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I replace brushes several times before I replace the motor. You definitely need to make sure to replace them before they get too short though. If you let them get to short, electricity arcs between the two surfaces and ends up ruining the motor. The brush kits that we order have a little...

@David Rolf We had a scummy customer do this at our wash a while back. He used our water through his own hose that he routed all the way around our building and his own bucket and soap. Then to add insult to injury as he was rolling his hose back up he swung the end of his hose against our wall...

To charge in this kind of time, you would have to have a level 3 fast charger, and if you have looked into this (we have), just the hardware is anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000. Then there is install. I feel like the ROI for this would be incredibly slow... Nothing wrong with this, but not the...

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...

@Waxman Great Idea! Headed to Amazon right now!

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.

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...

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.

@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.

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...

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.

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...

@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...

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!

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...

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.

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...

@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...

@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

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...