[AT] Motor problems on a 2008 Ez-Go G.C.

Thu Feb 17 10:29:29 PST 2022

That is extremely impressive Bo!!

Mike M

On 2/17/2022 1:20 PM, Bo Hinch wrote:
> Well Dave , I`m sorry to say that the last party I had was in 2019 ,
> fed over 225 people 550 lbs of crawfish , 20 racks of ribs , 2 cases
> of chicken quarters  , 75 pounds of fried catfish along with fries , a
> 55 lb pig cooked for 14 hours on the pellet grill , and I think about
> 25 pork steaks . It was all ready to eat at 11 am . At 3:30 in the
> evening , all that was left over was the smell . I had family and
> FRIENDS from all across the USA as well as from Brazil and Bulgaria
> attend for the one day event . Now that I am getting old and grey (
> very little hair ) , I`m just not up to it any more although I do get
> request a lot from family and friends to have it again . Maybe once we
> get back to normal and not have to worry about catching a deadly virus
> , I may reconsider . You can go to this site and see all of the people
> , eats and fun
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/bohinch/albums/72157707656621764
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 12:02 PM <drgerber at bright.net> wrote:
>
>     Bo: I purchased and read your book.  Loved the stories.  Thanks
>     for taking the time to write it down.  I want an invite to one of
>     those family gatherings.
>
>     Dave Gerber, OH
>
>     *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of
>     *Bo Hinch
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 17, 2022 10:22 AM
>     *To:* Antique tractor email discussion group
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>     *Subject:* [AT] Motor problems on a 2008 Ez-Go G.C.
>
>     Let me start off by saying , sometimes people says things that
>     sooner or later get your attention , like the three things you
>     have to have for a simple motor to run . Fuel , Fire & Compression
>     . Well , middle of December , my ez-go golf cart just gave up
>     running where I normally park it . The little old 2 cyl. Robbins
>     engine is pretty well worn out ( fouls spark plugs ) so about
>     every 6 months they need changing . So off I go to Orellies for 2
>     new plugs , return home and put them in . It starts and runs for
>     about 5 seconds then dies . I know that it has gas because I put 5
>     gallons in the week before it quits . I check the fire which is
>     good , stick my finger into the plug hole to check for compression
>     which it does have a little , so me being the smart 82 year old
>     man I am ( almost 83 ) , I find and purchase a used motor ( it was
>     delivered in a 55 gallon drum with the top cut off ) and due to
>     the cold weather ( 45 & 50 * ) I put of installing it .
>
>     Now if you don`t know me , I have been a mechanic all my life and
>     owned my on business for the last 25 years before retiring and
>     selling it . In the latter part of 2020 , I began writing a short
>     story of my life ( My Dreams as a Small Child ) which my daughter
>     thought was very good and then had it published through Amazon
>     which turned out to be 199 pages . In this story I told all about
>     my experiences as a mechanic and how a man with a ninth grade
>     education , conquered his dreams .
>
>     So , yesterday evening while watching my son weld on a jet boat
>     and thinking of what someone recently posted  about the three
>     things needed for a motor to run, I`m sitting there thinking the
>     weather is getting warm and I need to make an attempt to replace
>     the Robbins motor , I got off of my dead butt , walked over to the
>     golf cart and thought I would give it one more try before making
>     the swap-out . Sprayed some starting fluid in the intake ( don`t
>     know if it was 30 % or 70 % either ) but low and behold , It
>     started and ran as long as I sprayed , looked at the fuel filter
>     and couldn't see any fuel moving thru so my thoughts now is a bad
>     fuel pump . So , before changing that out , I thought I would
>     stick a stick into the tank just to make sure it was full like it
>     was supposed to be and guess what ? It was completely empty . This
>     morning , I went and got fresh gas , filled the tank and in about
>     30 seconds , it was making music to my ears . Someone had stole
>     the gas one night ( which happens often where I live ) and made me
>     look pretty bad as a mechanic . If you would of told me that is
>     something that you did , my response would be , MECHANIC my ASS
>     and PLEASE don`t tell anyone else as this is kind of
>     embarrassing , you know what I mean .
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