Small engines, like those in your standard golf cart or mower, can receive excessive wear when they aren’t properly maintained, and this wear can result in both a loss of power and an increased likelihood of electrical systems failing when attempting to use an electric starter. You can eliminate the potential problem by replacing your engine using a small engine rebuild kit that replaces your older flat head engine to a Kohler small engine.

There are dramatic improvements that can be made should you choose to install a Kohler Command-11 in your golf cart instead of some of the other small engine options that are available on the market today. To better understand the advantage of choosing the Kohler engine for your upgrade, consider the following information.

Improved Power

By choosing a Kohler Command-11 small engine rebuild kit, you can experience an increase in power over what you received from your old flat head side valve engine. This increase is due to a variety of features, including the 11-horsepower overhead valve on the single-cylinder engine. Overhead valve engines tend to have a longer life, lower fuel consumption, lower emissions, and even less noise than their side valve counterparts. They also experience a reduced amount of carbon buildup which could reduce your cart engine’s power. In addition, this Kohler small engine will stay cooler than some older engines due to its two-quart oil capacity and its pressure lubrication system which is designed to ensure superior cooling of engine components as well as providing ample lubrication to help prevent engine wear. The Command-11 also features a disposable oil filter much like you would find on many larger engines.

Manual Start Features

In addition to offering an increase in power, the Command-11 features a manual start option in addition to the standard electric starter available on your Club Car Carryall. This manual start recoil system serves as a useful backup to your standard equipment, allowing you to be able to get your cart’s small engine running even if the electric startup system is malfunctioning or beginning to fail. Having a manual backup available on your engine could mean the difference between being able to get back to where you started from and having to call for help.

Full Conversion Materials Available

If you’re considering purchasing a Kohler small engine then you are going to want to use the easiest process possible. Kohler had this in mind when developing the Command-11 upgrade for the Club Car Carryall I and II. The conversion kit includes a variety of new components, including the engine itself, a muffler system, the mounting plate for the engine, a drive belt, a starter generator belt, and even a choke cable so that you won’t have to worry about having older parts that might wear out before the core small engine components do. The repower kit has been designed with ease of installation in mind, allowing you to essentially drop the new engine in and have it ready to go in record time. After all, you want to be able to spend your time using your cart and not having to toil away endlessly at getting a new engine installed.

~Ben Anton, 2007



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Golf Cart Battery Tips

Jessica Deets asked:


Czy mo?na kupi? najnowszy model golfa koszyk na najwy?szym mo?liw? cen?, lub znale?? na stop? dyskontow?, to wa?ne jest, aby zapami?ta? te traktowane s? w wielu miejscach do pojazdów silnikowych. Mog? one by? niebezpieczne, je?eli nie dzia?a prawid?owo i nie b?dzie, w wielu miejscach, jest wymagane, aby by?y zgodne z przepisami ruchu drogowego, ?e ka?dy samochód lub kierowca ci??arówki musz? przestrzega?.

Golf wózki uzyska?y w popularno?ci z kilku powodów. By? mo?e najbardziej oczywistym jest fakt, ?e zwykle s? uruchamiane na baterii ni? benzyny. Z cen gazu coraz bardziej ?mieszny, to nic dziwnego, te ma?e pojazdy s? preferowanym sposobie poruszania si? tych, którzy mog? z nich korzysta?.

Bycie bezpiecznym w golfa koszyka wymaga g?ównie zdrowym rozs?dkiem, ale te przepisy Równie? powinny by? przestrzegane:

* Trzymaj wózki golfowe na wyznaczonych ?cie?ek lub dróg, gdzie s? one dozwolone. Pami?taj, ?e niektóre miejsca nie pozwalaj? na wózki dróg, ale niektóre nie. Poznaj lokalnych przepisów, aby unikn?? biletów. Niezale?nie od przypadku, nie dzia?aj? na nich chodników. To nie jest bezpieczne dla pieszych lub. * Czy jeste? dzia?aj?cych w koszyku ?cie?ki lub na wyznaczone drogi, gdzie golf koszyka u?ytku jest dozwolone, pami?taj, aby piesi prawo sposób. Podobnie jak jazda samochodem, tych, którzy s? na piechot? dosta? do pierwszej. * Nie prze?adowuj wózek z pasa?erami. Je?eli golf koszyk jest przystosowane do dwóch osób, nie spróbowa? dopcha? w czterech. Kieruj si? zdrowym rozs?dkiem, aby unikn?? niepotrzebnych obra?e?. * Zachowaj ramion, nóg, stóp, a wi?c w koszyku przez ca?y czas. To jest po prostu inteligentna, czy jeste? w samochodzie, golf koszyka lub w inny sposób. Wypadki i nie mo?e si? zdarzy? w ten sposób i nie s? na ogó? nie do przej?? w ?yciu. * Strze? ogranicze? pr?dko?ci. Golf koszyka ?cie?ki mog? mie? w?asne limity, ale kiedy na dróg w szczególno?ci, nale?y zwróci? uwag? na mile dozwolone. Carts nie pój?? szybko, ale w zale?no?ci od terenu i wagi w koszyku, to nadal mo?e by? mo?liwe do pr?dko?ci. * Podda? koszyka jak podczas jazdy samochodem. Oznacza to, zwró? uwag? na pieszych i innych przeszkód podczas tworzenia kopii zapasowych i dalej do przodu, zwracaj?c uwag? na oznaki zatrzymania i innych takich rozporz?dze?. W koszyku nie wychodzi bardzo szybko, ale mo?e nadal powodowa? obra?enia, a nawet ?mier?. Przestrzegaj wszystkich podstawowych procedur bezpiecze?stwa i prawa jazdy na samochód regularnie, a powinien by? na dobrej drodze do bezpiecze?stwa.

