5 gallon bucket

Scott Stone said:
But measure the milk jug. They are a little more than a gallon, too. Or, you could just fill the bucket for exactly one minute and weigh it. Water is 8.33333 lbs. Per gallon. As long as the scale is close, it should tell you it is right on.
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thanks chris, mike , and scott (garage expert)(former milkman read your posts) all great ideas.

Thanks ron I will disconnect hose before the heater and check gallons....

thanks nigel as always.

I feel like I won the grammys or oscars with my thank you speech.



and a special thanks to mr millette for his in depth and lenghty post on how to put electric in a bucket of water....

and joe @ at swest nice guy talked to yesterday...
 
Squirtgun said:
How do you go about descaling a coil?
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Get some Coil Clean, you simply run it thru the pump for 20 or 30 minutes. Use a bucket and you can see how much crap you get out of the coil.

When you rehook the coil up you will see that it runs like brand new after you adjust unloader.

My guys always ask what did we did because the performance is majorly improved.
 
Ron Musgraves said:
Get some Coil Clean, you simply run it thru the pump for 20 or 30 minutes. Use a bucket and you can see how much crap you get out of the coil.

When you rehook the coil up you will see that it runs like brand new after you adjust unloader.

My guys always ask what did we did because the performance is majorly improved.
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How hard is the water in your area Ron?

After how many hours do you find yourself having to descale?
 
okay took all the hoses and fitting off everything no obstructions anywhere.

than I hooked up 8 gallon per minute water hose direct feed ....same thing still puts out 4.5 gallons @3500n psi


so being a repairman for over 35 years (swimming pools 'hot tubs) I got a bungee cord.... adjusted the set screw for the throttle all the way out (honda 20 horsepower) and I got 5.5gallons per minute....


here's my technical question.How many hours before it blows up ?:nono: and what is the real problem ? anyone know?


and no Nigel no tachometer (yet)......


oh the technical part of the bungee cord is 18" wrapped around engine and the color is yellow ......(this for Dannylarryjoe)lollol
 
I still think your bucket is off. Might not be the only thing that is off, but really, your bucket might be off...
 
although the belts are tight (retightened today) ill buy new belts this weekend they dont seem to be shellaced but who knows...mabe honda should add my fix to all under performing pressure washers....anybody need their toyota fixed ?
 

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David, get a cheap tach...Digital tachometer...and don't run the engine over 3600 rpms. It's not good for it.
 
thanks russ Ill do it...thanks for the link.



brad it always been a 5.5 3500.psi


the only thing missing from the story is it froze accidentally..the pump (3 different times) last month......seemed to lock up the pump until it thawed..in my defense it still maintained 3500 so I thought no damage to the pump...


edit :in all fairness I did have 2 gallons of 100% prestone antifreeze in about 50 gallons of water
 
Dollarspa said:
although the belts are tight (retightened today) ill buy new belts this weekend they dont seem to be shellaced but who knows...mabe honda should add my fix to all under performing pressure washers....anybody need their toyota fixed ?
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I see the problem....Try using a Blue bungee cord...LOL....Hey, is that an insulated 5gal cooler I see there? :rolleyes:
 
Larry Millette said:
I see the problem....Try using a Blue bungee cord...LOL....Hey, is that an insulated 5gal cooler I see there? :rolleyes:
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I would use Red so it half way matches the engine. But seriously folks,,, I had the same issue with my 18 horse honda. I would push the throttle all the way up and when I let go of it it would fall back down a little. After a little messing around with the linkages it started working right.
 
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