1980 g1/a1

[yamaman]

hello all, just purchased a g1/a1 that i plan to restore. have never worked on a golf cart before but i like to tinker around. did a compression test and found none so i have ordered a jug and piston. the guy i bought it from recently had the starter/generator rebuilt, so that's good. my problem is that it won't start in reverse. i can hear the solenoids throwing when i press on the pedal but the generator will not turn. (it works fine in the forward position). if i reverse the a1 and a2 leads at the solenoid then the generator will reverse but that doesn't fix the problem. mine has a blue wire going to what i think is the reverse solenoid and a yellow wire going to the forward solenoid. if i check the plug for these wires with an ohm meter it appears that the forward /reverse switch on the dash is working. not sure what to do from here. any help would be appreciated.