Foot controlled engine start and stop system for conversion of an off-road utility vehicle for use as a golf cart

In an off road vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an alternator, a starter motor, a battery, a brake, a magneto, an accelerator pedal, a key switch having an off position, a run position, and a start position;

• the starter motor operative only when the key switch is moved to the start position, control circuitry for selectively operating the vehicle as a pedal start vehicle wherein the starter motor operates when the accelerator pedal is depressed, and the engine stops when the accelerator pedal returns to a rest position thereof, the control circuitry including
• first circuit structure coupled to the magneto and to the starter motor, the first circuit structure responsive to movement of the accelerator pedal from a rest position to enable the engine to run and to energize the starter motor, and further to ground the magneto and deenergize the starter motor when the accelerator pedal returns to the rest position,
• a switch to selectively disable the first circuit structure and enable the vehicle to operate as a key start vehicle.

In an off road vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an alternator, a starter motor, a battery, a brake, a magneto, an accelerator pedal, a key switch having an off position, a run position, and a start position, the starter motor being operative only when the key switch is moved to the start position, control circuitry for selectively operating the vehicle as a pedal start vehicle wherein the starter motor operates when the accelerator pedal is depressed, and the engine stops when the accelerator pedal returns to a rest position thereof, the control circuitry including,

• first circuit structure coupled to the magneto and to the starter motor, the first circuit structure responsive to movement of the accelerator pedal away from a rest position thereof to enable the engine to run and to energize the starter motor,
• the first circuit structure further grounding the magneto and deenergizing the starter motor when the accelerator pedal returns to the rest position,
• the first circuit structure further preventing initiation of operation of the starter motor when the engine is rotating.