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First problem was the outlet hose from the Flojet fell off the inlet for the solenoid bank. Tire cleaner all over the place.
The next problem, I thought the drain was clogged. I used the high pressure snake thing and it helped a little. I then checked the holding tank.
That is never good, I like all the tire cleaner everywhere. So I starter digging out the tank, then broke my shovel. I wish I could have just quit. Talk about kicking you while you are down.
I cut up some stuff today and threw it away. Also cleaned up some muddy bays and found a dollar.
The bumper sticker is from someone that left a muddy bay, how ironic. Also, another dog… I need to get a dog wash.
I was checking the pina colada liquid in one of the fragrance vacuums. It seemed empty so I pulled it out of the vacuum. Well the container had a hole in it and got all over the place. The heating element, in the vacuum, must have burnt a hole in the container.
Three car washes with changer problems. The Hamilton's had bad bills and the Rowe "CK L COIN DETCTR" just reset.
I used three fittings to complete my epic shampooer fix. The moral of the story is you should be careful when trying to fix one thing do not break something else. It is not fun.
I created one connection (left) and I thought I had all the pieces for the right fitting, but it was the wrong size. I did find a Black and Decker circular saw.
Said coin jam again just reset and everything was okay.
I had an extra strainer so I did not have to order one which is good. But it did not fix the problem.
I was trying to figure out where the problem was so I removed some hoses and the fitting on the left started to leak. Then I broke the barb off in the picture on the right. I did figure out that the solenoid was not activating.
So I figured it had to be the switch in the shampoo head. The switch was broken so I just connected the two wires together so the shampoo would run constantly. Of course when I took the brush off a hose fell out. This is easier said then done attaching the hose back. Before I gave up for the day I made sure it worked. I attached the hose back to the broken barb and it worked. Great, then the hose fell off the barb and shampoo squirted into my ear. That is not cool, do not try this on your shampooer.