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I would start by turning up the amplifiers for the T-bar eyes located in the J3 box on the bridge. That will help the T-bar eyes penetrate the mist better and see one another. Normally, the amplifiers are set to 4 but when it gets cold may have to be turned up to 6. If that doesn't work, then...

Since you are still at the beginning stages of this project. I would highly recommend that you hire a car wash consultant to come in and help you get all the market information and numbers correct, so that you can make an informed decision about what the wash will realistically generate. It is...

Take a spare tire and go and talk to your local car tire carriers. There is nothing special about the tires for the LW 4000 and High Velocity. You can get them from lot of places like farm supply stores, some small hardware stores, and Grainger. The tire is used on certain wheel barrows and...

I agree Robert, you should be an equipment sales person. You are suggesting that MDrost1 spend between $100,000 and $120,000 to replace his LW 4000 with a newer Laserwash 360 in order to gain 2 extra cars an hour, assuming he has a free standing dryer. Yet he could spend $8,500 on a 3X Color...

I will grant you that the marketing has been eclipsed by the newer inverted L's, but the 4000's technology is still sound if you are trying to clean with a touchless wash. The newer machines offer slight improvements in speed, most of which can be gained by the LW4000 through pods and...

My experience has been when a VT card is working and just stops measuring correctly on both sides. The VT card has gone bad. If you know both ultrasonics are working properly, and none of your keep out, abort, and buffer settings have changed. Then the only other real possibility is a wire...

The Motor Forward Input and Motor Reverse Input are located on the four pin connector at the bottom center of the VT card known as the J5 connection. Pin 3 is wired to Y30 and is the Motor Forward Input. Pin 4 is wired to Y31 and is the Motor Reverse Input. The Motor Forward Output and Motor...

I used Quest for a couple of years, but eventually went a different direction with our chemicals. My biggest competitor uses it and raves about it. It is a good line up and I would recommend it. It just wasn't what I was looking for.

GoBuckeyes, I have used the Geneeral Pump 1/2" checks but not the 3/4". I know another operator that decided to use a 3/4" Fluid Control Check Valve in the place of the Parker Valves. He has run it for a year so far, and it seems to still be working. It is about $40.00 from Kleen-Rite. In...

If it is a blue foam cover then it is a Wash World cover. PDQ offers a black foam cover or a Teal plastic cover from the M5. These are the covers I use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQce8qx-8uA#t=43 they need to be replaced every 7-8 years because they will begin to fade over time. They...

For spare parts I would recommend some shear pins, a set of eyes and proximity sensors, a set of fuses, a couple of spare injectors, a spare danfoss valve, a set of small check valves, a set of injector tips, some extra soap hose, and unless you can get a spring hose 7 days a week a spare spring...

Check your programming this feature should already exist. If you do not have the Danfoss Solenoid wired yet you will need to wire it. The LW4000 has three low pressure only solenoids and up to four high pressure solenoids that can be fired when the high pressure pump is on. The four high...

If you unhook a sonar from the VT board it should go to the limit on just that side.

I have used it to broadcast baptisms in the US to grandparents in Germany and video chat with friends, but I have never used it for business. I have used gotomeeting.com for business video conferences.

Since you have replaced the cards and their bases, have you checked the communications cable that connects them to the controller. They get breaks in them from opening and closing the door over time. It is cheaper than a new controller.

Just out of curiosity. Why use powder presoak instead of liquid concentrate? I use to use powder but the concentrate works better and doesn't require mixing. The cost per car wasn't that much more and it is a lot easier to work with.

It might help if we knew what kind of washes you are looking to operate. What you would need to operate 3 SS versus 3 IBAs would be different. Either way you will need to have clearly defined processes and excellent management skills. You will also need to decide if you want to operate all...

Currently, I have not had any luck with social media in directly selling car washes, but it has been invaluable for our charity wash program. It gets lots of views and generates comments during the time of the year that we run our charity washes. I use it to report how much each group makes...

I have never installed a water reclaim system at a self serve location, but we did just install one at an iba location. It is a Con-Serv unit. It requires regular service, but it appears to be paying off so far.

Our trash cans are built into our Vac Isles. We use a cut down 55 gallon drum as a liner and place a 35 gallon Brute or Rubbermaid trash can inside. You can save some money by not using trash bags, but if you use the 3 mil 42 gallon trash bags it makes dealing with the trash really simple...