Hi Betsy,
Did your kit come with a gasket to seal between the tank and the stool? This is
the important part there.
The gasket you are speaking of is probably unique to that particular make or
model of toilet and serves primarily as a filler between the two components. It
helps keep the tank from wiggling about due to imperfections in the surfaces of
the tank or stool or both in all probability. Just put it back where you found
it. As you snug up the bolts to secure the tank it will act as a filler. You
might even like to form a small thickness of cardboard or better still a piece
of neoprene or that polyurethane foam they often pack things in just to thicken
up that gasket a little, it will have been well compressed over the years. Take
care not to tighten those bolts too tight, you don't want to crack the tank or
the stool. There should be a rubber or these days a sort of foam somewhat cone
shaped gasket which seals the junction between the tank and the stool.
As for your second question, that little pipe thing mostly serves the purpose
of an overflow. It must be some distance below the top of the tank so, if the
water does not shut off at the float valve it won't spew out over the top of
the tank. So long as that is the case I would just leave it alone.Too short and
the water won't ever shut off because the float won't rise high enough due to
the run-off through that overflow.
Hope this helps.
Dale.
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:53 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Progress on the loose toilet tank
Aloha everyone,
Two tiny questions. Not sure what some of these things are called, so
bare with me. I removed the tank and took all of the guts out of it.
I scrubbed it down with bleach, rinsed it until I was sure it was
done, wiped it off with clean lintless rags, and let it bake in the
sun for a bit to make sure it was really dry.
I managed to get all of the rebuild kit into place, but now I have
two questions.
When I removed the tank from the stool, there was a flat gasket
between the bottom of the tank and the top of the stool. It is shaped
like the letter U. It is about half an inch wide. The open part of
the U was facing the seat.
outside of the U were two round flat washer looking things, but they
were part of the main gasket. They matched the holes that the bolts
go through to attach the tank and the stool.
This rebuild kit doesn't have anything in the box that looks like
that. Do I need to get one? If so, what do you call it?
Second question:
The round pipe looking thing that the little hose attaches to inside
the tank that the water flows through, for the water to go into the
tank is too tall.
I read somewhere that it should be one inch lower than the little
ring on the part where the float cup is. Should I use a hacksaw to shorten it?
Hope I haven't confused you..
Thanks bunches,
Betsy
.
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