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    Washing out paint in the self serve bay...

    Chris do you have a update for us yet? I think if you used a turbo nozzle to clean up the paint on your fresh asphalt sealed lot is would take off the sealer. I've had to deal with similar situations over the years and it frustrating to say the least. I've found that calling the police is...
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    What did i do!

    Looks to me like he's going to need 2 new bill changers, I see 2 empty CM-1 changer cabinets. you could put new guts in those cabinets or replace them with a Hamilton RNS-XT, the RNS has a larger face panel that is the same size as the CM-1 face.
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    Valve Replacement

    You should never use a brass manifold for any of the corrosive chemicals. when you remove the valve stems you want to inspect the valve seat for any kind erosion of the seat. If you find any erosion you'll need to replace the manifold. We build our manifolds with stainless steel Kip valves, I've...
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    What did i do!

    What in the hell! Wood. I've never seen a ACW installed like that before. A round here it'd last about 20 minutes and it'd be gone. What's inside the ACW? You mean to tell that there is no harness or controller inside the changer, nothing!
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    What did i do!

    That's an old Hamilton CM-1 changer, they don't make anything that dimension anymore. Post a picture of the inside of the bill changer and I can tell you which way to go. I've done a lot of changer rebuilds and installs. Also post a picture of your ACW, inside and out.
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    Call me crazy

    I wouldn't be afraid of using it. We have strainers on all of our chemical tanks to prevent any debris from getting into the systems. This is the one we use https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-111-smc-5732290-white-nylon-inline-strainer-with-clear-bowl-1-2in-80-mesh-screen.aspx
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    low pressure pre-soak question

    I run my Presoak at 110psi with a Procon pump. I use Simoniz powder Correct Presoak with a "T" at the Hydrominder and add High pressure soap in with the Presoak.
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    Call me crazy

    The shelf life Turtle Wax soap products is around 5 years. Turtle Wax makes a good product, it's expensive. It's highly concentrated so you need to mix it with 10 gallons of water and then pull it out container with your Hydrominder.
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    Trash Problem

    Welcome to the car wash world. Car washes are synonymous as a transfer site for the dump, a place that the general public can bring or do whatever they want to. Do you have signs posted that the garbage cans are for customer use only? Do you have a camera system? If you do start calling the...
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    No buzzer intermittently - JC

    Swap the the Dixmor timer with another bay and see if the problem goes with the timer. If it does send the timer to Dixmor for repair. If the problem stays at the bay replace the horn
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    Newbie wanting to buy and mix my own soap. Please help.

    I’ll have to check the next time I go to the wash. I believe it might be a Green or Tan. On most of my chemicals I use a Turtle Wax dual tip metering block so I can add a little bit of Presoak or foam brush soap to the mix.
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    Blue Coral Red Mega Foam

    What’s going is you have a bacterial growth or bloom growing between the soap and the water. It happens primarily in the summer when the temperatures rise. What you should is clean all the “snot slime” out of the tank add a couple of 1” swimming pool bleach pellets. You can get the bleach...
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    Barbed fitting - hose breaking loose

    How long is this 1" hose?
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    Converting Vacs to Card Only

    If he's already got a LED-3 timer he's got a 24 volt transformer. The LED-3 timers are obsolete and they aren't supported any more. The LED-7 has all the necessary inputs for the credit card reader. I personally wouldn't install a card swipe, but would install Tap reader.
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    Barbed fitting - hose breaking loose

    When I was a young man starting out in the industrial world part of my apprenticeship was I had to work in the hose shop for 6 months. We made every hose you could ever think of. Looking at that hose in the picture and seeing how swelled up it is and with a 300 psi working pressure you need to...
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    Anyone using the new CJX Timers

    I think in your situation the least expensive, easiest and fastest solution would be to install the B & C CJX timers.
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    Converting Vacs to Card Only

    Are you sure you have the LED-3 timers? You need to replace the LED-3 timer with a LED-7 timer.
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    Rusting Medeco plug lock housings

    That little slide cover costs $9.03 each.
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    Rusting Medeco plug lock housings

    I wonder if you could clean those housing up, sandblast them and have them re-chromed? Have you ever looked at LAI locks https://www.laigroup.com/pdf/600-camlocks-pluglocks.pdf
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    Gold line CPU fan

    You can find them on Ebay.
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