A little leak. I needed to replace the high pressure hose.
Crappy high pressure hose
I think it is about time to replace all my high pressure hoses. It seems like there are too many problems recently.
Mark VII makes the most inaccessible self serve unit ever?
I know I am always complaining about my Mark 7 self serve equipment, but it is only when I need to try and fix something. The first picture shows the solenoid and needle valve that brings the wax to the high pressure water. I needed to remove the needle valve, which sounds easy. You just have to take the solenoid all apart and everything is so cramped, it is just terrible. The second picture shows; on the left the high pressure soap solenoid valve and on the right the wax solenoid valve. The high pressure soap it under the motor and is even harder to get to then the wax. I hope that Mark 7 has changed some of this layout. But I guess the previous owner could have did this?
Reusable fitting problem
I was going to clean up the bay and the hose fell out of the boom. This is my first reusable fitting problem. Looks like the hose just wore out?
My new setup in the boom is a 6 foot hose then a 4 inch piece of stainless steel then a 90. Then a 1 foot swivel saver along with a swivel and a 8 foot hose. The reason I used the shorter hose in the boom with the high pressure stainless steel pipe was so the boom would not rub a hole in the high pressure hose. Hope is lasts well.
High pressure hose problem
Small leak in the high pressure hose.