1994 Marathon rebuild - Wanting some opinions/advice

[scottyb]

Originally Posted by pggroves

Who me? Not nice? I thought that was pretty tame in comparison.
And this thread didn't have a thing to do with:

1. Reverse warning systems:
(poor granny done got runned over by my EXGO Marathon lifted 12" with 27' mudders. That **** buzzer thingy was just plain irratatin so I just jerked the warres offn of it. Oh well, old granny was deaf anyhows so I'll just keep it unplugged. we,s gonna miss granny some tho )
2. 12v batteries:
(Hey, I just found this old golfing cart out in the field and can I use the battarries of my gramps traktors? and how do I hook 'em up? i don't know anything aobut warrring and don,t wont to get elcrotocroted. oh fogoet to say i got tweni doollars for this project. will that help???
3. Epsom salts:
(yo thid dude online says i can fix my 9 yres old dead batteroes with salt you guys know anything if this is real or he is scammming me where can i buy new batteriss/ i have tweni dollar to)

scottyb I thought I was ok on that one.
****, I even used all the smiley **** too!

Oh well, I guess 2,166 is one post over the line.








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[iaefebs]

Originally Posted by Arkie_3_fan

Well, I've done my fair share of reading and looking and thought that I'd go ahead and ask a few questions now.
I've got a 1994 Marathon with some badly rusted battery trays. So bad that I'm going to take the body off of it to make sure that all the repairs can be properly made. The new battery trays and whatever else is repaired, will be repainted and most likely sprayed with some sort of rubber underbody coating or bedliner type spray to help protect things from corrosion.
My plans also include installing some new batteries at some point, depending on what I decide to do with my cart.
Here's where it gets interesting... See, my wife and I have a baby on the way (Due in March) and converting my cart to a decent trail machine for the 3 of us to use on the hunting lease would be nice and much cheaper than buying a Polaris Ranger or something of that nature. But, our cart is the slowest one of the golf course and has been for the three years that we've had it. The batteries have always held up for 18+ holes with no noticeable drop in performance but I'm sure it's getting about time to replace them.
I've read a few posts from people that say that particular model cart is notorious for being a slow poke. I'm not 100% sure of how true this is, but I know it certainly applies to my cart.
No matter if I put it in the woods or keep it on the golf course, I want to do something to speed it up a little. Should I be looking to go all out and upgrade the motor and controller or will 4ga. cables (currently running 4ga on the batteries and 6ga to the controllor) and HD bus bars work well enough?
My thought is that it would be nice to turn this rig into a trail machine (just minimum lift and tires is all that's needed for my location) and then pick up a gas cart for my golfing purposes... but if the Marathon isn't nearly as well suited as some other models for using in the woods, then maybe I should just build it up for use on the golf course and look elsewhere for a more suitable cart model or used side by side ATV for my hunting needs.
Any thoughts, advice, etc... is welcome.
Thanks in advance.

My opinion... Golf carts are usually regulated for max 12mph on the course. If you are getting 18 holes with no drop in performance I would upgrade and install new 4ga wires to batteries and motor first. New cables with clean connections should help. Next I would look around for some decent 10" tires to run on the trail. You would then have 2 sets of tires and wheels depending on golf or trail. My guess is that you aren't looking to Baja with the wife and baby on board.. This should get you to decide whether to upgrade to 48 volt.

As for going to gas on the golf course..... I've never liked gas carts for golf. I've always preferred electric. Most people (non cart owners) prefer electric. If you are going to own 2 carts I would gas the trail cart and save the electric for the golf. my opinion

[Arkie_3_fan]

Originally Posted by iaefebs

My opinion... Golf carts are usually regulated for max 12mph on the course. If you are getting 18 holes with no drop in performance I would upgrade and install new 4ga wires to batteries and motor first. New cables with clean connections should help. Next I would look around for some decent 10" tires to run on the trail. You would then have 2 sets of tires and wheels depending on golf or trail. My guess is that you aren't looking to Baja with the wife and baby on board.. This should get you to decide whether to upgrade to 48 volt.

As for going to gas on the golf course..... I've never liked gas carts for golf. I've always preferred electric. Most people (non cart owners) prefer electric. If you are going to own 2 carts I would gas the trail cart and save the electric for the golf. my opinion

I didn't GPS my cart's speed before removing the batteries, but trust me when I say it wasn't coming close to 12mph. Heck, I'd probably be happy with 12mph... at least till my buddies all get carts that'll go 15.