Pre-Operation Checklist; Performance Inspection - Club Car Gasoline Service Manual

Safety Committee, Continued:
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• Maintaining golf cars in a safe driving condition.
• How various rules are to be enforced.
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The safety committee should include all these items and such others as the committee feels necessary or
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appropriate.

PRE-OPERATION CHECKLIST

Your CLUB CAR has been thoroughly inspected and adjusted at the factory, and also by your CLUB CAR
distributor/dealer. However, upon arrival of your new CLUB CAR(s), you should become familiar with its con-
trols and operation, and carefully inspect each vehicle to be satisfied that it is in proper working condition
before accepting delivery.
Use the following checklist as a guide to inspect your new vehicle. Any problems should be corrected only by
your CLUB CAR distributor/dealer or a trained technician.
• General: All the parts should be in place and properly installed. Be sure that all nuts, bolts, and screws
are tight. On the DS Gasoline vehicle, check all hose clamps for tight fit as well as the starter belt for
tightness.
• Warning Labels: Check to ensure that all warning and operation labels are in place (See the Vehicle
Identification pages at the beginning of the vehicle Owner's Manual).
• Tires: Check for proper tire pressure (See Capacities, Section 4, Page 4-4).
• DS Electric Batteries (all models): Check electrolyte to ensure that it is at its proper level (See Fig-
ure 22-7, Section 22, Page 6). Check battery posts. Wires should be tight and free of corrosion.
Charge batteries fully before first use of vehicle.
• DS V-Glide Speed Switch: Be sure speed switch cover is properly secured prior to operating the vehi-
cle.
• DS Gasoline Engine: Check for proper engine oil level (See Section 13, Page 47).
• DS Gasoline Fuel: Check fuel level.
WARNING
• BE SURE THE PLASTIC HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEAT BOTTOM BEFORE OPERAT-
ING THE VEHICLE. FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN A FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE,
PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.

PERFORMANCE INSPECTION:

After you have familiarized yourself with the vehicle's controls and have read and understood the driving
instructions, take the vehicle for a test drive. Check the following:
All Vehicles:
• Brakes: Be sure that the brakes function properly. Both rear wheels should brake simultaneously. The
pedal should not go more than halfway to the floor. If it does, have the brake system checked.
• Park Brake: The park brake should lock the wheels when latched, and should release when either the
accelerator or brake pedal is depressed.
• Steering: The vehicle should be easy to steer and should not have any play in the steering wheel.
• Accelerator: As the accelerator pedal is depressed, the engine or motor should start and the vehicle
should come up smoothly to full speed. When the pedal is released it should return to the original posi-
tion and the engine or motor should stop. The DS Electric vehicle runs at reduced speed in reverse.
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