Laser 4000

One of my Lasers was dealing me a fit today. No sooner I get something fixed on it, and something else totally not related would go wrong. I fixed four different things on it today. I'm sure glad I was there. Oh, I got a call from a concerned customer that said last Sunday as he was driving OUT of one of my other washes, he said a bird got sucked into the dryer and threw blood and feathers all over his car. He was very serious. It was all I could do to keep from laughing.

They seem to either run perfectly or the gremlins get in there and stay for a few days. Last weekend all my undercarriage plumbing decided to come off the inside wall of the equipment room. I went to pull everything back up to resecure it and broke a metal elbow, had to tear it all down and luckily Lowes has a pipe cutting/threading machine. Got her back together again. Waiting for what's next. Maybe I'll get the SOB paid for before the whole thing craters, but I have my doubts.

Today I had a Lexair changeover valve on the pumpstand go bad. I rebuilt it but it seems the little brass threaded post that threads into the white plastic washer breaks way too often.

I agree with the stud that breaks too easily and too often. Usually that's all I end up using is the new stud from the rebuilt kit. How's your air pressure to your change over?

I had it at 110 lbs, up from about 80 when it was new. I have sinnce lowered it back to 90.

Do these look familar RTP?

You're lucky you found them, sometimes they get swallowed up never to be seen again. I can usually flush them out by turning the pump on for just a second. I don't really know why they couldn't be hardened stainless? They might never break and one less part to sell over and over I guess?

Oldtimer,

I was searching the washworld site for something else and found this:

Part# 62158-Stem-SS

Stem Lex Air SS $14.58

That does it! Its for sure now. I'm remembering you in my will RTP!

Someone on ACF posted that washworld has just quit selling to the end user, now only through their distributor network. Is that true? I know that we do now have a local distributor here in town.

No thats NOT true Greg. Not good info.