guide to the letter and everything is going where it should be going but I push the pedal I have nothing. I jump the solenoid and it starts and idols. I know all I have to do is adjust the throttle down and it will run like normal but I'm still baffled why the pedal won't start it.

[Mooncarter]

When it starts, and you press the pedal further down you are saying it does not rev up?

[Macdoctor56]

No, pushing the pedal down does nothing at all. Now If I start it by jumping the solenoid it runs and I push the gas and it revs up. I'm just talking about pushing the pedal and have the cart start normal, that's not happening.

[Mooncarter]

You have something wired wrong and/or a faulty switch. You said it was a rusted mess right?