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I tore out my original automatic a few years ago and replaced it with a razor and my stress level went down 110%. It was a lot of money and well worth it. I opened up with much higher pricing than I had with my old unit and I've been very happy so far.

i haven't shut the razor down due to cold. i have doors, floor heat, weep and rail heat. if customers want to wash i will do it.

Plus isn't it a real drag to work on that equipment in such a cold environment with no doors or a way to keep the heat in the bay? i'm guessing the repairs take a lot longer when you have to keep stopping to take warm-up breaks so your hands will function. That's gotta add a lot to the labor...

there is a definite cost to having unreliable equipment. Customers will stop coming if they can't depend on your place being open and functioning properly. Customers want consistency. If they've actually committed to driving into your lot to use your service and pay for it it's a real shame to...

sounds like it's time to bite the bullet and buy some doors! There's so much money to be made in the cold winter months that I don't understand why you would not install some nice mechanical air lift vinyl rollup doors… I love mine and they were definitely a welcome change from the old heavy...

I think my original pump was a Sta Rite and I replaced it with a Dayton. Mine was a solution pump for my old automatic some years ago. It just stopped working so I knew it needed to be replaced.

Once I looked at an exploded view of the inside of one of these pumps and how they are made and how they work it became very clear to me that the best idea was to just buy a brand new pump.

it can't be that impossible to find! It's not a proprietary part. It's not made by the company that makes the gas valve. It's made by some other company that sells solenoid coils to a whole bunch of other places I am sure. What about the link I sent above? The coil is not that complicated of an...

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theres gotta be a place to buy the coil. is there a part # on it?

did you get your new coil?

exactly. i will add that 600 grit is too coarse and i'm surprised you didnt make it worse. you shouldn't be attempting these types of repairs. you should refer the customer to a body shop.

ugh maybe you can at least find it and order tmrw? https://www.supplyhouse.com/sh/control/search/~SEARCH_STRING=24v%20ac%20gas%20valve%20coil

did you call supplyhouse? they are very good and i bet they have it

maybe just measure the teflon ring. you can use a caliper if you want a real precise measurement on thickness. Once you have the measurement a Google search should yield several options.

I think for myself if I made the wash faster I would just make it faster all the time not just seasonally. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me.

I'm in New England and I agree the cars are a lot easier to clean in the winter time. I still wouldn't speed up the wash though. My car wash is only about 5 to 6 minutes long and I think anything less than that especially being premium priced like I am the customers are going to feel like...

nah; wouldn't feel right to do so. when the drive thru line is long at mickey d's would you be ok with them slapping your qtr pounder together without the ketchup and pickles then putting about 1/3 of the fries in the box??? come on now.

I don't think there are enough people in your market area to support a new car wash project. Why not buy the one that exists and do improvements to it and make it open year round?