No Compression

[Jag]

A friend of mine has a 1990 2cycle cart. The cart has no compression. It ran last year but has not ran right this year. His daughter ran it with the hose to the air filter off for a couple of days. Any ideas what might be wrong before we tear it apart? I am sure it will need rings and probably piston just to be safe since the cart was sucking straight dirt. I have some knowledge with two stroke motorcycles, but I have not worked on golf carts that much. Are the cart motors similar to the 2 stroke motorcyles? I assume they have a cylinder that can be removed like a motorcyle. If it needs a crank is that a big deal to fix? If so can someone send me a parts diagram to follow. The local cart dealer wants 800 dollars to repair. Does that seem reasonable. If it is not real tricky we would like to make the repairs.