[Stephen13]

I have a 2007 Yamaha G29 with an intermittent problem. It starts up, drives great, and I might not have any issues. Then again, it might stop running for no reason. The pause may last 1 minute or 1 hour, or anytime in-between. It might happen once, twice, ot three times in a trip. It's a crap shoot with this golf cart.

I changed the fuel filter, the vacuum powered fuel pump, along with a section of fuel line and thoroughly cleaned the carburetor. The problem might get better after an attempted fix but it will return.

I have voltage to the ignition relay and that's where I get lost. Money is a bit tight to at the moment, so I'd like to fix it myself.

Any repair ideas or suggestions?

* UPDATE *

- Over the weekend I was able to troubleshoot a little bit. I removed, disassembled, cleaned and reinstalled the stop switch. It was the easiest thing to do because my troubleshooting showed the battery and solenoid were good. I am a bit concerned about the ignition relay because my test showed the switch is good but the coil is bad. I'll retest after giving it a test drive. I'm also bringing the multimeter with me and do some quick tests if it happens again.

- Thursdays are unusually busy for me, so I'll have time to poke around the golf cart tomorrow. Thank you to everyone for your ideas and suggestions. I guess I'm the Tim "The Toolman" Taylor type of guy. I'll figure it out, hopefully before I run out of groceries!

* PROBLEM SOLVED *
I know it's been a few weeks, but I could endure the intermittent problem while I tried to figure it out. My attempts were inexpensive things I could, land wanted to, do. I thoroughly cleaned the carburetor early on, but replacement carburetors are inexpensive, so I took a chance. Nope, that didn't solve the problem. So what's the next logical step? I called Wille's Golf Cart Services.

The problem ended up being the coil. Notice in the last update the coil was a concern, but I really didn't want to guess on that. It's an expensive part (+$125) and a pain to replace. Thanks for all your suggestions and to Willie's Golf Cart Services 352-255-1369.