Another project fell into my lap

[LTF_GK]

The wife let me get a few more doll hairs today... And this 1982 ezgo marathon came home with me.
$100. Has an engine (in pieces) but everything else seems to work just great.
All 4 shocks are new. 3 new tires 4th is almost new.
No rips or tears in the seat.
Came with a core charge battery (bonus!!).
Rear diff works good. Steering linkage all pretty solid.



It's most likely getting a Honda 13hp.

Anyone have any advise for my first golf cart?
I'm aiming for 30 - 40 mph.
Locking the rear diff a good idea for this thing?

 

[Master Hack]

Best advice: Don’t! Way too much work. Send it to me, l’ll save your marriage, your blood pressure, and you’ll be much happier!
l’ll take care of it AND send ya pics! Win/win

 

[BrownStainRacing]

Best advice: Don’t! Way too much work. Send it to me, l’ll save your marriage, your blood pressure, and you’ll be much happier!
l’ll take care of it AND send ya pics! Win/win

 

[BaconBitRacing]

The wife let me get a few more doll hairs today... And this 1982 ezgo marathon came home with me.
$100. Has an engine (in pieces) but everything else seems to work just great.
All 4 shocks are new. 3 new tires 4th is almost new.
No rips or tears in the seat.
Came with a core charge battery (bonus!!).
Rear diff works good. Steering linkage all pretty solid.


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It's most likely getting a Honda 13hp.

Anyone have any advise for my first golf cart?
I'm aiming for 30 - 40 mph.
Locking the rear diff a good idea for this thing?

Purdy! If you’re driving on street please don’t lock the diff.

 

[LTF_GK]

Purdy! If you’re driving on street please don’t lock the diff.

Any idea if these guys came with a reverse diff? It looks like you'd have to stop the motor and run it in reverse from what I'm seeing

 

[LTF_GK]

Best advice: Don’t! Way too much work. Send it to me, l’ll save your marriage, your blood pressure, and you’ll be much happier!
l’ll take care of it AND send ya pics! Win/win

My wifes pretty good about projects along as they get finished! Money is tight for me but I manage to find cool cheap stuff a lot. I'll post pics when it's done!

 

[BrownStainRacing]

Any idea if these guys came with a reverse diff? It looks like you'd have to stop the motor and run it in reverse from what I'm seeing

Run the engine in a reverse direction??
I don't see how a 4 stroke can do that.
How could it pull air/ fuel mixture thur the exhaust???

 

[BaconBitRacing]

Run the engine in a reverse direction??
I don't see how a 4 stroke can do that.
How could it pull air/ fuel mixture thur the exhaust???

Maybe he means get out and push backwards? That’s how the lot of us karters do it.

 

[BrownStainRacing]

Im sure an electric motor can turn ccw then cw.

 

[panchothedog]

Reverse is SO overrated. Who wants to go backwards anyway.

 

[LTF_GK]

It came with a 2 stroke engine.
I need the reverse. I've got horrid knee joints. Can't be pushing this thing around like I'm 20 again

 

[LTF_GK]

Run the engine in a reverse direction??
I don't see how a 4 stroke can do that.
How could it pull air/ fuel mixture thur the exhaust???

It's 2 stroke. Not 4

 

[Master Hack]

Give ‘em yer best advice, and they do what they want anyway!
Damn kids….

 

[Denny]

2 stroke engine, runs forward and reverse. I was an EZ-GO dealer for about 14 years. No FNR box. Forget 40 mph, I had one with a snowmobile engine on it. Would not push it much past 35. Steering was scary as all heck.

 

[Denny]

Why do you want to lock the rear diff by the way? The only way to do that is a Lincoln locker. No way back from that. The axles and drums are the weak links there. Bearings for axles fail regularly also.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

I think you could achieve your speed goal with a 9hp motor (electric start, of course), a T/C and an FNR gearbox.

 

[Denny]

Just be glad it wasn’t a stripper that fell into your lap. Those are very very expensive! Had to get rid of mine, cost too much!

 

[Scout]

My golf cart (club car DS) runs about 18 mph on stock motor with Governor bypassed. Those old carts with a two stroke motor would run the motor in the opposite direction for reverse.

My cart is lifted with blocks up front, stock soft spring, and can make toy a little nervous going around corners. Stiffer springs help with that, but the ride quality sucks.

I just picked up a golf cart project, and my idea is to run a four-wheeler engine/transmission, because aside from it being a four or five speed, it would also have reverse.

 

[Speedster]

Reverse is SO overrated. Who wants to go backwards anyway.

Me. When I go into a spot that looks a whole lot wider than it turns out to be, and there's not enough room to turn around, and not enough room to keep going!

 

[Master Hack]

and there's not enough room to turn around, and not enough room to keep going!

Thats when ya use throttle steering!