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True enough. That's why I try to have a universal size for Air, and water solenoids as well as pressure regulaters, Timers, flashers and coin acceptors. Keep a couple of spares of each on hand. My DRB relay boxes contain spare relays as well.

We know water conservation is an issue. Some ideas: Controllers like DRB have a “Flash” option for functions. Is Flash / Pulse for the water feeds to the cloth smart or dumb? Example: Better to pulse 3 #10 Nozzles or steady stream of 3 #05 Nozzles? How many and what size nozzles or rain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ8z5Klq2W4 Custom Bubbler V1. Having seen bubblizer / Lava arches from NS and AVW, I decided to try and make my own. From what I know of their units I have made some changes to mine. 1. There is no float valve in the unit. The flo jet simply starts with the...

I am not sure if it was Houston or not, but it was the first and perhaps only location I saw vdors and Changers "In Jail' basicaly a cage cosntructed of rebar so you could reach your hand thru to deposit $ and retrieve items.

FWIW apparently Sonny's monitors this board. Anthony A tracked me down and offered some suggestions like starting the mitter later and trying the microclean plus a new material they have in the works which is scheduled to debut at the ICA show.

FWIW applying to stopped equipment is basicaly a waste of $.

It may be partly that, but to an extent it is unavoidable. If you have a roller behind the front whell pulling and one or more safety rollers behind the rear tire, some cars will lose th roller under the front wheel due to underinflated tires, misalignment, driver error, dragging brakes etc...

We could make a list of 4 letter words that are critical to this business. I will start. Wash Dirt Rain Snow Salt Blow - Air dryers of course Suck - Vacuum, naturaly. Weep (not the crying kind) Coin / Cash

Therein lies the issue. The question must not have been clear. We all seem to agree that for flushing & lubrication the material be it filament, cloth of some type or foam needs to be flushed with a slippery liquid. There also seems to be a consensus that too much foam on the car may be...

We all know it's important to apply soapy water to wash material for lubrication and cleaning. Foaming the initial application is great for show. Many setups seem to have foamers further down the tunnel applying more foam before some equipment like wraps. Also good for show. With a sit...

Simplest idea is swap with timer from another bay. See if problem follows the timer or stays with the bay and go from there.

Funny you should ask. Never an issue with a Vac Island. I guess the surface area is reelatively large compared to the weight. But I just had to straighten a Coleman Vendor Island tht's only about 18" wide by 8ft long and 4 Feet high. I think the lean may have started with it being hit.

Take note of the term "Light Truck" Had a 24 Foot rental truck hit a concrete Island I had which was 2x2x8 solid concrete and move it. Had solid cement 30" diameter by 2 feet High knocked over. HAd Settling cause coduit to break under Coleman Islands. This expeience has taught me not to...

Have made numerous islands using plywood forms and block / concrete or Sonotubes. IMNSHO the most attractive Islands are Stainless steel or aluminum. Pricey but little maintenance to keep looking great. Never use foundations. No longer run conduit under and up into forms. Too many times someone...

Had 2 suggestions to start mitter later. Have changed timing so it statrts when bumper is at last row of cloth seems to have solved problem which was aloud "Thunk" as all that wet cloth initialy hit the front of the car.

1. If I had to guesstimate I would say less than 1% fo the vehicles in Chicagoland have whitewalls so whether or not it gets white walls clean is not a consideration. 2. I have tried the poodle and the wheel wonder from Erie. Nte that some unit modifications needed to be made to accommodate the...

I'd like to hear from others vis a vis thoughts on comparative cleaning effectiveness of foam vs cloth. Rotational speeds etc.

Don't know what this means "61ft- single arch housing 5 blowers, i believe have 10"wheels angled inward toward wash tunnel." 10" wheels? I don't know that you need to do anything major. 10 ft is a little short on drip space but not much you can do. Drip space is as much a factor of time...

Interesting. I have a pair of aluminum belanger wraps and a couple of mitters still in use that I think were installed in 1985 or so. Still look good.

I don't think the country is as important as having custom specs that may be difficult to source. Sherman was probably all from UA but you still couldn't get the stuff anywhere else.