98 ezgo txt series starts off fast

[jjgg992003]

i have an ezgo txt series golf cart. This crt was given to me for free. the batteries were bad so i changed them to get it running. When i first turned it on, the golf cart almost left me behind. i blocked up the car and started looking at these forums. all the info i read lead to the its. i have 14.5 volts on one side of the its but as soon as i touch the pedal i get 1.5 on the white wire on the other side of the its. i readjusted the plunger to the manuals specs, and the jumping at the start went away. i still had the problem so i went to a local store and picked up an its solenoid. i replaced it and i still have the same issue. i took the solenoid out of the box and left it wired up. when i hit the pedal i still get 1.5 volts on the white wire. i know something isnt adding up. the plunger isnt even near the its and when the microswicth activates automatically i get 1.5 volts. now the other issue is when u floor the pedal the voltage goes up to 4vdc and the motor turns off. To me it seems that something is adding 1 volt to the system that shouldn't. please help. i am a hands on guy and i am having trouble with this one. if it were a motor i probably would of figured it out by now. also i tried checking the wires with a volt meter and everything checked out well. i even unhooked the white wire from the controller to see if the controller was backfeeding voltage to the white wire.

[jjgg992003]

i figured it out. it ended up being the its was bad. it had a small short between the black and white wire plug on the controller.

[scottyb]

That's great. What kind of short? In the plug or what? At the white wire you should get .5v when the solenoid clicks and 1.5 at full throttle. I have a friend in GA with a similar problem.