Yes, that is what I have. It was replaced on general principles when the toilet was pulled to put in flooring.
At 03:52 PM 10/24/2009, you wrote: > > >Hi, > >Depending on the supply line, you might like to buy a new one, they >make a sort of braded hose now to run between the stop cock and the >underside of the toilet tank. They have the nuts already in place >and being a flexible hose they make connection really easy and convenient. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:03 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Loose toilet tank > >Aloha Dale, >Oi, it is the stop cock, and it was reported to me, that there was no >screw in the middle of the handle to remove. Hmm, I looked after >reading your email, and there is a screw, which I have removed and >replaced the washer. I'll be going to home depot tomorrow to get the >replacement ring to reconnect the tank and the stool, and will try to >remove the bolts and supply line nut before I go in case I have to >get replacements. >You guys are the best... > >At 12:39 PM 10/24/2009, you wrote: > > > > > >A few things. > > > >1) There will be a couple of bolts hanging down under the back of > >the stool. These come through the bottom of the tank. If they are > >not too rusted they should remove and allow you to lift the tank. > >They don't want to be too tight or they will crack the porcelain > >tank or the stool. > > > >There is also a nut which holds the supply line to the float valve > >apparatus inside the tank too. It needs to be removed. The tank will > >then lift off of the stool. > > > >There will be a rubber ring, more recently it is usually made of > >neoprene foam of some sort which is tapered and fits between the > >tank and the stool. You will want to empty the tank fully before > >disassembling the tank from the stool and take care when > >reassembling not to tighten the tank to the stool so tightly as to > crack them. > > > >2) Now, the valve. Are you talking about the stop cock out of the > >wall which controls the water to the toilet or are you talking about > >the fittings inside the toilet tank? > > > >If the valve on the wall, the stop cock, it is probably soldered to > >the pipe sticking out of the wall and you will damage it and the > >pipes trying to remove it with a wrench. Only compression fittings > >will disconnect that way. > > > >More likely, if it is leaking you need to remove the valve stem and > >replace a washer inside there and possibly the packing, probably a > >small rubber 'O' ring along with a touch of plumbers grease.If it > >isn't leaking while shut off then there is no need to change the > >valve. It has to be the stem packing or the connection on down > >stream to the tank. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Betsy Whitney > >To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:16 PM > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Loose toilet tank > > > >Aloha all, > >This is a bit of a long story, but I'm venting along the way. > > > >Well, my first mistake was telling "he who knows everything" that I > >was going to replace the supply-line valve on the toilet because it > >was leaking. Not a big deal, just get the spare one out of the > >storage room and replace it. > > > >He wanted to be so helpful, so he went to the storage room and said, > >"Gosh, there doesn't seem to be one. You must have used it on the > >kitchen sink when you put the new faucet in and forgot to get another. > > > >I knew we had purchased two for that job and there was another one, > >but I had to go to another island the next day, so just shut the > >water off to the toilet and decided to deal with it later. While I > >was away, he went to the store and reported that there were so many > >different ones, he didn't know what to buy. When I got back I found > >the one we already had and he ran off to the bathroom to be the hero > >and replace the valve. In the process, he managed to shove hard > >enough on the tank that it broke the seal between the tank and the > >bowl. He tried to convince me that it had been leaking from there all > >the time as the water was running down between the tank and the bowl. > >Yeah, right!! > > > >So, I know nothing about that seal between the tank and the bowl. It > >is an American Standard. I'm not sure how old it is, but I've been > >here 12 years, and it was here awhile before I moved in. Any > >suggestions are much appreciated. Oh, and by the way, he did not > >manage to get the old valve off and it is soaking with liquid wrench. > >fortunately, we have two bathrooms. > >Betsy > > > >Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
