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    need a new pump

    no weep, what we said was one seal failure was due to a unloader failure, there are 5 other punp seal failures,we also had problems with the cat thermal unloader safety valve always leaking under normal operation due to improper seal design. These are some of the reasons cat used to be the...
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    need a new pump

    pumping system was supplied by kleen rite, purchased 4- 2 bay pumping plants, equipment made by hydro spray to kleen rite specifications, pumps are easy to rebuild when the top end goes bad, THEY HAVE TO BE EASY TO REPAIR BECAUSE THEY SO MUCH. pumps seals seem to fail often 1100 psi running...
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    need a new pump

    had cat 623 pumps ,some are 30 years old and still going strong average life between rebuild 3 YEARS FOR CUPS AND SEALS AND THESE PUMPS ARE IN VERY HIGH USE. , just replace some pumping plants with cat 530 pumps, have had 6 failures in 1 year , CAT QUALITY WENT DOWN THE TUBES, WOULD NOT BUY NEW...
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    Bay Signage

    put down the penal code, when police come they don't know what to site for, also helps in customer relations as what they are doing is against the law
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    hydro spray equipment problems, kleen rite does help

    Installed lots of new equipment that's why we go to the car wash shows to see what's happing. purchased several pumping plant stands thru kleen rite, units were made by hydro spray. had several problems basic design problems. Which required the help of kleen rite company support for which I am...
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    Is the self serve dead or dying?

    have to agree, never saw the recession, business increased, in the past 5 years business has doubled and we only co op self serves wash with several locations. what we have done is up grade services and equipment with the same basic start price that has not changed in 7 years, also we have been...
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    Car Wash Show Vegas Apr 23-25.... Worth while to go!???

    venders need customers, car wash show need venders, cash wash owners need customers so we can provide a service, its a cycle ica needs to make it easy to get buyers in to the shows and have the shows in a enjoyable area. Want to see attendance #'s and compar #'S to other shows, we buy equipment...
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    Car Wash Show Vegas Apr 23-25.... Worth while to go!???

    Did not go to Chicago because we hate the place Am going to las vegas ica show, this is where we buy equipment, learn what"s new, and ask questions about equipment, show has been very helpfull in our business and produces a good $$$ return on what we learn. its fun to go to vegas. over the...
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    Bill Acceptor Interchange

    we replaced all coinco with mars, very simple 2612 , 2712 unit plug and play, units that come with 24 volt, wire harness exact change over , if your buying a new unit get the 1,5,10, 20 $ units, pays off in the long run
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    Bill Counter - Mixed Value

    we use a dual stacker cummings, works great, remember the unit needs service make sure service and repair are available. what ever you buy will need to be service as we have learned and when it goes down its a bitch to count $ by hand, fingers get sore
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    Rowe 400 changer thoughts

    mei units work good, when they break you need a good repair shop that responsive. hoppers need cleaning there's a yellow plastic drive belt that usually needs cleaning in the hopper, a little bit trickey to reinstall,power supply computer have been very good. in service 3 years now. recommend...
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    Rowe 400 changer thoughts

    have 6 in service, takes a while for people to trust putting in a $20 bill, but the look on their face is worth it, main problem we have seems be in the hopper on $5 pay since we vend $ tokens and Quarters it some times hangs up and short changes customer. it tells us what it did, nice...
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    Which Pressure Reg?

    at a ica show a pump rep from a competing company recommended general pump gp k7 series unloader, best un loader, we have a lot of these in service and they are super great by pass unloader. last a very long time, when they wear out because we cant adjust pressure to desired level we just...
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    Kleen Rite How Could You?

    you can also add hydro spray company which is a equipment supplier to kleen rite, purchased several pumping plants which had warrenty problems. followed up on kleen rite request to send defective parts to hydro spray, 3 months have gone by no response from hydro spray, kleen rite is waiting for...
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    for those people who are complaining about income, HAPPY NEW YEAR

    the first thought in many peoples minds is make more money by raising the start price, marketing 101 teaches that there are other ways to make money, next time your in the grocery store; marketing 101 is practiced there. We are encircled by gas stations with automatic washes with start prices...
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    for those people who are complaining about income, HAPPY NEW YEAR

    we have had the same price for about 5 years in multiple locations and plan to stay this way as we watch out competitors increase prices , we are about a penny a second, during the past five years ,we have not increased prices for time vs coin deposited , Business has doubled, lots of new...
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    Dixmor LED 6 timer/display

    led 6 comments love the led 6 easy to use, have had some of the bright light displays fail, not as good as the led 5 displays
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    have over 50 motors in service, at 12 locations
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    that requires a motor generator, switching,. 3 phase is the best way to go, in some locations very expensive to get 3 phase installed. Just looking for good quality motors, prefer us made if their is such a thing any more. off shore products(china) generally very poorly made and a few dollars...
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    have a string of baldor motors about 4 years old, appear not to have the quality construction of older motors, been failing at a alarming rate. Is there any recommendations for a higher quality ( usa made) motor. Grangers motors have a hit & miss quality issue also. advantage with grangers that...
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