Battery issues # 2

Now, After taking 2+ hours to buy the parts and make up a new cable it’s time to install it. The engine is under the sole of the cockpit and to access it you have to move the large wooden floor grates out of the way.

There are 2 of them and they get stacked behind the aft wheel. The cover to the engine compartment is a large steel hatch that I installed ‘gas piston supports’ to. (Just like the ones that hold up the rear hatch on a car).

I used these supports on both the engine compartment hatch and the battery compartment hatch. Once in the engine compartment you can see a large white box. I built it to enclose the engine and to absorb sound (and it works great!).

To work on the engine though, I have to disassemble the box. The top comes off easy and I’ve installed quick release clamps that hold the rest of it together. Then, after removing several screws that hold it down, you can gain total access to the engine.

each of the 4 sides comes out

Next, the battery compartment. Again, up comes the wooden floor grate, the steel cockpit sole hatch and the cover to the battery’s.

6-golf cart battery's

Now, all that was left was to empty out the port aft cockpit seat locker to gain access the battery cable run. In the end, it took 20 minutes to open everything up, 20 min to” de-wire” and rewire the engine and to test it and another 20 to slowly put everything back the way it was in the beginning. About 4+ hours of work to install a 12 inch piece of cable.

On the plus side though, it’s warm, with a nice breeze and hey, I’m retired and need something to keep me busy!