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  1. 8th Street Car Wash

    Electric vehicle charging stations

    I have a car rental fleet, and we just put in a level 2 charger to charge electric vehicles that come from other rental locations. (Electric rental cars are a terrible idea, but we have to deal with the times). It takes about 8-9 hours to charge a vehicle like a chevy Bolt from 10% to 95% on our...
  2. 8th Street Car Wash

    water distiller

    @Waxman Great Idea! Headed to Amazon right now!
  3. 8th Street Car Wash

    JE Adams Combo Vac silver button high failure rate

    I must just be lucky, but I'm going on 6 years with my JE Adams combo shampooer with extremely heavy use and have never had one of the buttons or their LED's fail. I have a spare button in my ER, but still haven't had to use it.
  4. 8th Street Car Wash

    Marketing for Self Serve and IBA

    Definitely give away as many free washes as possible to charities, fundraisers, school sports teams etc. We often give gift cards to silent auctions or giveaways in our community, because every new face is a new possible customer. When it comes to fundraising for schools and sports teams, we...
  5. 8th Street Car Wash

    Cold

    We close when it gets 20 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Not as much of the super cold weather here though in Northwest Washington State, and we don't have heated pads, so it becomes a slipping hazard.
  6. 8th Street Car Wash

    Winter shampoo concentrate

    @Greg Pack How did the Meguiars APC and antifreeze windshield washer fluid work out for you? We have a cold front coming in this next week and apparently ordered the non-concentrate winter formula for our wash by accident. Thinking of trying this when the weather gets down to single digits.
  7. 8th Street Car Wash

    310 manifold washout

    Thank you Iceman, I will try this next time I'm replacing my seals. What do you usually lube the seals with? I've looked through the CAT manual, and it just states to "lubricate each seal chamber in manifold head" but not what to lubricate it with. I had an old rep that used petroleum jelly, but...
  8. 8th Street Car Wash

    310 manifold washout

    I had IDS sleeve two of my 5cp2150w heads. They have held up extremely well. Only downside is that it seems like it is more difficult to get in the high pressure seals after they have been sleeved.
  9. 8th Street Car Wash

    Installing a rollover carwash but my bay is only 28' long

    My two cents... We extended our bay to 34 feet to fit a Mark VII softwash. The softwash is the same gantry as the choice wash, just with different options. We still get complaints about our machine's side brushes not reaching the rear of long pickup trucks and SUV's. I would highly advise not...
  10. 8th Street Car Wash

    Offset/Z-Boom options

    @OurTown Yes that is the replacement swivel. We ARE a busy wash, but these swivels also tend to start leaking on low pressure functions pretty quickly, and are expensive. Like clockwork as soon as one of the swivels starts leaking in one bay, within 2 weeks the swivel will start leaking in the...
  11. 8th Street Car Wash

    Offset/Z-Boom options

    Our Mosmatic z booms are a pain in the butt to replace the 90 degree swivel on, and it seems you have to use their proprietary swivels. (Maybe somebody on here has found a better option). We end up having to replace said swivels about every 6 months. Great looking booms though!
  12. 8th Street Car Wash

    WashTech error code -can I fix it or call tech?

    Just like the tread on a tire they wear down over time, creating less pressure on the rail as the wheel gets smaller. You can adjust the tension on the gum wheel with a bolt up above the wheel. There are like 4 big nuts that you have to loosen first, then you can adjust the tension so that it...
  13. 8th Street Car Wash

    Trigger Gun

    Most likely yes, we bought non-weep mosmatic guns several years ago by accident and smoked the seals in one of our CAT 5CP2150W's within a day.
  14. 8th Street Car Wash

    WashTech error code -can I fix it or call tech?

    Also I forgot to mention that you can check to make sure a limiter switch is working by placing something metallic under the sensor and seeing if the led light on the sensor lights up. If the sensor doesn't light up when something metal is under it, it is either a bad sensor, or bad wire. This...
  15. 8th Street Car Wash

    WashTech error code -can I fix it or call tech?

    @gomerpyle I would start by cleaning all of your limiter switches, make sure there is no build up or anything blocking them (soda cans stuck under the gantry etc.) . Also they are distance sensitive, I believe you are shooting for about the thickness of a nickel between the limiter switch and...
  16. 8th Street Car Wash

    Repair/ replace solenoid for spot free

    @cbchevy4x4 Thank you, you were spot on, called Pur Clean and they set me up with the correct part numbers right away. For anybody else ever in this situation: Solenoid rebuild kit: KM211N5G5 Replacement Upper Solenoid: AC211YN02N9-G5 Replacement Lower Solenoid: BD211YN02N9-G5
  17. 8th Street Car Wash

    Repair/ replace solenoid for spot free

    We have a 4500 GPD PurClean RO system and one of the solenoids has been leaking and running water directly down the drain. I cant find any information online about this specific solenoid (we purchased this RO system used with no history in 2018). Does anybody know if there is a repair kit or...
  18. 8th Street Car Wash

    AirShamee Boom Mount Location?

    We have both HP and FB mounted to a beam over the top of our bays, then Shamee on the left (drivers side wall), and Tricolor on the right (passenger side). No trouble with tangling since the booms are all angled to swing back to the wall. Not sure how it would work if our HP and FB were mounted...
  19. 8th Street Car Wash

    Trouble calling IDX

    I tried contacting IDX recently and the phones weren't working either, so I sent an email to their contact email that was listed... no response and it has been at least 3 weeks. Now their entire website is down also as mentioned by Greg. Both of my bays and all of my vacuums are running IDX...
  20. 8th Street Car Wash

    Car wash consultants

    Whether you're building from scratch or remodeling a wash, I would recommend starting by reaching out to the equipment distributors that would serve your area. This is highly important because if something goes drastically wrong they are your lifeline. You'll need to weigh your options based on...
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