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Small engine troubles: 208cc powerhorse turning an udor kappa. The engine stalls after about 15 seconds, especially when I throttle it up. Doesn't matter if it's full choke, half choke, no choke. Replaced fuel filter, carb, and spark plug. Does it with and without the air filter. I noticed the...

I'm re-powering my hot skid with a gx690. I can't get the bushing/pulley off the old shaft. Any issues with using a fixed shaft pulley on an engine this size? I need 3 groove so I'm having a harder time finding options locally...

You know those plastic hand pumps for transferring chems out of barrels with the red caps that don't last?? Well I have like 8 sitting around that stopped working so I'm curious if anybody knows how to fix them. both flappers seem to be moving so I wonder if they get pinholes or salt build up or...

I want to get a fatboy (Delavan 7gpm 12v pump), just curious if there is any difference between Pressure Tek's and others that are cheaper? They all seem to have model number 7870-101E-SB but prices are all over the place. Bob's warranty is nice, but are the wiring or seals/valves/diaphragms any...

Apart from personal preferences...which is the better engine? Specifically paired with an Udor gear drive 8gpm, 3500psi. I'm not sure the HP ratings of hondas, but I imagine the Subaru definitely has more power. In fact, in seems to me that the Honda is a bit underpowered to turn this pump, no...

After having to rebuild the inlet plumbing on our hot machine due to cracked pvc...I noticed that the whole set up (including the inlet plumbing) vibrates a good bit until the machine goes into bypass. I do have a little flexible tubing in there and upgraded a couple parts to stainless but now...

Anybody have any advise about cleaning out the insides of these heat exchanger tubes? They are 5/8id, so my jetting hose will fit but it won't make the turn down the ends. There is over 10,000 linear feet of tubing to clean so I want to get it right. Also, I'm assuming there is some scale...

Be safe out there guys. I was stupid and took a nasty fall today. I think God intervened and made me avoid worse injury or death. Came away with a small fracture on my pelvis and some bad cuts. It was terrifying to slide down this metal roof from one section to another and then shoot off the...

The swivel on my silver eagle whirlybird failed yesterday. I can't find info anywhere online for a replacement. Its a mosmatic, only about an inch in diameter and 3.25" long, the whole body is threaded, and it has three weep holes drilled into the top part of the threads. Does anybody have...

Having trouble getting the last 10% of a mess cleaned up in a parking lot where a car caught fire. Obviously it was a mess of oils, melted plastic and who knows what else. The curb is concrete and the stall is asphalt, there was so much heat a large chunk of the concrete popped out. It got much...

I have a large flatwork project coming up so I have a siamese kit and re-nozzled my surface cleaner, but as I was starting to switch out my unloaders for pressure-trapped ones on my two 5.5gpm hot machines, it occurred to me maybe things would go more smoothly without any unloaders at all. My...

I have two questions: I cleaned a composite deck (older type) and unveiled some spots (lighter colored than surrounds). These spots looks like something was splashed onto the deck and it ate into the texture very slightly. There is another area where the color and texture are similar but over...

I saw that Power Wash Store has some good deals on 4 nozzle spray bars (whisper wash), it got me thinking.... all else being equal do those allow you to walk faster? Or, since each nozzle would have half the gpm compared to 2 nozzle spray bars, do you have to go the same speed? can those be...

I am having one of my websites rebuilt. It will focus exclusively on our commercial services. I am considering how to map out the sub pages and I'm wondering if I should focus on facility type (eg retail/restaurant page, multi-family page, new construction page, industrial page) or if I should...

Has anyone found a service that automates the customer review process to social media and/or your website? I'm not talking about a crm that emails the customer and asks for a rating/reviews, UNLESS it also automatically posts the review online somewhere like google, facebook, your own website...

We had vapor lock a couple times recently and noticed the burner doesn't always shut off when we stop sprayer. The thermostat will shut it off if you dial it way down but since water isn't moving it doesn't catch the heat rise happening in the coil. So I think its the flow switch...but the funny...

I'm getting aggravated by my medium pressure sprayer hose (Udor kappa 43, with kuri tec 1/2 id 0.79" od hose). The fittings pop off many times everyday (usually the 1/2 brass barb at the end of the hose leading to the wand). I've tried ss worm drive clamps of various grades and stepless ear...

These seemed to be getting more use a few years ago, now everyone is just talking about degreasers. Does anybody (like Ron, Doug or Paul?) still like Eat Oils BT 200 or use something like it without the surfactant like KT-Surface from Jon Don...

What's the best way to quickly remove the loose epoxy on a shop floor? I don't need to grind the solid stuff down to bare concrete but just the loose flaky stuff. I'm looking for something more thorough than hand scraping and power washing, and right now my best idea is to rent a diamond grinder...

Does anybody know what the Leed standards and best practices are for our industry? I'm submitting an SOP along with a bid for a commercial building that is Leed Silver certified and they asked about how that relates to my services. I found the following on a website but couldn't find more...