I Found this Golf Cart in the JUNKYARD!! 

I'm the handyman at a sporting campground and we started with one golf cart similar to that one. I rebuilt the starter, motor, and replaced the brakes. The owner was so happy, she bought 6 more similar Yamaha golf carts for me to fix up. They were all junks just like yours. I had to buy that tool, too. Replaced wire harnesses, filters, pistons, crankshafts, push rods, you name it. The cleaning ladies love them, they put their clean bedding and vacuum cleaners and cleaning buckets on the back and away they would go. It was so much fun running them that I might take up golf just to drive one every day.

My husband just saw that 3/8 and said he wanted one. Thank you for helping me with my Christmas shopping!

As a long time golf cart mechanic you'll regret taking off that governor. You can adjust it to get a few more mph out of it but until you lift it and put larger tires on it its not going to be a rocket. Check the valve adjustment while your doing a tune up too.

DC. You warm the cockles of my heart seeing you being this back on this cold sat morning

I've got to say this is one of the channels that are climbing my favorite channels list pretty quick.

IDK why I love these junkyard-fixeruper video's so much, but I do!, lol, thanks for sharing.

Great find, you have inspired me to go to the local yard and find one for myself!! thanks

Thanks for the share Matt. Love the guy with the ball.

You have such great stuff - living my dream life - your knowledge about so many things is amazing 👍

Good work ethic and I wish you every success, it's so nice to see a hard working man, I wish I had the energy now but I'm old and a little tired but I enjoy your videos and hope my Grandson works as hard as you when He's old enough!! Well done from over the pond!!

Love the stuff you drag home Neighbor. Best thing is you fix it up and get it working to use it around the house.

All I could think when you tried the different pullers was, - all that is needed there is to thread in a short bolt to push on that undersize one that is already in the clutch...

this was the cart of my youth, my 13 yo self at the time did about everything you could to make this one faster. if you havent messed with it since youll find even with the limiter removed its still not a road burner and at which point it is the motors way over revved. biggest improvement is a full size lawnmower tire will fit no problem on the back gets much better traction and increases the ratio a bit. then just crank the governor screw all the way in. that actually starts pretty normal they were always finicky till moving. A carb stud pulled out of the head over the years, and my clutch failed too, but other than that it was a awesome cart for a million miles.

I do the same to remove those clutches , I use the undersized bolt like you did but I found a bolt that fit the threads for the puller... I ended up welding them together and now have them in my box of tricks! I've made a few now lol

Use it in the snow ❄️ to get your projects done before nighttime if you want to try it you will like it 🪙🪙🪙

Great find and Fix, thanks for the Video.

I especially liked when you broke the shive for the generator belt.

Buggies gone wild is a good forum for golf cart repairs and modifications.

Love your videos. Informative and no bulls#&t.

Watching all the videos on the channel and this is the first time I've ever heard Matt cuss.

Nice job - thank you for the videos!

You have got great skills! Now I want to disassemble my new golf cart and recreate it. Got a refurbished one from SWFL Golf Carts and had to pay quiet an amount for it, but it easily one of the best ones I have ever used

“Nothing can go wrong” ...failure is always an option!!!

I love how you just finally caved and bought the puller! LOL

I’d suggest getting everything tightened up and heating the pulley to expand it - then tighten it a bit more....and then give the centre bolt on the puller a good sharp cuff with a hammer. The shock usually jars them loose.

great find.

Awesome find !!

love your work Matt watching from queensland Australia

I love your channel, but I really want the part 2 to this video. Keep up the good work!

Good ole Yamaha G2/G9. 285cc single cylinder 4 stroke. About 9.5 hp. Love em!

I had one years ago. I took that super quiet but restrictive muffler off and fabbed a downpipe out of rigid conduit and a regular mower muffler. It needs some backpressure to run right but it wakes the thing up torque wise. We pulled a large garden dump trailer as full as would stay put with it and it would spin the tires taking off. Good old cart. I wish I still had it.

What a sweet find!

Great find. Amazing what people junk.

And the roadside find king is born.

Love it!

Great video bro and a neat find. I see it even came with air conditioning. Stay safe

I have the same thing in my Tayor Dunn Industrial Truck. I was amazed how expensive the parts were

I have a flat punch bit that I hit the top of the puller shaft with a few short burst from the air chisel and, POP, it works like magic every time. As long as there is a good mount of pulling force, it works perfectly every time.

You have found the neatest things lately,& not have a lot of money in!

17:05 "Oh look a dime!" lmao the junkyard paid YOU to take it away 😂

You got a good one its a Yamaha G9, I work on golf carts for a living, you got a Comet clutch noisy but effective will work very nicely for you. Put the air box back on those engines are designed to run with a certain amount of air bet you have to run it with the choke almost closed. The tool is 35 bucks for the clutch, wrap it with a hammer sometimes they will pop. Brushes in the starter usually need replaced other than that they will run forever. That cart will last forever parts over the place ebay and the net. Nivel parts is a big one.

If it’s later model, it probably could use the valves being adjusted. Easy to do,and definitely a power increase. Kawasaki engines are good lasting. But most people don’t know about the adjustable rockers, until it’s too late, or problems with the starter and the major power loss. I’m figuring Matt, you probably already know about this. Just trying to help you out.

Hi Matt - did You make a part 2 on this?? Love Your channel!

