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kleen-ritecorp.com has everything, and I doubt you'll get a better price. I still recommend buying a couple used stands since you should be able to get everything you need for possibly $1000 plus shipping. One new pump with mounting kit will be around $900 with tax and shipping. Cat part #...

You already asked this, there's no reason to bring up a seven year old thread just to ask again.

One would have to sift through them manually.

I don't like direct drive setups because they tend to be louder and some of the setups can be more expensive. If I had to go with direct drive, I'd use the type with a Lovejoy coupler instead of the more compact ones with a hollow shaft motor. Those motors are almost twice as expensive. IMO...

Look for used car wash equipment. Someone just posted a couple pump stands in the for sale section that you could just wire and plumb water. You'd have to build or buy an auto-start system. They're simple in operation, uses the same motor contactor system but includes an off-delay timer, and...

I sit in my vehicle with the AC on and set the timer with the remote when I have to do a bunch of them. IMO, no one reads the timer beyond seeing what the start-up price is. I set them to RTRO, which displays the price static on the display.

You've done that by posting here. Getting to know other wash operators IRL would be a waste of time in my opinion. Nine out of ten don't have a clue how to run a really good wash. Visit a few, try them, and recognize the things you would improve if it was yours. I will reiterate that...

What is the check valve next to the Paraplate regulator for?

It may or may not blow lines. A lot of older washes have a Procon pump and no check valve between the solenoids and the tank, so there's nothing to build up pressure and blow the lines. If your tire cleaner comes out of the same wand as the high pressure, there is a check valve somewhere.

Car washes and the solenoids they use are typically 24V AC. You can't use diodes on AC voltage. It turns it into pulsating DC. Are there pumps that come on when a low pressure function is selected?

It's a multi-faceted approach. Most obvious is location. It should have good visibility, good access, and good traffic. It should also have many rooftops nearby, preferably apartments. Don't look at a car wash and wonder how you're going to get people there by advertising or having the...

You don't happen to have a lathe, do you?

'Cause you have it on a separate gun.

I'm 99% sure it's the oversize tip. Paraplate regulators don't go bad without leaking water from the weep hole, nor do they go bad without having been leaking for a while. You said there are no check valves at the boom. Do you have tire cleaner or presoak? If you do, there are absolutely...

Either, they regulate the same way. You have a Paraplate BR5-2 balanced pressure regulator.

Did you ever check the tip?

No, it's not mine. I first got it in an email over 25 years ago.

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I use blue Loctite when I build manifolds. It will seal if they're hand tight and will keep parts from turning, but unless you really wrench down hard it's not excessively difficult to disassemble. Anything that might ever need to get replaced gets Teflon taped. Yes, not such a big deal with...

I've had that happen at least a dozen times over the years, and not just paint. Used motor oil several times, some sort of thick grease, something that looked like spray foam or at least acted like it, enough nails to build a couple houses, a whole 80 pound bag of concrete. One guy would put a...