BarnyardEngineering
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- Location
- Rochester, NY
My mom's electric golf cart got to the point where it just wouldn't go anymore. Batteries are ancient, and new ones are more than the cart is worth even with the cheapest batteries available. Then in another 5-10 years it'll need batteries AGAIN, along with the constant corrosion problems.
So I bought a nice older gas "Carryall" (think mini pickup truck on golf cart chassis) for the farm and now I have this electric thing in my garage just begging to be fixed. It's overall in pretty darn good shape, except for the batteries. Hopefully nothing else is wrong with it.
I've seen on youtube where they've converted electric carts to gas by gutting the electric motor, putting a sprocket on the motor shaft, and chain-driving it from a go-kart engine. Only problem with that is you give up reverse...
Anybody do anything creative with an old golf cart?
So I bought a nice older gas "Carryall" (think mini pickup truck on golf cart chassis) for the farm and now I have this electric thing in my garage just begging to be fixed. It's overall in pretty darn good shape, except for the batteries. Hopefully nothing else is wrong with it.
I've seen on youtube where they've converted electric carts to gas by gutting the electric motor, putting a sprocket on the motor shaft, and chain-driving it from a go-kart engine. Only problem with that is you give up reverse...
Anybody do anything creative with an old golf cart?