What a great opening 😂😂😂

Tim from Canada my suggestion would’ve been when you had the gas tank out I would’ve cleaned it up a bit and maybe spray-painted it and if you take the parts out I will maybe clean them up and spray paint them different colours just so it looks different

Wish my dump would sell items but once something goes in there they keep it and bury it.

I’ve got the same cart. It’s a Yamaha G2. I found mine for $200 and I’ve put a bunch of money into it! Drive clutch an electric fuel pump and the high torque kit for the driven pulley. I’ve got an old video of it on RU-vid I’ll get an updated one up soon. They’re super fun project carts. I put super lug tractor tires on mine and it does some insane hill climbs now and goes thru a good foot of mud. These Yamahas are tanks.

Rattle can paint job coming right up

The entrance was hilarious

Junkyard golf cart rescue. 😀

Lol 19:06 Was that a very quiet MeatBall I just saw? Lol A little Monster!! Maybe a Slobber Monster! I really like him.. I think i might get a dog like him some day!

It sure is beautiful in your neighborhood.

Great choice on the old bolt, i got screwed once by using a new bolt.🤣

That's perfect for a small town like that.

Chinesium haha love that word. We all want to support the local economy we just can't afford it and sometimes we just have no choice

I was looking forward to the carb adjustment. Hope it’s in part 2.

Good pick

absolute madlad

Nice !!

There's a throttle control on these you see today. It should be the same system on this one but you can take a stick and pry it wide open or take a piece of string and tie it where it holds it wide open but the only problem with that is you only have 2 speeds and that's stop and haul ass. There's not much in between.

Muy buen arreglo de tu carrito de golf y muy, muy barato,.-

Looks like an excellent candidate for a Rust-Oleum white paint job

Good video. I can't find a second video on the golf cart. Did you make one or give up on it?

Cool find but dude, that garage is getting FULL. 😎

looks like a good old golf cart

Yep one man's junk is another man's treasure. Lol.

that filter looks like a genius design

Paint it neon green! :D

Should have put some hose clamps on that new fuel line! Haha!

Cool golf carts new a way outta price. But a used one can be the perfect thing.

My friend bought a used EzGo gas cart. The oil filter was located such, that it was impossible to get off! Only a tiny amount of room to swing the ratchet wrench.

You should have tried the water and teflon trick for the clutch!

When I play with myself I use just one hand seems to work out just fine

I really was rooting for ya when you go out the pullers but when you said "so I had to order this part" I just laughed laughed. At least you've got it now

Amazing it took breaking a pulley and even after that boogering up the shaft with a pipe wrench how to prove that you had to get the right tool for the job amazing Matt I knew you'd get it though. I would say that was a pretty good deal for the money oh, a little tune up and a paint job and you can probably sell that sucker pretty quick. Stay safe and stay well and as always God bless

Now you can do golf cart WHEELIES. LOL.

Old snowmobile trick....take the bolt out of the clutch...then fire up the motor....now CAREFULLY use a 2 x 4(like a prybar) to push (sideways pressure) against the clutch. After a few seconds of pretty heavy pressure it should pop off

What a steal.

with all your equipment you could build your own PAR 3 practice hole, complete with tree and other stuff as hazards.

You sure are a glutton for punishment but your enthusiasm exceeds all your obstacles. Continue on

strangest way to remove clutch 1 tip cart on side 2 fill bolt hole with water part way up threads 3 find a bolt to fit threads and crank it in. works for snowmobiles too

Mu OCD was killing me looking at that crud on the gas tank lol...

That’s a cool dritbike in the background still have it brother

11:22, Appears you forgot about the other 2 starter/generator Mounting bolts to tighten...?

I laughed my ass off. You're funner than Buggs Bunny

Same set up as a snow mobile. Old snojets even had the starter gen .

working on anything one handed has gotta be PIA...lol..Happy and Safe Holidays Mate..

If you take the governor off don't hold it to the floor

It was in the junkyard for a reason .the owner got a brand new golf cart and didnt want to put anymore money into the old one

Nice YZ, ever take it off any sweet jumps ? haha

👍👍👍👍Famous last words " There's a special puller bolt you're supposed to buy that I was too cheap to buy"..., so lets see if we can get it off..... When it comes to personal tools... a 3/8's swivel is the cat's ass and people who don't own a piece of rebar 1 inch x 4 feet long with a battered / flattened end....don't know how to have fun. After viewing the video most people said to themselves------- " That's me! "Been there..., "Did that... So what's the problem..? I don't see any problem.. You work with what you got... "And if that fails..... Why buy something if you only need it once? …, I bet that piece of rebar has a thousand stories to tell how.., how handy it is and how it saved the day a thousand times over.. I know .. I own a piece of rebar that is 5 ft long, I use it to dig post holes, demolition, chip ice, remove tree stumps and what ever else besides prying.. Keep it real brother, don't change a thing, good honest vids! Bottom line.., They are the cheap bastids.. the bolt should have been included with the clutch assembly.

That dewalt ur using must be fairly new I see it still has bits still clicked in it lol my grandkids lose those the 1st day

Hose clamps man. The fuel will swell the rubber in time and iui t will leak again

Noticed the new belt.

Bought me a set of Gearwrench wobble sockets because of your videos

Did you oil the threads on your puller? Should do that with each use then clean up excess oil when done

You are very talented. How about clamps on fuel hose

it is a real bugger when you have to pay more for the puller than you do for the cart!

Looks like you went ahead and put a new starter belt on.

Is it still alive? Have you done more with it? I'd like to see it run without the governor...