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TRICKS OF THE Presenting some of the best discussions from the <strong>Self</strong> <strong>Serve</strong>, IBA and General Discussions sections of Auto Care Forum. To view more posts discussing some interesting and common problems, as well as some of the best and brightest solutions, visit AutoCareForum.com Wherefore art thou, water? Have a bay at my wash that has not been operational for several years, and the place is around 15 years old. So I removed the motor and pump, rebuilt both and cleaned up the stand. Put it all back together and manually pushed in the starter. No pressure showing on the gauge, and this is the best part, no water coming out in the bay. So what’s going on? Since there was no pressure showing on the gauge, I thought it was bad, so [I] put a new one on. Same thing. Pulled the discharge hose from the pump and got a nice stream coming out. Well the old hose and steel fittings must have corroded closed. But if that is so, there should be pressure showing on the gauge. The fun just never stops. And to make things easy, the bay is the farthest one away and you have to crouch down and walk on the roof trusses. And did I mention it’s 90 degrees out? - MAC (Note: Some posts feature minor edits for readability.) air bound? Start at the pump and remove the output hose. water there? keep going like that... WAXMAN Have done that. Water comes out of the pump under pressure. Pulled pressure gauge off and water comes out there also. Finally got water to come out boom in the bay but not a good flow. Now have bad bypass hose on pump and bad check valves above the boom. The whole bay system was bad. Every part. Just have never seen one bay so bad. And it’s a pain to just climb up there. Also need all low pressure hoses. MAC Yeah it’s always a pain to climb up to replace trough hosing etc. for me, too. I would start with a fresh length of 3/8” HP hose and together with a helper re-fit it. WAXMAN Sweet dreams, carwash... zzz….. By my tally about 2% of my paid business and 98% of my crime, abuse, and stupidity happens between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. I’ve spent the better part of the past two weeks chasing down midnight trash, taco grease, and paint dumpers and I’m wondering if any SS operators are closing at night? Signs and cameras don’t seem to phase these people and I’m getting a weak response from the cops. By closed I mean gated and locked up, not just lights out. All of my SS competitors are open 24/7 but I’m thinking it may be a fair trade to give up 2% of my revenues in exchange for sending all of my late night sh_t heels over to their washes. Am I crazy? Any thoughts? - KLEANRIDE I sympathize with you. Probably many have little revenue but plenty of problems after dark. I would be concerned with starting something you could not undo later. If you start closing at night, it is conceivable that you would not be allowed to go back to being a 24-hour operation. Opposition to increased noise or whatever. There is a labor cost to opening and closing each day. So if you could not go back if you changed your mind, you would be stuck with that. - SEQUOIA About 30 years ago we were forced to shut down one of our washes at night from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., all the power had to be shut off except for the lights over the back door and the over the changer by the city for violations to the newly enacted noise ordinance, we fought them tooth and nail, spent thousands of dollars on lawyers but still lost. The city actually did us a favor by forcing us to shut down at night. Our illegal dumping, theft, and vandalism went way down. The next 3 car washes we built we did the same thing, fenced and gated them, shut them down from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. We have a security company come, close the gate, lock it and then come back at 7 a.m., unlock and open the gate. It’s worked out so well that a couple of other local car washes have done the same thing. - RANDY I know of one operator who shuts his down at night, not sure of the time but it’s gated and all lights out all night. He’s in one of the worst areas in town. I might consider shutting down at night, but I feel like I’d want the entire wash fenced off. - MEP001 I have gone through the same thing. Most operators accept that it comes with the territory. I have cabs and tow trucks washing 24/7 so closing at night would really hurt. You’re out to make every dollar you can. It starts to get on your mind on what’s going on when you’re not there. You arrive every morning with a bit of unease to see what kind of condition your wash is in. If you’re in a rural area with very little business, it would be worth it to close at night. I don’t have that option. - CELICA I’m in a rural area, but I get occasional washers at all hours. And there are a few devoted truck owners who always come in about 5am, likely on the way to the job site. I get at least several of those every few days, maybe more. I think the night business I receive is probably roughly equal to the cost of electricity to keep the property lit up. But that has the benefit of added security. - SEQUOIA FALL 2019 • 37
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