EZ GO Marathon Resistor Coil

[scottyb]

Originally Posted by yurtle

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[tliebks]

Originally Posted by yurtle

Does the solenoid always click when you give it gas and it's not moving?

Yes the solenoid always clicks. I actually ordered a new solenoid yesterday but now I'm not convinced that is the problem.

[yurtle]

If the solenoid always clicks, it's almost certainly what ScottyB suggested. The only exception would be bad contacts in the solenoid, which would click, but not conduct. I'd clean the contacts of the wiper board, as ScottyB recommended.

[tliebks]

Originally Posted by yurtle

If the solenoid always clicks, it's almost certainly what ScottyB suggested. The only exception would be bad contacts in the solenoid, which would click, but not conduct. I'd clean the contacts of the wiper board, as ScottyB recommended.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate you guys' help.

[tliebks]

Originally Posted by yurtle

If the solenoid always clicks, it's almost certainly what ScottyB suggested. The only exception would be bad contacts in the solenoid, which would click, but not conduct. I'd clean the contacts of the wiper board, as ScottyB recommended.

I cleaned the contacts on the wiper board and unplugged the wiper cord from the solenoid and checked for continuity and everything checked out but still it will not move.

When I push the gas pedal down I have 37 volts across the two little contacts of the solenoid. I also have 37 - 38 volts across the two big contacts at all times whether the pedal is pushed or not.

Any ideas??

[tliebks]

Any way to test the resistor coils??

[yurtle]

At full throttle the resistors aren't used, so a quick check would be to go straight to full throttle.

[tliebks]

Originally Posted by yurtle

At full throttle the resistors aren't used, so a quick check would be to go straight to full throttle.

I tried that and still have nothing. Any other ideas??

[yurtle]

I'm a series guy, and don't have any experience with resistor carts. I just glanced at a wiring diagram and saw a few things it might be. Someone with hands-on experience could give you real world advise based on experience.

[rlw]

I ran into something similar the other day, turned out that my dog had bumped the F/R switch. I had the same symptoms. Try moving the F/R switch to both limits. A not-quite-completely rotated key switch can do the same thing.

Also, the resistor coil is just that -- check for low resistance across the ends of the coil, after disconnecting it from the wiper board. If you get infinite ohms, it's open somewhere.

Hope that helps...

RLW
'84 Marathon resistor cart