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    Have you had your Pit mud tested?

    Here in ILL the only other choice than septic tank companies would be to have pit mud tested then put in dumpster or hauled to where construction material is dumped. How would you do this and at what cost?
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    3535 big cat pump head rebuild

    The Heads appear fine---but on further inspection found center plunger rod failure---so we replaced damaged parts and re did seals and after much money--came up and ran great--
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    Which Vac timer to use for old Doyle unit?

    Fixed electrical problem on doyle vac We found extra hot wire from when my guy put new motor in pinched between motor and base mount. I think two problems existed-1st timer bad -would not cut power. New timer was not wired in correct and put power to load instead of line and vacs powered up...
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    Which Vac timer to use for old Doyle unit?

    we set switches 1st then powered up --also turned all off including coin side---still no change---
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    Which Vac timer to use for old Doyle unit?

    yes--every time---
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    Which Vac timer to use for old Doyle unit?

    The unit is-----Kleen-Rite 120V VAC Timer Dip Switch Type Model Part #: TIKR540 We have installed inline fuses in all vacs---
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    Which Vac timer to use for old Doyle unit?

    We have 25 year old Doyle dual motor unit- The original Gin San unit is not carried by Kleen rite so we got fits all timer-- Only 3 contacts plus dip switch contacts--problem is vac comes on and stays on with new timer. wiring checks out-put in 2 new unit with same results. Any idea,s?
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    3535 big cat pump head rebuild

    Still looking for used head or pump---any idea,s?
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    Looking for used TM-5 Display

    nice----i have been accused in being out of date before--but not so indirectly---thanks
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    Looking for used TM-5 Display

    We lost 3 short style TM-5 Bay Box Displays in the mail last fall to be rebuilt by Hi Performance in Denver. They do not have any used to buy--and Kleen-rite sells new---but would be happy to purchase good used units 1 or 2. any idea,s?
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    What to do with painted concrete block building. Don't want to paint.

    We bought a quart and stained up test area and waited 30 days to see what happened---also did various shades in several areas on backside to pick best one---A pure bright white may be hard to find---as a rule you get stronger colors with paint--
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    What to do with painted concrete block building. Don't want to paint.

    We have a half block that has a multi color brown -dark grey -tan look. after 25 tears it has lost it colors so we matched color to reddish brown color and found high quality solid stain. Stain will not peel or flake. We had our summer guy do sections when slow and greatly improved our look for...
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    Have you converted your single column Laurel vendor to Electronic?

    It looks like i could get better results by buying a 3 column vender at $1000 than 3 conversions at $1500. This would get me all new units too. This is advice recently given to me---thanks.
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    Have you converted your single column Laurel vendor to Electronic?

    We have had our vendors for a long time---works great 90% of time. We are looking at upgrade to Electronic conversion, but get a cold sweat on the $300 to $570 price! per unit--- Is it worth it? what other choices would we have? Any ideas?
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    foam brush only available seasonally to reduce waiting?

    Yes we are a previous Super wash and may have the last totally touchless car wash? So we have a wand and Foam Brush on side wall with it own boom. Where does the triple conditioner brush system fit in? The Erie hogs heads are top quality---We have a air shammee dryer in most used bay where it...
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    foam brush only available seasonally to reduce waiting?

    Thanks for the well thought answers----the experience that you have is valuable to me. I am at $2 /4 min now. Robert Roman says we should raise prices to capture our perceived value---yet others say we should lower prices to drive volume---I really am reluctant to see 3-4 stack this winter and...
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    foam brush only available seasonally to reduce waiting?

    Add to self serve only---
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    foam brush only available seasonally to reduce waiting?

    We have a strong touchless bay customer base that utilizes all 3 bays in winter. We do not have any brushes yet. I am reluctant to put brushes in bays as we work hard with customers to get them in and out--we ask them to wash 1st then vac- and monitor bays to also ask customers to dry out on...
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    Need opinions on pricing

    WE have quarters per minute - then we have profit per quarter--next customer base times start price--ok--can you expand on pricing geared towards getting 2 cycles more often? Their are only so many ways to cut this pie---I think us owners are afraid to upset the cart by raising prices. We lack...
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    Foam Brush Systems---Which brand would you recomend?

    Looks like foam brushes is the next thing for our self serve bays---I wish I could of gone to the car wash show and seen all the different brands---So instead--What manufacturer would you buy from? Who makes the better system? I have talked to air logic and they seem to be very good company...
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