Yamaha G1 1985

[henryfudaley]

I tested starter generator it works fine, did the cylonoid test with power to everywhere in sticky fine IT MUST BE voltage reg. Im guesin. {what happend}.................... I took it on a 4 mile cruise it was fine till i got 1 block from the house and puttered and died, pretty sure battery went dead alsoturn over but not start

[slonomo]

Charge the battery up and see if it will fire up. If it does, get the volt meter out and test the voltage at idle and at a mid-range rev. You should be around 13.5 volts at a minimum. If the regulator is bad, you will just get battery voltage of 12.5 or so.

[henryfudaley]

It wont turn over , but when i hit pedal it drops to like 5.7 7.9 then 11.7 and holds

[slonomo]

You either have a bad battery, a bad connection, or bad starter. Check the battery....take it to your local auto parts store and have it tested, they may have to trickle charge it first. Get a $5 battery terminal cleaner and clean them up and wash them with baking soda and water. Once you know your battery is good to go, re-install and fire it up. Let me know the results then. If you still have the same problem....won't spin and volts drop....then you may have a bad starter/gen. The voltage regulator only works when the engine is running, so if you can get it to run, the volts should be 13.5 or better while running.

One question.....can you spin the engine over by hand? If not, you might have seized the engine up.

[henryfudaley]

Yes it spins by hand , battery test 12.5 with a voltage meter, i took the startar /gen out and did the a1 fi pos and neg to cables and jumped wires it worked fine forward and rev, the solionids click and have power like the sticky says will charge and let ya know though..

[slonomo]

Yeah sounds like a battery and/or cable connection issue.

[henryfudaley]

Bad battery , after i took every thing off and put it back on LOL Thanks

[tpblueeyes]

Hi... how do I know my model number?

[henryfudaley]

serial number there is a thread on here to locate it. Illsee if I can find it and post it for ya

[henryfudaley]

Originally Posted by tpblueeyes

Hi... how do I know my model number?

http://www.yamahagolfcar.com/partsan...rLocations.pdf serial number location for yamahas