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    Buying a car wash. How much do I charge?

    I bought a wash 2 years ago in May. It was 1.25 for 4 minutes & some change & vacuums were .75 for 5 minutes. I did the usual replacing hoses, guns, decals, cleaned the place up, & got everything working. I’m now $3 for 3 minutes on the bays & $1 for 2:30 on the vacuums. Business only increased...
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    Ideas for upgrading my Older (small) SS Wash Bay Meter Box to accept credit card

    I did this about a year ago on an old wash I bought (1998). I bought my own boxes & added cryptopay & dixmor timers. I also just did my busiest 3 bay (5 total). They paid for themselves in a few months & have only increased. I would 100% get new decals at minimum. A few dollar & a few hours...
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    Switching from Coins to Tokens

    No doubt. Just for the cost I haven’t. I thought about making 1 vacuum accept quarters still but figured it’d just confuse people.
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    Switching from Coins to Tokens

    I made the switch about 8 months ago & it was the best thing I’ve done since I got my wash (little over 1.5 year ago). I had to change the acceptors in my bay so I could accept tokens & quarters. For cost I just changed the mechanical acceptors in my vacs & vending so they’re only tokens. I have...
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    Best thread sealant?

    It’s not leaking at the threads. It’s leaking at the actual swivel. It wasn’t leaking before but it probably hadn’t been touched since 98. I disturbed it & now is dripping there.
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    Best thread sealant?

    I know but it was a little tacky so I waited anyway. Can you point me in a direction for the high pressure fitting?
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    Best thread sealant?

    So after putting it back together I gave it a day to cure before I fired it back up. Fixed all the leaks except the larger (3/4” I think) line at the swivel. I’ve tried to find a replacement end but no luck. Look like that end is the screw on type but I couldn’t find one. All for smaller hoses.
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    Best thread sealant?

    Blue monster with some permatex 80632 over top. Hopefully that’ll stop it.
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    Best thread sealant?

    I’m in the process of changing the unloader on my old Futura. What is the best stuff to use to seal the threads on everything? I’ve got regular Teflon tape, yellow Teflon, Blue demon Teflon tape, pipe dope? I used white originally an have some small leaks. What do y’all recommend?
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    Cryptopay Down today?

    I am
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    Futura Fail

    I finally got it open. Washed it’s 1st car today in I’m not sure how many years (thinking around 8). It’s ancient & not flashy but it was nice to see it run. Still have a few more bugs to work out & need to paint inside the bay but wanted it to run for a week or 2 before I put anymore money in it.
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    Futura SSA Communication Fail

    All I can say is good luck. I have an old SSA I’m trying to bring back to life as well. There isn’t a lot of information on these old machines anymore. Hopefully someone can give you some ideas. Pretty sure that’s the picture of mine lol.
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    Cat 310 Not letting soap in

    Honestly I found a bad connection at one of my solenoids & gated back the intakes a little. Has been working fine since.
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    Cat 310 Not letting soap in

    Gravity tank
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    Cat 310 Not letting soap in

    I definitely don’t have those.
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    Cat 310 Not letting soap in

    I don’t know what zero pressure valves are. The soap/wax are located just after where the water comes into the pump. I can get a better picture when I’m there tomorrow.
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    Futura Fail

    So it’s been several months, I had pretty much given up on the SSA. I was giving it a good once over a few weeks ago & discovered a wire that had rubbed through & seem to be grounding out but not consistently. I addressed that issue & replaced the leaking drive motors. That seemed to take care...
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    Vacuum dirt keeps getting robbed

    Absolutely
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    Vacuum dirt keeps getting robbed

    Maybe go sit up there one night & wait for him. Let him know you don’t appreciate it in person.
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    What would you do?

    I don’t know where you’re located but that seems like a lot for nothing really. Just throwing an uneducated number out seems like it could easily cost you another 200k to get an automatic & equipment for the 2 bays. I’m sure it could be done for less but around here decent running ones go for...
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