04-18-2011, 11:24 PM | #11 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern Minnesota
Posts: 252
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Re: 1989 marathon project
Can't wait to see more pics! Was the clutch engaging doing this before ya did all the work? I would pull it apart and see if someone had put in a different spring to engage it later.
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04-19-2011, 10:00 AM | #12 |
Respect the Cart
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rocky Mount, Virginia
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Re: 1989 marathon project
Last year you said
2. the starter is wired straight from battery through a key switch and push button start, the problem is the key does not shut off the eng. is there a way to hook up a kill switch? So I wonder if someone set up the clutch to enable the cart to idle and not move forward. As I am sure you are aware normally the ignition is switched by a switch on the throttle and so the cart is designed not to idle. Did you resolve the issue raised in your point 2.? If so your problem may be as simple as using the correct lower tension spring. Dave |
04-20-2011, 11:49 PM | #13 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: southern calif
Posts: 14
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Re: 1989 marathon project
thanks for both the responses, the cart does idle all the time so the problem could be with the clutch springs. maybe the previous owner did this to allow the clutch to engage later, although it does need to rev pretty high before it engages enough to move the cart. once the cart is moving and you bacl off the gas and then back on it engages pretty quick but if it idles for 30-45sec its again slow to engage.
i will try to post pictures tomorrow im pretty happy with what my son and me have done. as a side note figured out what the black wire does, it kills the engine so that will be my kill switch. no one has been able to tell me what the 2 green wires do, but i'm thinking some kind of sensor wires. thanks again for the input |
04-21-2011, 07:15 AM | #14 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,515
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Re: 1989 marathon project
Green wires may be part of the original charging system if i'm correct they had a stater for charging the battery in a conventional mower and such. If i'm wrong i'm sure someone will correct me.
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04-21-2011, 10:18 PM | #15 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: southern calif
Posts: 14
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Re: 1989 marathon project
here's some pics of the cart, i will try and find some pics of what we started with.
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04-22-2011, 02:42 PM | #16 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Corona California
Posts: 168
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Re: 1989 marathon project
VERY nice........ what a clean build. Motor looks nice.
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04-22-2011, 06:18 PM | #17 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Big Island Hawaii
Posts: 42
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Re: 1989 marathon project
Sharp! Probably better not drive it to Home Depot :)
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04-25-2011, 02:52 PM | #18 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: southern calif
Posts: 14
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Re: 1989 marathon project
engine is a Kaw FE290 yr2000, thanks for the kind words on the build. being a fireman i had to put RED on the cart
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