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I would not go to the trouble to rehab a fusion X (overly complex machine) but Your machine is the E fusion and is a decent machine.It will do a better job than many brands new machines out there. Unless it has extensive damage from a lightning strike you could do an pretty extensive rehab on...

I put them in two automatic bays about three-four years ago but I used double the recommended lights. So far, so good.

I'm no longer a fan of vending. It's the lowest grossing piece of equipment and the net is a fraction of a single vacuum. I don't think vending will make or break any site. My vending machine probably grosses 200-300 a Month at one site, less than that at another. Just not worth the hassle...

Yeah, Buster Brown at Townco is still around I believe. Gotta admit that is not a sleek unit but will work if budget demands. But holy cow did they take up a lot of space! But if you want all new I can understand too. I've got a friend who has been in the business for 40 years. He recently...

Agree you don't need four membranes but the controls are in place. Never understood why techs struggle with RO. A production system could be as simple as a membrane, pump, a float switch, pressure switch with a time delay relay, a couple of valves and a regulator.Many manufacturers make one...

I will add that my current thinking is most any pump unit made after the mid-late 90s and sits on a stainless stand is probably worth looking at rebuilding. If a completely new reload is not financially feasible a good tech can come in and work with what you have and make a very reliable system...

Whats wrong with your system? What's your incoming water quality and street pressure? There is a four membrane purclean system on one of the car wash Facebook groups that someone is asking 5K for.

I will only say that any comp washes through the use of gift cards, codes, etc. to customers should be given to customers that drive clean cars. I know that is counter intuitive but the cleaner the car, the more likely they care about the way their car looks and are more likely to be a...

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I don't think it's Mark VII simply because there are no mystery black box controllers that only the engineers knew what they did. Although the bays were modular like that. Whoever made it I bet a manual is not available. It looks easy enough for a decent tech to figure out what it going on...

Don't know if this helps but The Istobal IBA uses Kuriyama 5/8 (16mm) air brake tubing for chemicals. It holds up fine to everything except tire cleaner. My tire cleaner makes the tubing very brittle in less than a year and it breaks in the energy chain. I talked to a couple of the techs at...

I use 3/8" but 5/16” is the sweet spot for changeover time and not excessive friction loss in the longer runs. I tried 1/4" and I felt the loss was too great. I was having to dial up pressure to 1600 at the pump gauge to get 1000 at the gun. You could use 1/4” from manifold to trigger gun to...

Looking at MSRP on chemquest total chemical- cost is listed as cents per ml Plazma 66 mls @1.26=.84 Plummet 74mls@.83=.62 Total presoak costs=1.45/car Prizm don't know Zenith 32ml@1.7=54.4 Nova 28ml@1.3= 36.4 Estimating prizm (probably high)at .50 you're looking at...

I don't think I've ever had a mercury relay go bad but there's not a lot of stuff to go wrong in there. Does it blow when you power it up or just when you start it?

It's hard to build a true super concentrate Touchfree presoak. Quest has one that might work (4wd hi)at maybe 150:1. Friction IBA can use it much more diluted and might get 500 cars out of 2.5. Definitely more expensive than powders but I can get 150-200 cars out of 2.5 gallon container in a...

You can take one of your injectors lines and flush it with water and put it in a bucket of water and connect to the injector. Put the other line in your high pH presoak. Run and collect a sample and get it in an acceptable titration range for cleaning. That ensures that you get the right amount...

I'm using this barb with screw in dema/hydraflex tips. It seems to work fine and I've been able to use hyper concentrates without diluting or double tipping. It fits on the hydrominder eductor. I also use the 1/4" poly line and have no intentions of ever going back to the 1/2" lines. On...

Rickdm don't mean to confuse you. Try what your rep recommends, just realize that it is not the Bible.

My reasoning is some products get too foamy if you just keep dialing them up. Foam in itself can actually impair the cleaning process- more is not necessarily better. It also makes rinsing more difficult.

If a chemical has the power to stripe it has the power to clean. If a car is striping you've either got 1)inconsistent product application 2)clogged HP nozzle(s) or 3) the machine is moving too fast. Your chemical rep likely adjusted air injection and thinned out the foam to make a more...