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  1. MEP001

    Adding a Triple Foam System

    Depends on where the gun is. I've talked to a lot of people who complained no one used it so they pulled it out, but those guys put the gun holder at the farthest back corner across from the meter box and HP gun holder. I put the gun at the same end of the bay opposite the meter box and gun...
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    Flojet Issues

    https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-1800-procon-replacement-v-band-clamps.aspx https://www.zoro.com/marathon-motors-pump-mtr-13hp-1725-100-120200-240v-48y-5kh33gna444x/i/G2525853/?q=5KH33GNA444X https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-1798-procon-rotary-pump-clamp-style-model-102a100r11bb.aspx Procon...
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    Tire Cleaner starts working as long as timer is on

    It's probably an issue with the PLC. I've never actually witnessed such an issue, but I know I've seen the end result: the PLC bypassed with multiplexers for each function. I've been dealing with a Super Saver lately where the tire cleaner and foam brush pumps are controlled by a multiplexer...
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    Quickbooks Expense

    You're right, that was the issue.
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    Quickbooks Expense

    I hate to tell you, but you're going to have to move to a smart phone soon since there aren't any flip phones that work on 5G. I'm with Verizon and they're totally shutting down 4G by the first of next year.
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    Why is Kleen-Rite Shipping so much?

    Having stuff shipped to a residence via UPS will increase the cost around 20%, more if it's rural (They add a fuel surcharge). I'll keep saying it, Kleen-Rite isn't screwing you on freight, but if you think they are, just call them. If they made a mistake they will adjust it.
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    Quickbooks Expense

    The last place I worked upgraded from Quickbooks 2003 in 2016. The 2003 was still fully functional for payroll, you just had to download current tax tables which is a single click. I was still using a flip phone until some time in August. It was almost ten years old so I figured it was time...
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    Quickbooks Expense

    Quickbooks Pro isn't a service, it's a single-user accounting software. Payroll service is where you just give that company (Obviously Intuit in this case) employee hours and they generate paychecks or auto-deposits and pay your tax bills from your accounts. How often depends on your payroll...
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    Cat Pump Help

    That's not normal. My busiest bays get 1500 hours a year and I don't change the seals every year.
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    Weep Mizer Setting

    Every needle valve I've seen is left to open, right to close. I've never seen a weep that will fan the spray with a weep gun and the trigger not pulled. My spot free rinse at 250 PSI barely fans without the trigger pulled.
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    Quickbooks Expense

    You should be able to use Quickbooks software to do payroll. It calculates deductions and generates bills to tax entities, you just have to print paychecks and manually pay the tax bills. Quickbooks basic payroll is only $22.50 plus $4 per employee per month, so it sounds like you're either...
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    Cat Pump Help

    What difference would that make if it were the case?
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    Quickbooks Expense

    Are you using Quickbooks Online or did you purchase the installable Quickbooks Pro? The former is an annual subscription, the latter is a one-time purchase, currently for sale on Amazon for $190.
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    Foam brush heads

    I put one in about four months ago. It looks like Greg's, still works but smushed. The real hogs hair brush wouldn't have lasted any longer and costs three times as much, so I'd gladly use them again if regular nylon wasn't a better fit for my customers.
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    Coleman Super Saver

    I replace the GC solenoids with a DEMA equivalent size diaphragm type which is cheaper and less prone to sticking. Either 473P for 3/8" or 474P for 1/2".
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    Cat Pump Help

    One of the plungers could be misaligned and wearing the low pressure seals prematurely, then it would start sucking air in through the bad seal or, as you've already seen, leaking from the seal when the weep is on.
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    Unwanted Person in SS bay

    I would say if he uses the wash, don't just run him off or have police issue a trespass notice as he is a customer, but you could either ask him politely to not park in a bay unless he's washing or post no loitering signs and make sure they're pointed out to him. Then if he doesn't comply with...
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    Chemical Brand Recognition

    I've done it in the self serve by labeling the trifoam as Simoniz, don't know if it helped or not.
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    I am armed while at my car wash

    Did you ever the story about the car wash that was built across the highway from town there in Mathis and how they thought all their employees were stealing for years?
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    Vote and pick my new car wash name

    I know several operators who have done that. They also involve themselves in school programs through direct donations, drives/fundraisers, paying for team uniforms, etc. It's pretty cheap advertising.
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