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  1. Waxman

    CAT 3535 puking oil

    ohhhhhh cool never knew so.... are we supposed to leave the 'external' cap on???
  2. Waxman

    CAT 3535 puking oil

    just looked at my 3535 no vent hole on cap
  3. Waxman

    "Expert" is a loosely used term in this industry...

    I use Autowash Maintenance as well. And I honestly find them to be pretty amazing. The technicians I have worked with are very knowledgeable , helpful and easy to work with. it was like night and day for me when I bought my new equipment through Autowash Maintenance. I felt like I could...
  4. Waxman

    PDQ LASER WASH 360 troubleshoot

    i'm not sure what sensor triggers your type of car wash. On my old side track, there was a floor switch that was activated by the pressure of the tire of the car being on it. That's what started the wash. On my razor, there are photo eyes that detect the car being in the right position. That is...
  5. Waxman

    New Owner/New Build

    what is your experience in the car wash business, other than being a customer? i think a 3.5-$4MM project for a new tunnel wash with the labor expense and management as well as all those moving parts is too much for someone with little or no experience to handle. This could be a huge financial...
  6. Waxman

    What do you think about Quick Lube with Washes for sale? Anyone own one of these?

    For me personally, a car wash business must include the real estate to make it a worthwhile investment. My real estate strategy is "buy and hold". All of my commercial properties are slowly being paid off by the operation of the businesses. Any lease arrangements that do not include the...
  7. Waxman

    PDQ LASER WASH 360 troubleshoot

    You have to look at whatever sensor is activated when the vehicle is in the correct position to start the wash. That is where your problem is most likely.
  8. Waxman

    Help! Smart Switch To Control Pay Station Remotely

    My neighbors complained about the noise from the speaker on my new razor. The building inspector came by and asked me to turn the speaker down. While he was there he mentioned that he looked up my special permit from when I open the car wash in 2006. The special permit listed the operating hours...
  9. Waxman

    Calculating Water Usage and Energy Consumption

    https://www.carwashforum.com/threads/iba-gallons-per-car.22390/ lotsa good info already here on this forum!!!
  10. Waxman

    Help! Smart Switch To Control Pay Station Remotely

    i shut my razor down at nite and open at 6am. my genius friend eric programmed my washview plc to do this. my goldline reads ' car wash closed' .
  11. Waxman

    Calculating Water Usage and Energy Consumption

    if you can find a manual for the machine it might give you the information there. I've always heard that touch free automatics used between 75 and 100 gallons of water per wash depending upon passes, etc.
  12. Waxman

    Thawing Bay Drain Grates

    I have a torpedo heater that runs on kerosene. I built a four sided rectangular box out of some scrap wood and some metal siding material. I put the box over the area that I want to thaw and blow the torpedo heater into the open end. thaws out the ground below pretty quickly. I use it on the...
  13. Waxman

    Where are you located and what are your prices?

    orange ma bays: $5 start/ 5 min cc, quarters, $1 tokens vacs $2/ 4 min
  14. Waxman

    Long Bay Petit

    Also I think you want to pay stations to line up with the closest car to the bay
  15. Waxman

    Cost of upgrading to a larger water line

    what about trying some thing like 2 55 gallon drums tied together at the bottom with some PVC and you use those as your reservoir for the things that use a lot of volume in a short amount of time like the touch free high-pressure pump? It doesn't seem like this would be too hard to accomplish...
  16. Waxman

    WW2 please wait led lights have gone dim

    maybe the output card has a free/ spare spot and you can transfer the corresponding wires from the bad spot to a good spot/ relay...
  17. Waxman

    New Build 1 bay touchless equipment cost

    I spent about $250k on a razor reload 3 years ago. that included install as well as airlift doors. no blowers, r/o etc. i also framed in walls inside a metal building and added extrutech. i kept my cashier and blowers.
  18. Waxman

    Water intrusion! 360+

    I like to wrap electrical boxes in poly plastic that i secure with wire ties and tape. it looks bad but it works. years ago i had several instances of water getting into waterproof junction boxes. this method helped.
  19. Waxman

    How to remodel mechanical room for cleaner operation

    I've seen lots of junk accumulate in equipment rooms. The car wash business tends to attract all kinds of extra stuff that people leave behind either by accident or on purpose. I'd say the first step is to develop a plan to keep items for a very limited amount of time and then toss them or...
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