PLease help me Im a newbie.. 1990 Club cart trouble.

[jarrells]

Hello everyone. I just joined this site and have gotten some good info so far. Thanks so much.. I have a 1990 DS Club cart 36 volt that I just purchased cheap and it wont run at all. I have read alot on here and did some tests and I am at a point where I think I MAY have a resolution.. The batteries were badly corroded and some other connections were bad. I fixed that. My cart wont do anything. I charged the batteries and tonight I listened for the click when I depress the pedal from the single solenoid that it has and no click so I jumped across it. When I jumped it, I put it in forward and the wheels went forward withOUT depressing the pedals. I moved to reverse and did the same. The rear wheels went in revearse without depressing pedal. I thought that IF I jump across the solenoid that only when I depress the pedal that the wheels will move if the solenoid is bad. SO does that mean I have a bad F/R switch or is it still a bad solenoid, OR something else. I'm sorry for my ignorance if this is an easy issue. I can fix pretty much anything but I have zero experience with golf carts. Thanks in advance for any help on this matter..

[scottyb]

Welcome to BGW!
A 90 CC is a resistor coil cart, NO? Is there a row of bed springs behind the batteries? I recently saw a CC act like this. It had 2 problems. 1 was a failure in the solenoid activation circuit. 2 was the throttle position indicator lever was not returning to zero in the V-glide. (the solenoid coould be bad also?)

Makes sure the solenoid is good by testing the activation. to activate connect pos (pack voltage) to 1 small terminal and neg to the other = the solenoid should click. Just because it clicks does not mean it works. check for continuity between the 2 large posts after it clicks.... so non before(off) and continuity after it clicks (on)

[TahoeDawgZ71]

Sounds like Scottyb is on the right track with this.... Does the solenoid click?

[jarrells]

There was no click. I got a solenoid and it fixed the cart. Thanks for the help guys =)

[scottyb]

Thanks for letting us know J. Completed threads like this are what make BGW archives so valuable for future reference
Welcome to BGW

[shadowman]

Originally Posted by scottyb

Thanks for letting us know J. Completed threads like this are what make BGW archives so valuable for future reference
Welcome to BGW

couldn,t agree more..............................................