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I have a brand new controller. brand new Etowah valley relay Recently repaired refurbished hopper (2 months ago) Repaired refurbished mars validator (2 months ago) Trying to figure out where my issue is. The controller or validator won’t even error after giving wrong amount of coins. any...

Showed up to the automatic today. This is my first automatic. Been a Self serve guy most my life. showed up at the automatic said “ out of service” so I tried resetting manually. Nothing next I reset it at the pay station. It never finished booting up. It’s just stuck on ver 2.01 any tips or...

So i go to my bay itself. Drop coins in. The timer in the bay starts counting the money as it should…..25/50/75/100/125/ but at 150 it should kick on the room timer ( ginsan402) On the bay timer display it keeps counting quarters but nothing turns on…. 150/175/200/225 No motor functions work...

Does anyone use these? Added one to existing wash? Seen an uptick in customers or increase in sales? im a bit skeptical, no one to my knowledge uses these in my city so could be a cool edge for me if they are worth it

3/4 of my locations have hot water. I know the customers love it. Just purchased a new wash, needs a boiler or some other water heater system. was considering tankless options. Would anyone recommend these? This car wash is pretty low volume. Dont need anything crazy. was looking at kleen...

Looking to build an in bay automatic to my existing 6 bay self serve. What would you expect a turn key build like that would cost? Getting bids from PDQ and Wash World. I believe just throwing a touchless into an existing bay is about 180k or so? concrete, electrical,plumbing, etc ? Cant...

Its not reading that the coin hopper is full, any suggestions??

Looking for any pro tips Im trying to figure out how to predict the extra revenue it will bring in. i have two locations. Both just self serve 6 bays one location vbusy. Lines are pretty common, great location, no auto comp near b other is middle of the road gross 80-90k

Ive checked the error codes online, according to this there is no error code that corresponds with what mine is doing. I went to reprogram this, it was working before hand, now its giving me trouble. In my 0 position after setting up a new token, it just flashes red and green, pretty fast...

Guy calls me tells me his paint was stripped by my cat 430.... max psi 1000. says he’s gonna sue me if I don’t pay. 90% chance hes Full of shit but he sounded like he really believed it was My fault. Anywho... should I pay for it? From my understanding no way paint bonded correctly would strip...

I thought it was maybe my gin San timer in the room causing the error but I put a new one on and nothing thought maybe it was shorting when the 30 second alarm was going on but not that either I presume it’s the timer in the bay itself? Any trouble shooting ideas for a newbie

Wondering what is causing this. I put in brand new 4 block and 3 block manifolds with the new solenoids for my foam brush. All brand new one bay is still leaking. I presume the solenoid is not closing completely? Slow-ish leak. maybe too much pressure? I’m not sure why brand new one would not...

My set up was designed in 1963. I have the new pumps and motors but can’t find anywhere to buy the stands alone without the pumps etc etc. Specifically looking for a 3 long 2 high stand option. I have seen a few online in pictures. Would save me a lot of room stacking my 6.

I’m in a lower/middle class area and outright cost the XR7 will be cheaper but long run am I missing out on the Edge? I can obtain that machine for only roughly 20k more. My thoughts in so far choosing XR7 is based on my clientele/ demographic. They are wanting an affordable product that gives...

There is a corporate tunnel wash coming into my city and I am curious if anyone has any insight into how they still fair vs the subscription tunnel car wash down the street. Small loss? Big loss?

Anyone using this soap? I am not very happy with it. I was using Kim Supply in Kansas City for my soap but they went out of business and are now Kleen Rite. Kleen Rite recommended me this soap but I've had some complaint from my customers. Im only 3 years into the business and would appreciate...

I am currently a 6 bay self serve and I am wanting to add a friction or touchless. The guy down the street and my only competitor currently has actually an 8 bay self serve and one in bay automatic touch free from the 80's. I feel like whichever way I go ill have a better looking and working...

Im very new to the car wash business I only have about 2 years under my belt. I currently own 2 locations and Im wanting to stay competitive with the area and add an automatic bay to them. What I've been looking at is the touch free Razor and the Laser wash. Looking for any tips, help, ideas for...