85 Club Car suddenly quits

[tonyton]

Originally Posted by dirtysouth

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Not mine... I'll kick her a$$ if I find her in my stash.

You won't let her play with your crayons? What about laundry?? J/K

[bioniccartsandcustoms]

Originally Posted by dirtysouth

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Not mine... I'll kick her a$$ if I find her in my stash.

I'm fine with mine as long as she leaves my safety scissors alone and don't eat my paste.....

[dmmccu]

Thanks BC, I'll go thru this on Sunday afternoon. And I agree about the pics. They are a big help

[bioniccartsandcustoms]

Originally Posted by dmmccu

Thanks BC, I'll go thru this on Sunday afternoon. And I agree about the pics. They are a big help

No problem We are all here to help Oh Yeah , and to make fun too
Let us know how it turns out.

[gornoman]

Pine needles on top of the batteries. Tsk, tsk.....

I gotta agree, great pix. I have one of these carts now, so you'll be hearing from me soon!

[bioniccartsandcustoms]

Originally Posted by gornoman

Pine needles on top of the batteries. Tsk, tsk.....

I gotta agree, great pix. I have one of these carts now, so you'll be hearing from me soon!

Dude....give me a break.....In the south if you stand still for more than 2mins. you get pine straw in your butt crack

[gornoman]

Amen to that!

[MAD-DOG]

Originally Posted by bioniccartsandcustoms

Ok, I may be wrong but if its an 85, it should have 5 solenoids behind the batteries with a set of speed coils. Put cart in neutral, key off, unhook main neg. battery cable. Carefully take the bussbar off of the solenoids. Its the copper strip that runs across the large poles on the solenoids. after you get the bussbar out of the way, hook the main neg. battery cable back up. Turn the key on, put F&R in forward. Take a voltmeter set for continuity and place leads on both large terminals of the 1st solenoid on the drivers side. This should be #1. As you mash the accel pedal, the solenoid should engage/click and your voltmeter should beep or show continuity. Do this for all of the solenoids. My guess, if you are hearing a click, they are energizing, but not making contact on the inside.

I have read the thread and I have an 83 thats running fine in forward but has very limited reverse . I tested the solenoids and all have continuity but the last two ...is that why I have no get up on hills and no reverse ??

[dmmccu]

Sorry for the delay.We have had a family member ill, but she is better now
I removed the buss bar and found the #1 solenoid melted under the buss. It did go to zero when pedal was pressed. #2 did also.
3,4,& 5 did not.
I am sure I need to replace #1. I am not convinced that is my only problem. What do you think.

[bioniccartsandcustoms]

Originally Posted by matinwi

I have read the thread and I have an 83 thats running fine in forward but has very limited reverse . I tested the solenoids and all have continuity but the last two ...is that why I have no get up on hills and no reverse ??

The last two are the higher speed solenoids and unless someone has rewired your cart, reverse only runs off three of the six batteries. Thats what cuts the speed down so reverse is safer. So, if you have a cable...maybe green or red...going to the center battery off of the F&R switch, move it to the main positive with the other cable. Replace the 2 bad solenoids, and enjoy.