[M.Acorn]

Stuff is on order now though,did try hugh crane in p boro,also csa in Cottenham, and ken booth,it`s a problem at the prochem end,they can`t meet the demand,seems like there are quite a few people in the same situation.Most of the suppliers around here don`t keep parts in stock,so just gotta sit this one out !
Going to get a new head and pop it on the pump i took out,so i have a spare.
All my customers were ok with me re booking,and just booked another for next thurs,there is light at the end of this dark tunnel

[neil 47]

I had the same bad start today.
Started van and got it going switched the windscreen washers on but they wouldn’t work,
I checked the fuse’s and one had blown luckily there was a spare row at the bottom changed it hey presto working.
I went back in for my lunch when I got back to the van it wouldn’t start ,No heater plug light .

I got the brother in -law to tow me to the garage  .
Once there he said explain what happened so I told him just as I got to the bit about spare fuse’s it dawned on me.
, the spare that I had removed wasn’t a spare it was the heater plug fuse.

WHAT A BERK



Neil


ps whilist working at the van ,a carpet cleaner was working across the road he came out whilist I was there I asked if he was ok he said no ,my machine has frozen ,  a sureal day

[M.Acorn]

Yeah few of us in the same boat i think  glad you got yours sorted !
Mine had snapped the main earth to the altenator,there was just enough charge in bat to start it,couldn`t work out why my wipers were going so slowly,god knows how i found it as it was hidden behind a load of pipework  ..
Got my mot booked for tomorrow now,thought i may as well do all the little niggly jobs while i don`t have a running machine.Crossing everything that it goes straight through like last year,just 1 number plate light not working last time and he didn`t fail it as had none in stock,so i had better pop a new on in on the way there 

[Darren O]

If anybody is looking for Shurflo Pumps try ebay under "water fed pole" theres always loads of them and a lot cheaper than the likes of what prochem sell them for.

[M.Acorn]

Surely they won`t be upto the job of supplying high pressure hot water though ?

[Darren O]

They are the same pumps it dosent matter if you use hot or cold water also you get hot Water Fed Pole systems to.I have a wfp trolley system and the pump is identical to the old one in my powermax.

[John Kelly]

Surely they are 12 volts on the poles though?

[M.Acorn]

Yeah thats what i thought

[Darren O]

John thats way over my head anything to do with volts ive not got a clue.I run 75m of minibore from my WFP trolley and its a shurflo 100psi pump maybe the voltage is different so i take it the pump in my powermax is more powerfull than the one in my trolley or is it because my trolley runs of a battery.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I put a heater in my van over night but the last qc on my solution hose on the reel had frozen and for the life of me I couldn't work it out on the first job, kept changing the upholstery tool then like a rabbit punch to the back of the head I sussed it out, doh!

Shaun

[clinton]

Mark

Might be worth getting a back up machine just in case

Hope you got it sorted,and as john kelly said try and buy a spare vac and pump and keep them in the house

[John Kelly]

The battery is running a 12 volt pump. Basically the same apart from the machine ones need 230 volts.

[Darren O]

I get you now.

[The Great One]

Hi

Got to a job this morning and my sprayer wouldn't operate, had to put it next to a radiator for a full five minutes!!!

And then, to top that off my micro sponges were rock hard and I had to use a screwdriver to break them up!!

I was gutted, cost me 10 minutes 

Regards

Martin

[M.Acorn]

Not happy ! pump still not here ,olympic said it`s a problem with Prochem supply ! so today i called prochem as a last resort,bloke i spoke to said they have at least 200 on the shelf and whoeber told me it was them was leading my up the garden path !
Angry !
Got a big commercial job coming up next week ! quote tue and they want it doing thurs,so assume they have left it a bit late,so will be quoting higer than normal to try and recouperate some ££ could backfire on me though

[M.Acorn]

Well after paying loads to get my pump here on Sat,it turned up this morning with no explanation from driver ! k valve i ordered was wrong,so had to call for another one ! although i replaced the one on my wand a few months ago,it sometimes was not shutting off,tried twisting the little plunger but still no joy ,so swapped for a new one.
Both the bolts that held the old pump in were spinning and would not come out,so had to give the plastic base some persuasion with a hammer and chisel !
so new pump is now held in place with cable ties,much better and easier to remove next time,i didn`t take any skin off either which was a miracle 
so back to work,pretty good week this week,but not sure how i am going to find the other £1400 for my tax,anyone else going to be paying late ?
all the money i had in my isa has gone on new turbo,new pump,new washing machine etc ,so pretty stuck