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  1. Bill Manke

    Aquamizer Reclaim System?

    I still have my aquamizer in just not using it. When I get time I try different things to see if I can get it to work. No luck so far.Has yours ever worked? when did you get yours
  2. Bill Manke

    Aquamizer Reclaim System?

    I have a Aquamizer. It is the biggest piece of junk. Never has worked and they went out of business about the time I was trying to get it up and running. They kept saying that nobody was having the type of problems that I had. Then one day they were gone.
  3. Bill Manke

    Mark 7 Off Tracks

    Do you have hubscrub. If so maybe they came in crooked it wedged on their back end of the car then they went in reverse and pushed it of the track. I had someone come in with a car dolly. They washed their car them when they were done tried to pull through the dolly hooked onto the gantry pulled...
  4. Bill Manke

    Weigand wash cards - want to sell yours?

    I have some of the barcode readers that can take the place of the weigand readers.If I remember right they wire in the same as the wiegands readers. If your interested I can look and see how many we have left.
  5. Bill Manke

    Water backing up in the bays

    Probably your main sewer lines is plud further up the line and you are getting your neighbors sewer. Do you have a clean out at the end of your tanks or the last place out before it goes to the main sewer. If so open it up and see if it is stopped up there. Then if it is get ahold of the sewer...
  6. Bill Manke

    Choosing a Credit Card System for Your Carwash...IN THIS ECONOMY?!!!

    My vote goes to Washcard. I went to the ICA shows clear back when Washcard first came out. It took me about 3 yrs before I made the decision to buy it. And since then I have probably upgraded it 2 times one being a major upgrade to all new equipment. Support of any technical issues has been the...
  7. Bill Manke

    GT 300 Low Pressure

    I have gto 300. I assume they have the same pump only difference is that the pump is off board. Have you tried to adjust the regulator. I usually run my top and side nozzles at 1000psi. In order to get them closer I run 1 size bigger top outside nozzles. This brings down the top boom pressure...
  8. Bill Manke

    Help! Customer just called....

    I would get there well before you meet him there. It will be alot easier to figure out the problem if you don't have someone looking over your shoulder. Does your treadle flip up? Could it have bounced up some how? One other thing you might want to look at your video and make sure his tire...
  9. Bill Manke

    Door bearings

    I replaced 4 doors from nylon to 1" bearings. I just used high quality bearings I'm not sure if they do make stainless. But the regular bearings work great. You can use the nylon bearing mounts you will just need to drill mounting holes. The nylon bushings were a joke. Alot of drag and I had...
  10. Bill Manke

    Error in IBA

    It would really help if you said about what year this machine is because they made those machines for quite a few years. Do you move your machine by putting in a test moce then stepping on treadle to move forward then step off then back on to move it back. If so and it wont move look at the...
  11. Bill Manke

    Dryer Purge Problem

    I remember that my old MarkVII had one up high. It is just teed in to the top boom as high up as possible so to break the syphon. The high pressure lines has a tee in it with the checkvalve on the tee with it open to the air so that if it trys to syphon it will be broke with air being sucked in...
  12. Bill Manke

    You can lose 20% of your customer base with same revenue

    I see all the time where everyone is saying to raise the price. My question is are you that busy that they are waiting to wash? I see at my wash that if it is slow it gets slower. If it is busy it stays busy. So it is a fine line on raising the price.
  13. Bill Manke

    Dryer Purge Problem

    I was just in South Dakota looking at the Blackhills. It is kinda hard to explain what to check for if you are not familiar with these automatics. I think there are check valves up high to allow the water to only drain to a certain point. They are up high on the boom line. they brake the suction...
  14. Bill Manke

    Standard Changer Pay Station?

    I have 2 Gaurdian XP's. They work great. I have to older American Changer Paystations at my other locations and want to replace those with the Standard Change Gaurdian XP. Tech support is really good if you have any problems or questions. What I like is they are simple and to the point. You...
  15. Bill Manke

    MarkVII Choice Wash pump motor full of water

    Just a heads up for anyone that has a MarkVII Choice Wash. I have a Pump motor that is sounding bad and would blow breaker. So when I got to checking it out, I took the wire junction box apart on the motor and it was full of water. There is a valve that drips a little bit of water above the...
  16. Bill Manke

    Phantom Shut Offs

    I had a ACW years ago. It had a problem with the relays where they connect in the back. It is kinda hard to explain but if you take relay assembly out of the cabinet and look at the back side of them they were all bare wire soldered from one connector to the next. they go right past each other...
  17. Bill Manke

    Bin Laden

    Sounds like you need new friends. I am glad they got him. And proud of to be American.
  18. Bill Manke

    My Competitor Made Some Quick Cash Today!

    When you do groupon they usually charge half of your asking price. So basically instead of $6 for each wash they are actually getting $3. I think it is more of a marketing tool just to give people a chance to try the place. I was going to do the groupon deal using washcards as my promotion but...
  19. Bill Manke

    Lustra Ultra Flex chemicals

    AP works good for me. The sales rep said the ultra flex was good and gave me a free try of it. In my area and my conditions just didn't work
  20. Bill Manke

    Lustra Ultra Flex chemicals

    I tried it on my automatic no luck. I kept one automatic with my original soaps and switched the other over. I ran it for a couple of weeks. At first I thought it was doing ok then when the cars really got dirty I couldn't switch it back fast enough. Didn't even come close to my original soap.
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