What do you guys use for...
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Topic: What do you guys use for...
Posted By: jtuseo
Subject: What do you guys use for...
Date Posted: 03/September/2006 at 5:24pm
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On your truckmounts what spray lubricant do you guys use on the vacuum inlet on your truck mounts. I have been using wd40 , but I heard that it is not good for that , so what do you use? I run a Pro Chem blazer xl ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/September/2006 at 6:34pm
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If you are spraying wd40 into the vac inlet you are not accomplishing much. My 405's have an oil intake tube to lubricate the blower. You should be blocking the vac off and spraying it into the vac relief. I think that is how I used to lubricate my old Pro Chem 100 back in the good ole days? I may be wrong but their must be somewhere on that unit to oil the blower. I have never seen one of those units. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 04/September/2006 at 12:58pm
| i use what the man said >>>> wd-40 |
Posted By: billy196628
Date Posted: 28/December/2006 at 3:32pm
| we have that in blue line it,s not to lub any thing just help remove mosture from the blower be for you shut down and prolong it,s life |
Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 28/December/2006 at 7:39pm
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jiism is the best lube.
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 28/December/2006 at 11:20pm
Is that what you use in your blower?  ------------- 
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Ninja-wand wrote:Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 12:51am
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None of your damn business!!
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 1:22am
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So you're the guy who ordered the 45 blower with hair around the inlet -------------
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Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 1:44am
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Is that another one of Turboteck's product??
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 1:45am
You know SGG will try anything for a buck  -------------
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Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 1:51am
Maybe he should change his company name to TurboF*ck instead ------------- I'll make you TAP OUT!!! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/December/2006 at 9:34am
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I thought he did that already. -------------
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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:27pm
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Some blower manufacturers state that a highly flammable product like WD40 could flash inside a hot blower.
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:31pm
I suppose it's possible, although I've never heard of that happening  -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:40pm
Could a blower get as hot as the flash point of wd 40 before seizing? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:42pm
| It certainly is possible. Blowers can get above 300 degrees wile working when ambiant temps reach 100 degrees or more as is common in vans that carry slide-in machines. Less common for PTO set-ups because most heat stays outside the vehicle. Blowers usually stay under 250 degrees on them. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:44pm
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By the time wd40 is applied to the blower it has cooled down considerable and is not under a load and is breathing much easier? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 2:45pm
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I have measured the ouside temp of my 47 blower with an IR thermometer. 210 to 235 degrees with no serious load -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:07pm
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You should try and harness all that heat for the clean cold?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:08pm
I've been thinking about it  -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:11pm
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No load?? then you should hook it up to the waste tank. that should really assist with the dry times?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:17pm
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I'm gonna try that tomorrow. I'll let you know if it works -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:18pm
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Can't hurt? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:20pm
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most of us cleangold owners just go through the motions...I never even turn the machine on ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:20pm
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I was wondering about all the wickbacks I've been having -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:26pm
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Well at least that explains why it is running so good?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:30pm
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I love my 2" wand with 14" wide mouth ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:36pm
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Yea but how big is the head on the wand??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Ed Valentine
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 3:55pm
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I remember in the old days, using a little Vegetable oil sprayed into the inlet. This would coat the internal impellers. never had a problem.
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/January/2007 at 7:43pm
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Cheap, too -------------
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Posted By: wheelerman
Date Posted: 11/February/2007 at 12:27am
| Wd40ing the blower has alot less to do with lubing the impellors than it has to do with making sure at the end of the day the blower has no moisture left inside it.This is why they call it WD (W=water D=displacement)and thats why the big truckmount makers say to lube the blower at the end of your work day for at least 5 secs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 11/February/2007 at 12:40am
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Thanks for the info, although I think most of us know that -------------
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Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 11/February/2007 at 11:53pm
| WD-40 has nothing do with lubing the impellers. If you think a blower that dose not used for carpet cleaning but for dirt, dust, ext. you don't have to lube it. Blowers have there own internal lubing whether oil or grease. A few post back said it right. It is to coat the impellers with a small coat of oil to prevent rust. Due to the nature of what we are extracting. I left a truck mount for a month unused and the impellers rusted together. |