Posted by JD Seller on June 18, 2013 at 23:05:33 from (208.126.196.144):
It became a battle I was determined to win. LMAO Too Stubborn/stupid to quit.
The wiring diagrams I had and those I could find did not match the model they have. So I drew out my own and soon figured out that I did not have the correct Hi/Lo switch. They had the same switch as the forward and reverse in the Hi/Lo side. Maybe on some models they are wired that way but not this one. Then to just add to the fun the Forward/reverse switch actually had one pair that was dead under load. With a volt/ohm meter it would show good but under load it would not carry current.
The grandsons will be out side in the yard with it all of the time. So they would not be using low anyway. So I changed the wiring harness around so the motors run on 12 volts all of the time. This had several advantages for their use. 1) Getting the correct part was going to be an issue as the model number is not readable. 2) The charger that came with it charged each battery separately. You had to unplug both batteries from the harness and then charge them one at a time. I put pair of charging studs under the hood close to the batteries. I have several of the charger/maintainer chargers. They can have one and charge both batteries at one time now. My DIL can hook it up now. 3) I was able to use the incorrect switch to replace the defective Forward/reverse switch.
The Grandsons where checking every few minutes to see If I had it going. I had the wiring harness just about completely out of it and had jumper wires completeing circuits. I had it running on saw horses. They came running when they heard it running and wanted to take it like that. They told me to just tape it up. LOL
So the Grandsons can ride tomorrow and my son did not have to spend anymore money on their toy. Just an afternoon of Grandpa time invested.
The real trouble will be the fighting the two of them will do over who gets to drive. I am glad their mother gets to handle that one. LOL
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