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My Dad sold his Moody carwash to investors that are tearing the place down and I get around 90% of the equipment. My first project is the vending island removal. I’m excited!
I removed all the vending machines and I am going to try and remove the island tomorrow. If anyone has any great ideas let me know. There is only about a 1″ cap on top of a lot of sand.
My Dad’s computer was totally screwed up: it stinks (see first picture with the dogs) and is rusted and has corrosion on the motherboard. So everything needed to go into the garbage can.
I selected a MSI P6NGM motherboard which has a built in Nvidia card. This motherboard worked great and is really a neat little motherboard for the GeoVision GV800 card. We will see how it works at the carwash. But, I assume that this motherboard is not waterproof. Yes, I reused the rusty case… it adds character.
I believe I figured out the changer problem. The motor is really starting to sound bad and this has to be causing the random problems.
The Wylam Oaks Residential Development is not messing around building homes. These pictures are bad but they already have a roof on one and the other is all framed out. They apparently are going to be a family orientated development because they already have the circus tent up.
http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/habitat_raising_the_wall_for_the_first_wylam_home/36181/
My GPS said “Gatorland Carwash” at 14513 Gatorland Drive, Orlando, FL. but the name does not really matter.
First picture is the front view and the second picture it from the entry road next to a Flex-Serve.
Front view: I like the glass block and the road sign.
Vending: I like the “Suggestions” box and it is interesting that they replaced the Dilling & Harris Vend-Master product door. They replaced the plastic with metal.
Back view: First picture show painted arrows on the ground which is a good idea. I just doubt it would help.
Bay: Some interesting notes are the crappy foam brushes and the garbage can in every bay. I love the large timer conversion.
Automatic: PDQ Laser 4000 had an interesting purge setup in the automatic. Not really sure what or why it was purging though.
Vacuums: They has some weird vandalism problems? I actually had someone steal my gun off my Fragramatics fragrance vacuum before. They unscrewed the gun and took it.
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I always hate when you can hear your Flojet pump going nonstop when you pull up to your carwash. The problem was that the hydrominder got stuck again just like a couple days ago.
It is a Southwest Airlines wanna get away car wash commercial. Not really a positive car wash industry commercial but it is funny (Maybe the ica should investigate or release a press release?). 4 things are drastically wrong though.
1) Rowe changers are always out of order. 2) How long would a $50 high pressure nozzles last before stolen? 3) A restroom at the carwash? 4) I forgot the last one……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHjIwN_qdMk&eurl=http://cwguy.com/?s=rowe&x=0&y=0
Actually, I drank the NOS before I changed my air filter. This how-to is for changing out your air filter in the little Honda Fit. Well, I don’t know how to change my oil so I went to the Express Lube and apparently the car is too new to have the filter in stock. (Why does every car on Earth need a cabin air filter? I thought they were just for nice cars? Also why would I ever want to replace it? I walk outside and I don’t live in a bubble.)
The difficulty level for changing out your air filter is: SUPER HARD
First, find the only place the filter will fit. Second, open place where filter may fit (my car has 4 latches). Third, surprise! you found the air filter.
I guess the filter is dirty enough to replace? I have no idea, they just told me to replace it. Second picture shows a little bridge thing going down (or just pay attention how the other one looked when you removed it). Look how pretty the new filter is! Snap it back up. Super easy! All the car repairs I have done: Change disk brakes, drum brakes and air filter. I also can fix some carwash problems.
Article cnn.com “Marines want probe into armored vehicle program delays”
I spotted this MRAP today driving from the car wash. There is no need for the Marines to probe for delays because there is one in Alabama. Seriously though; good luck and Godspeed (and actually he was speeding).
I got to dig out pits at both of my carwashes, which is always fun. I had a RO leak which rained on me when I was in the equipment room, which was fun. Then I somehow got a stick stuck under my car, which was fun for a while. But the sound of scratching gets a little annoying.