CC DS Clone Wiring

DAVnVA · 11-18-2020, 05:19 AM

Hello all! I am enjoying browsing the. site and learning a lot. Installing a Lifan 15 HP clone into my newly acquired 88 Club Car DS. This cart was in rough shape so I am totallly retiring it. Have a few questions - what do you do with original kill engine wire? Is it just a ground or does it have power on it? Can the oil sensor light be wired as original? Or does it have power on it?
Also I have grounded the S/G to the chassis but where else do I put grounding wires? I know at starter switch does clone engine get grounded to chassis? Recommended locations and wire sizes to ground to chassis?
Appreciate any help you can provide, Hopefully my solenoid and voltage regulator are good.

slonomo · 11-25-2020, 10:02 PM

I don't know about Club Car, but on Yamaha's I ground the battery to the bottom side of one of the engine mount bolts, works well. I use a #4 stranded copper, or #2 stranded aluminum.

The kill circuit on a clone needs to go to ground, DO NOT PUT POWER TO THAT. Usually that gets wired into a new starter switch if you use the clone engine starter, like an automobile. I'm sure you can wire it into the kill circuit on the cart, it will be a grounded circuit when closed. If you put power to the kill circuit on the engine you can fry the ignition, so just be sure what you're using. Get the multimeter out.

The oil sensor on the Lifan clone is a kill switch. It grounds out the ignition if the oil gets too low. Most of us don't use that because if you drive uphill, it could shut the engine down. That's bad news stalling an engine going up a hill.

I can't help you with the S/G wiring, sorry. I'm not a Club Car guy.

sho305 · 12-03-2020, 10:28 PM

You would have to find out if the Cc engine had a magneto type ignition, they ground to kill, they only have a coil that runs off the flywheel. Powered ignitions have a cdi box or powered coil not on the flywheel. For example yamaha has a 12v wire that goes to the key, then the pedal switch , then it powers the coil and ignitor box and starter/gen. The ignitor is like a cdi sort of. This is the older G2/9 the later yamaha can be different. The G9 only has a hall effect pickup on the flywheel, the coil is on top of the engine. A coil on the flywheel will be under the air cooled shrouding next to the flywheel which has a magnet in it to run the coil.

DAVnVA · 12-11-2020, 06:04 AM

Thanks all for the replies! I put a meter on the kill wire and it seems to have 5-6 volts on it when the pedal is pushed?? I think I will play it safe and put a 5 pin relay on it and put the coil wiring to the starter side of the solenoid.

sho305 · 12-19-2020, 03:58 PM

That seems odd, it should connect to nothing while running and ground at rest...if its a magneto coil on flywheel setup as many lawn engines are.

11-18-2020, 05:19 AM	#1
DAVnVA Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 3	CC DS Clone Wiring Hello all! I am enjoying browsing the. site and learning a lot. Installing a Lifan 15 HP clone into my newly acquired 88 Club Car DS. This cart was in rough shape so I am totallly retiring it. Have a few questions - what do you do with original kill engine wire? Is it just a ground or does it have power on it? Can the oil sensor light be wired as original? Or does it have power on it? Also I have grounded the S/G to the chassis but where else do I put grounding wires? I know at starter switch does clone engine get grounded to chassis? Recommended locations and wire sizes to ground to chassis? Appreciate any help you can provide, Hopefully my solenoid and voltage regulator are good.
DAVnVA Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 3

12-03-2020, 10:28 PM	#3
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: CC DS Clone Wiring You would have to find out if the Cc engine had a magneto type ignition, they ground to kill, they only have a coil that runs off the flywheel. Powered ignitions have a cdi box or powered coil not on the flywheel. For example yamaha has a 12v wire that goes to the key, then the pedal switch , then it powers the coil and ignitor box and starter/gen. The ignitor is like a cdi sort of. This is the older G2/9 the later yamaha can be different. The G9 only has a hall effect pickup on the flywheel, the coil is on top of the engine. A coil on the flywheel will be under the air cooled shrouding next to the flywheel which has a magnet in it to run the coil.

12-11-2020, 06:04 AM	#4
DAVnVA Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 3	Re: CC DS Clone Wiring Thanks all for the replies! I put a meter on the kill wire and it seems to have 5-6 volts on it when the pedal is pushed?? I think I will play it safe and put a 5 pin relay on it and put the coil wiring to the starter side of the solenoid.
DAVnVA Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 3

12-19-2020, 03:58 PM	#5
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: CC DS Clone Wiring That seems odd, it should connect to nothing while running and ground at rest...if its a magneto coil on flywheel setup as many lawn engines are.

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11-25-2020, 10:02 PM	#2
slonomo Searching for The Way Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Medina, Ohio (NEOHIO) Posts: 11,441	Re: CC DS Clone Wiring I don't know about Club Car, but on Yamaha's I ground the battery to the bottom side of one of the engine mount bolts, works well. I use a #4 stranded copper, or #2 stranded aluminum. The kill circuit on a clone needs to go to ground, DO NOT PUT POWER TO THAT. Usually that gets wired into a new starter switch if you use the clone engine starter, like an automobile. I'm sure you can wire it into the kill circuit on the cart, it will be a grounded circuit when closed. If you put power to the kill circuit on the engine you can fry the ignition, so just be sure what you're using. Get the multimeter out. The oil sensor on the Lifan clone is a kill switch. It grounds out the ignition if the oil gets too low. Most of us don't use that because if you drive uphill, it could shut the engine down. That's bad news stalling an engine going up a hill. I can't help you with the S/G wiring, sorry. I'm not a Club Car guy.