Lee Stockwell
FOJL
You live in a beautiful place, if you were closer you could use my backup van. Mine are both Chevy's now so the same sword hangs over them....
Pro1200se
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In the 3 years that I had my 3 Chevy direct drives, I never ever ever had one go down... Always 2 at a time, like clockwork
Zion Carpet Cleaning
Member
One of my vans is a Chevy and the other is a Dodge. They’re both having the same problems at the same time. I’m starting to think maybe someone put something in my gas tanks or something.
My dodge did the same thing. Turned out to be the ignition. Replaced anything and everything I could think of. Shops couldn't figure it out cause it ran fine when I took it in. I finally realized after having it towed off the freeway and then firing right up and running fine it only happened in the rain. Water was splashing up on the ignition and grounding everything out. Took my sandwich out of the Ziploc bag, taped it over the ignition and it never did it again. Always bring a sandwich I guess.
ronbeatty
Member
Leasing an Aerotech for $1200 dollars a month would be the best money you could spend for your business. In the 45 years I have been in business the last 6 have been the best with Aerotech. I had HydraMaster slide-in's that vapor locked and ate points and condensers, Butlers that ate fuel pumps, brakes and suspension parts. The 5 1/2 year old Isuzu Aerotech I just sold had a couple sets of injectors replaced at my convenience and under warranty , and a DEF pump. I put one set of tires on it, still had original brakes when I sold it. The Diesel engine runs cooler and the new blower heat exchanger produces more heat that you need to dual wand.
Do yourself a favor by getting away from gasoline engines, to much uncontrolled heat.
Do yourself a favor by getting away from gasoline engines, to much uncontrolled heat.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Replace your plug wires and stop whining
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FB7777
Guest
They did .... after 9 months of operation under warranty
The lights are on again and I have to bring it back
Jesus, when Butler's start having problems we're all fooked...
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FB7777
Guest
My Butler’s are fine, so good that I don’t even bother filling out their warranty books
it’s the trucks they install them in that leave much to be desired
I will be trading these in more frequently
it’s the trucks they install them in that leave much to be desired
I will be trading these in more frequently
Zion Carpet Cleaning
Member
I’ll have an AT one day. $1200/month isn’t realistic for me right now though.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Form should follow function. Thus AT might consider slimming down the box size by making better use of space.
hogjowl
Idiot™
After a few mailboxes and my brother-in-laws truck, I got rid of mine
Mikey P
Administrator
hogjowl
Idiot™
Good for you
Moron can’t drive a box truck
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Mount lower on frame, maybe shave 6-12" width and height. Cut 24" length to start.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I always knew where to PARK it
Idiot
I bet you pulled a powerline down like I did too
hogjowl
Idiot™
They aren’t that tall
Yeah my first week with this 10' tall box pulled one down. It was the cable tv line that was below the power line that got pulled, which was connected to the breaker box outside, which got pulled off the house. Damn lazy cable tv company didn't give a rats ass if it was below the recommended 13' height, which costed me $600 to fix
SamIam
Member
The Great Oz
Member
The first time I saw a Vortex at a trade show I was disappointed at how low the box was. Too low to work in, still too high to fit in a lot of places. Add a gigantic tank set squarely in the middle of the box to waste as much space as possible and the whole concept was a non-starter for our use.
Doesn't do you any good now, but check on whether this is a recommendation or a regulation. We've never paid for taking down a line, as the cable or power company is always responsible for hanging the cable low or not maintaining cables to keep them above minimum regulation height.
The Great Oz
Member
Water in the fuel is often the reason for rough running problems that can't be properly diagnosed. Our next door neighbor was a fuel station with leaky tanks that cost us a lot of money in repair.
Fuel was also leaking out, so they can't sell fuel anymore unless they replace the tanks and they can't install new tanks without doing a site clean-up. Since they refused to admit the water issue or pay for the repairs to our trucks, I'm not sorry they're sitting on property that is now worth less than zero.
I agree, I should've blamed the cable company, but my instinct told me to fix it immediately due to the customer standing right there. I wasn't thinking straight at the time.
Zion Carpet Cleaning
Member
Old Dodge van is back and successfully completed a job this afternoon. Shop thought it was the ECM but after replacing the ECM and it still not starting they figured out it was just the ignition coil. It was getting some spark but not enough.
The other shop with the Chevy told me on Friday that they had the issue figured out and would get the new power distributor block installed this morning and the van back to me in time for my 2:00 job. I never heard from them today so I'm guessing they haven't solved the issue yet. I've got a busy week this week so I'm glad to at least have one van back!
The other shop with the Chevy told me on Friday that they had the issue figured out and would get the new power distributor block installed this morning and the van back to me in time for my 2:00 job. I never heard from them today so I'm guessing they haven't solved the issue yet. I've got a busy week this week so I'm glad to at least have one van back!
Cleanworks
Moderator
So, did they charge you for the ECM?
