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On my hoppers, the wire terminals were exposed. So to bypass, I just stacked both wires on the same terminal. I never had any "stripe" hoppers, so I don't know if they are the same.

Why on earth do people screw around with those stupid ass things? I've never seen one work right. Do you think the customer gives two squirts about a sheet of foam? All they can see is that their car is not getting completely covered with soap when they don't work right, which is all the time...

Are you dispensing tokens? I had hopper empty issues with the older MK IV hoppers, that drove me crazy. It ended up that my tokens weren't as conductive as quarters or dollars and would often throw the machine out of service. Bypassed the empty switch and the problem went away.

Understatement of the year...

I would suspect a bad check valve somewhere, letting HP water back up somewhere...possibly into the RO tank. Unless the pump is pulsating, I wouldn't think the problem is there. Are you SURE that the belt is not slipping?

I've heard that the years click off faster, up around your age...😁

I like the "inactive" labeling. Did that eliminate most of the calls for not pushing the stop button?

Not uncommon at all. I had one wash with that set-up...worked fine.

What is your water hardness?

What is your water hardness?

I used to have numerous Mark VII machines that used treadles. Although I didn't do this myself, my distributor said that they had converted several over to pressure pads. They just pulled out the pedal and related parts, leaving the entrance and exit ramp part in place, and put the pads in the...

I had two full time employees and my washes were well taken care of in my absence. On the flip side of this, I lost both of them at about the same time. One of them (my sister and bookkeeper) was struck down by a stroke one day and is now permanently disabled. Less than a month later, the other...

Waxman's advice is golden. Whenever anyone asked me what gave the most trouble at my washes, I didn't have to think about it. My answer was always, "$#%&ing doors".

Have a bucket washer tell me that no one is waiting, them telling me they will be done in a couple of minutes, and those that are drying in the bay, that they just spent $20 washing...yeah, right...

Yep, and there's so darn many of them...

Are they gravity fed from a holding tank? I had a Mark VII Proline system that did that. Every time the float valve would open, it would churn and aerate the water in the holding tank. This is when the pumps would chatter. The float valve was shooting the water directly into the hole in the...

Great idea, and so simple. I always hated the way the hose was secured (using the term "secured" loosely). I broke that big nut off the cabinet floor and just put a hose clamp around the black hose so it wouldn't come out. Looked jury rigged...well, because it was, but no one saw it but me.

When I went from four choices to three, I just programmed that bottom selection exactly the same as the one above it. I labeled it "Thank You". It didn't give any reason to press it, but if they did, they got the cheapest wash, which was most likely the one they wanted. I felt this was better...

I don’t see how that would be any different than changing a pump in the equipment room. You’re just replacing a car wash part.

I checked out her info. I think she's legit.