Have you tried raising the water level in the tank? The last time I did a total replacement of all the parts in the tank I had the same issue. It was the water level. Try raising the water level. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chanting Monks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet troubles
> Hi guys, > > Last week I had to replace the guts inside the tank. The rubber flap at > the > tank base, the chain and lever attached to the exterior flush handle, etc. > With all new guts in the tank, when I flush, if I just push down the lever > and let go instantly, the toilet starts to flush, then stops. If I hold > down the lever for three to five seconds, then it works fine. I tried > shortening the chain linking lever to flapper, hasn't helped. Leaving a > little more play in the chain. Hasn't helped. It used to be just push the > lever, toilet flushed fine, but now I can't figure out what might be > adjustable that I could tinker with to get it to flush with just the old > press and let go action. Any suggestions? I believe I opened the valve out > of the wall to the tank right back to where it used to be, and it seems > the > tank is just as full as it always was, so it is just the issue of needing > to > hold down the handle that is bugging me. Any suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. > > Best, > Joe Monks > > Chanting Monks Press > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
