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Not a kit, you'll need to remove the manifold assembly and the plungers. Replace all seals/washers/o-rings, use threadlock and torque to spec. https://www.catpumps.com/sites/default/files/products/pdfs/3535_K%281%29.pdf https://www.catpumps.com/sites/default/files/products/pdfs/35FR2Svc.pdf

3-phase motors are usually rated to run +/- 10% voltage. Running a 230v motor on 208V is within that 10%, so no harm will come to the motor, and you don't need to limit the horsepower use to prevent overheating.

Never mix hydraulic oils. If there's something that will work besides what is currently in it, you'd need to change it all. If there's something in it that doesn't look like what should be in it, change it all. FWIW, I picked up a 2 gallon jug of ISO 68 oil from Tractor supply for about $30...

Why is is obviously that? I've seen a number of Belanger Vector units installed wrong that wore themselves out early. The distributor was technically at fault, but they just lied to the owner and said whatever they had to to keep the blame off themselves. One loudmouth tech said it was an...

No, I just think of a song I like. Like... Let it go, let it go...

My guns are actually rusting apart from the inside and falling off. I just ordered a set of these to replace them all - hopefully the stainless will last longer. They're only like a dollar more than the steel pipe ones. https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-5205-ss-rubber-coated-blue-foam-gun.aspx

Where is the wash located? I know someone who says he can get anyone financed on a car wash.

You'll want to back it off - it probably came off a pump that was failing and someone cranked it all the way down trying to increase the pressure. Normal self-serve bay pressure is 1000-1200 PSI. Adjust it with the trigger pulled, and if the gauge stops climbing as you tighten it, adjust it...

Who has the best price on tokens nowadays? I'm currently using .984 diameter 85/15 tokens (the same ones that come in a Slugbuster II/III) and mixing them into the changer with the quarters. I'm not having any issue with tokens coming from arcades or other washes, so I'd just as soon stay with...

You definitely can shim it if you need to, in fact it should be angled down a few degrees. You have it almost perfectly horizontal.

You either press one of the buttons on the back or pass a magnet across the front of the timer. Many years ago I was working on an in-bay auto, and when I was done and leaving I noticed a line of three cars behind one bay where someone was washing, and the others were empty, so I went back...

I'm sure no one will mind what you post as long as you don't try to pull forum members' questions away and into your business like you tried once before.

If you're the best in town, you can charge appropriately for it. 50¢ to start might be a good grand re-opening price, but you'll be the one getting the worst customers that make the biggest messes if you plan to run it that way. I'm $1.50 for 3 minutes - my nearest competition was $1.00 for...

The Royal Sovereign units Sam's Club sells are definitely good units for the price. This is the least expensive sorter in that brand I could find: https://www.royalsovereign.com/cash-management/bill-counters-money-counters-cash-counters/rbc-ep1600-discriminator-bill-counter.html We had a coin...

The trick to good foaming is in the generator above the boom (unless you use the GinSan guns which are something like $150 apiece). I've got to make a bunch - I'll post some pictures. I use the Hamel triple foam gun, which is just a triggerless gun, 3/8" in and a 1/4" stub to hold a tip...

Nope. I've seen this exact system in a dozen car washes. They're all over Texas.

I'm sure the Harbor Freight filters are not intended for gas lines. How often do you need to drain the water out of them?

The timed hot goes directly from the timer to the rotary switch. It's something you eliminated in the wiring when you removed the old timer. Now you have two spare wires for adding a function or two.

Just remove all the relays and bases and run the motor out from the switch direct to the contactor. The latching relays were there for the start/stop buttons in the bays and won't work anymore.

You only have eight positions now, right? Assuming in clockwise order with Stop at the top, tire cleaner, presoak, soap, foam brush, rinse wax, spot free, there are currently no unused wires. You'll remove coin pulse to the timer in the room and timed load back to the switch, so you'll have...