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I did some cutting of grass and weed eating today which it always fun.
I also got some junk usps mail/tshirt/large priority mail box today. I guess the government supports the “GREEN” fad also? I wonder how many resources were wasted and what the “carbon footprint” of this campain was? At least it was green which make everyone feel good inside.
I guess I waited as long as I could to upgrade my MEI bill acceptors. I got the Mars 115 volt programmer from Randy Nix at Eagle Car Wash and it was easy to do.
The MEI directions were incorrect and I had to flip all the switches to off and turn on 8 (not 6). The flasher wire harness can only be installed one way correctly (note pins picture 2-3).
When the light turns green the programmer flashed the bill acceptor.
It took a little while (November 23rd, 2005 http://cwguy.com/?p=80) but Jim Coleman himself fixed my shampoo tank that was leaking (Disclaimer: I am not really sure if Jim actually fixed my vacuum). To my understanding, it was actually the distributors fault that it took over 2 years to fix, but the last 2-3 months of it was my fault. But, I got my vacuum fixed under warranty. YEA!
I believe the customer has to pay for the shipping of the vacuum but they were supposed to ship it on a Coleman truck when they did their drop off (which is only every couple months, but it would be free). I am very happy I got the vacuum back after I thought maybe they lost it.
I guess it had to happen? My Mars bill acceptor wanted to go on a road trip, so it ate its belts. It might be jealous of my Rowe International BA-50 bill acceptors which get to go on a trip to the repair man every year.
So I have owned car washes for around 4 years and had one real Mars bill acceptor problem (I own 2). But my Rowe BA-50 (own 5) breaks an average of once a year and probably have cost me $800 over the last 4 years? You know I hate my Rowe changers even more now. I also need to fix 2 more of my BA-50 bill acceptors now.
Summary: I love MEI Mars bill acceptors and I HATE Rowe BA-50 bill acceptors.
New high pressure problems in the same bay from yesterday.
I smeared some trowel patch in some cracks today. My plan is to help reduce weeds and dirt. I guess I will see if it helps.
Someone adjusted my camera so I can monitor the cloud formations. Nice, huh?
I guess it doesn’t matter if you have garbage cans or not… if you are selling something, people dump crap. The Twice the Ice guy does not even have a garbage can but now he has 3 garbage bags of crap.
I always love it when I have a high pressure hose leak.
The top arrow shows where I cut and installed a new reusable hose fitting. The bottom arrow shows a small leak about a foot away from where I just fixed the hose. This picture could prove one of three things. 1) I have the worst luck ever, 2) this high pressure hose needs to be replaced, 3) BOTH 1 & 2
The first picture shows where the shampoo is not suppose to come out of. One of the hoses came off the barb.
