I still had a hard time today trying to get the dead motor off the stand. Most of the bolts came off and 2 were to far corroded and rounded that there was no way. So I had to take out the grinder.
Completed shelf frame wire
I installed a 1/8″ wire support today and also moved my low pressure hoses from inside the shelf frame to the outside. I need to cut the support wire tomorrow but I left my grinder at home. Oh No!
Water Wizard Preparation – Asphalt
I cut out about a 4 foot by 16 foot square with my grinder and blade (DeWalt XP Diamond blade (DW4701)) today. The asphalt is about 1 1/2 inches thick.
I did not complete very much today but my grinder was over heating and I think maybe my pickaxe would really help more then a hammer or my hammer drill.
Water Wizard Preparation – Asphalt
My concrete bay at the carwash is a little short (30 feet) and I need to make some concrete footers for the entry gate. I need to cut the asphalt then dig it up to pour the concrete footers (3 feet from the concrete bay). I am not really sure how to do this but I purchased a DeWalt XP Diamond blade (DW4701) for my grinder. My plan is to cut the asphalt with the grinder then pick axe and shovel the asphalt out?
My boom problem
It took forever to figure out what the problem was with the boom. I installed a new shiny Mosmatic 90 degree swivel and it would still leak. Took off the swivel and it looks like a good bit of the threads are semi-stripped. So I really tightened the swivel down and the leak went away. (This was the first time for that problem, I guess the car wash gods are eating away at the boom slowly and the booms life is coming to an end.) Since I tightened the swivel more it made the swivel too high so you could not install the high pressure hose (because of the hp fitting). So I had to make some extra room with my grinder.
While I was repairing the bay I decided to replace all the hoses and fittings. I used the black hose (6 foot hp hose) in the boom, then a brass coupler, then a 4 inch piece of stainless steel piping (to prevent the boom from rubbing a hole in the hp hose), then a brass 90. After I install that setup I added a 1 foot hp hose (swivel saver), next a swivel and then a 8 foot hose. You could then do a swivel then the gun, but I left out that swivel. I am not really sure you could tell the difference.
This time I purchased these fancy Mosmatic in-line swivels. They are shinny and look better for now.
Maybe someone could send in your bay setup and I could post some pictures?