Yamamahopper
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While taking a slow cruise one cool night the accelerator cut-out. I let off the accelerator and engaged the accelerator again. The cart responded. But about 30 seconds later the cart bucked quickly a few times. The accelerator was dead and I smelled electrical componets overheating for about 5 or 10 seconds. I pulled the speed controller and had it checked. It was bad and I installed a rebuilt one. Before I pulled the speed controller to have it checked I made sure my ignition and selonoid were functioning. I did this by turning the ignition on and listening for the the selenoid to engage. The soft thump confirmed it was.
There was a hitch in getting the speed controller out. The cable coming from the selonoid and connecting to the speed controller could'nt be removed. The nut and bolt were too rusty and fused together. I removed the seloniod end of the cable, removed the speed controller, then, sawed the cable to remove it from the controller box. I reinstalled the rebuilt controller and restored all the connections. When I turned the key the selonoid did not engage. When I removed the cable from the selonoid the post may have turned as the bolt encountered resistance fron rusty threads. So, I replaced the selonoid. It still will not engage. I dissconnected the harness from the ignition and put a matal screwdriver between the two contacts to try and determine if the ignition was functuioning. This may be a poor way to try and check the ignition. Still no selonoid engaging. Any ideas on why the selonoid will not function?
There was a hitch in getting the speed controller out. The cable coming from the selonoid and connecting to the speed controller could'nt be removed. The nut and bolt were too rusty and fused together. I removed the seloniod end of the cable, removed the speed controller, then, sawed the cable to remove it from the controller box. I reinstalled the rebuilt controller and restored all the connections. When I turned the key the selonoid did not engage. When I removed the cable from the selonoid the post may have turned as the bolt encountered resistance fron rusty threads. So, I replaced the selonoid. It still will not engage. I dissconnected the harness from the ignition and put a matal screwdriver between the two contacts to try and determine if the ignition was functuioning. This may be a poor way to try and check the ignition. Still no selonoid engaging. Any ideas on why the selonoid will not function?