Golf koszyków to ?wietny sposób, aby ludzie z jednego punktu do drugiego bez konieczno?ci p?acenia 3 dolarów lub wi?cej na galon. Ale mog? by? niebezpieczne. Gdy ich obs?ugi, to wa?ne jest, aby przestrzega? przepisów ruchu drogowego i pokropi silnie ze zdrowym rozs?dkiem. Mog? by? s?odkie i mog? by? niewielkie, ale golf cart w niepowo?ane r?ce mog? nadal by? niebezpieczne. Te maszyny nie s? budowane dla pr?dko?ci i nie s? one zbudowane na nadu?ycia, ale je?li traktowa? ostro?nie, one s?u?y? ich cel i zrobi? to dobrze.

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Golf Cart Battery Tips

Golf cart batteries are not the same type of battery that is in your automobile. If you own your own golf cart you will soon learn the ins and outs of golf cart battery maintenance and care. Depending on the size and make of your golf cart you may have between 4 and 8 golf cart batteries in your golf cart. Golf cart batteries are designed to be deep cycle batteries this means that they can be discharged to a lower voltage without damage to their cores. Golf cart batteries require special care.

All golf cart batteries come in 6 volts but are designed to work in either a 12 or 24 volt system. Connecting two 6 volt batteries in series will provide 12 volts that can be used in a 12 volt system. A golf cart batteries power is not measured in volts but in amps. The more the amps a battery can provide in a given amount of time, usually in hours, the more powerful the battery. If your golf cart uses 50 amps per hour at half speed and your combined battery amperage is 400 amp hours you theoretically could run the golf cart for 8 hours before the battery was totally discharged. However golf cart batteries will not provide the full amount of power (amperage) that they are rated for. This is because as you use the batteries power its voltage level drops below the 12 volts that is required by the golf carts motors. Once this happens, golf cart performance declines until the motors will not respond. Then you will have to recharge your golf cart battery.

A golf cart battery is charged by using a battery charger that changes the chemical composition within the battery. This charging process is not efficient and as such with each charging cycle the battery will hold less of a charge. In addition golf cart batteries that are deeply discharged have a shorter life span then batteries that experience only shallow discharge cycles. Quality golf cart batteries will have higher number of discharge cycles available then the cheaper models. The larger number of cycles the longer the battery life. Golf cart batteries must be charged correctly to achieve top battery efficiency. A good battery charger will automatically charge the battery to a high voltage for a prolonged period to return the golf carts batteries to the proper chemistry. This is very important to prolonging the life of your golf cart battery.

Properly maintaining your golf cart batteries will also prolong their life. Probably the number one problem that the golf cart owner will have with their golf cart batteries is not maintaining proper water levels in each battery cell. As you charge your battery it will begin to boil out water (hydrogen gas) as part of reversing the sulfide process. This water will need to be replaced on a regular basis with distilled water. Failure to keep battery fluids at optimum levels will shorten the life of your battery significantly. Basically the more you charge your battery the more often you need to add water to your golf cart batteries.

Keeping your golf cart batteries terminals clean is also very important. Clean terminals will allow the efficient flow of current from your golf cart batteries to your golf cart motors which will help them operate efficiently. Even more importantly it will allow the battery charger to correctly measure the condition of the battery so that a proper charging cycle can be applied. Again a properly maintained golf cart battery will last longer.

A properly maintianed golf cart battery will last you considerably longer than one that is neglected. Nothing is worse than climbing into your golf cart ready to play good round of golf and finding your golf cart batteries are dead. Take care of your golf cart batteries and they will take care of you.



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