My D&S 5000 is home at a spot of weld at the arch about 1/4 in from the enterance. I have noticed another spot about 1/4th from the exit. When my top wash cylces, it sprays presoak from the start, forward, then all teh way to the back and then again to the front so the front 3/4 of the car get 3 passes. I am using a little more presoak than I think I should. Should I have it home at the spot more near the exit? when I tried it there, it seemed to try to overshoot, hit limits, etc. but still maybe something else is not correct (hydraulic lines reversed? should it go back before it comes forward (it does this on cheaper wash packages).
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D&S 5000 "HOME" position?
- Thread starter Dan-Ark
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Dan-Ark i also have a d&s 5000. And ya home is the weld spot more towards the exit side of the arch and it should go to the front of car first thats what mine does with no problems. I too use too much soap wich these units are known for doing. One thing i just did this week was increase my air assist pressure on the presoak line. The previous owner had the air assist at 30psi and my presoak was applied to car very watery and runny. Since I increased the pre soak air pressure from 30-50psi (approx) the presoak foams more and sticks to the car better. My chemical rep said i will easily use 20% less chemical by raising the presoak air by 20psi. Hope this helps.
Inside your plc cabinet theres a switch for hydraulica in upper left corner flip it to manual then go out in the bay and put 1 hand over the photo eye (rear photo eye to move gantry forward, and cover front eye to move gantry backwards. Walk the gantry to the weld button on rail on exit side just before the floor treadle. Then go back in and flip that switch in cabinet straight from manual down to reset real quick. It is now set to home.
MEP001
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Correct, just to be clear you want to flip it PAST the center "Run" position to "Reset' quickly and then release it. I've had that not work on some machines, in which case you bring the gantry to home, then turn off breaker #6 and wait at least 10 seconds, then you can move the switch back to "Run" and turn the breaker on. You'll also have to go into the controller and set it back to use the custom wash setups.
