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aemeijers

wrote:
Thanks all for the help.

1. If I had the original paperwork to pull out of the file cabinet I
wouldn't have come here asking for help.

2. I don't have a lathe to make a plastic part, so that shoots that
suggestion in the foot.

3. I was at the H.D. supply house yesterday when the Delta guy said
that part is no longer being made.

4. Thanks for the suggestion of contacting Delta and asking about
their lifetime guarantee!!! It's is a bummer they make a faucet and
then quit supply repair parts. Hmmmm, must be a new business tactic
to drum up repeat business.

5. Last but not least, I will go back to the Delta site and look
again. If I remember correctly they want to a part number to search
their site. (Why do I feel like a dog chasing it's tail?) I hadn't
thought of Price Phister, but I'll look there, also.

Y'all have given me hope and some good tips. The search
continues!!!!!!!!

'H.D.' as in Home Depot? They do 'bell curve' stocking- even their
special order will only cover the fat part of the bell curve as to what
sells.

Nobody else said it (that I noticed), so I will. Take the old part, or
even the entire faucet, to a supply house that deals with the trade, or
even a large ma'n'pa full-line hardware store, if such a thing still
exists in your town. Preferably one that has been in same location at
least 20 years or so. One of those places that has a counter and stools
is best. Look for the oldest guy working there. Ask him if they have
anything that looks like that out back or in the basement. Note that
supply houses that cater to the trade tend to only be open 5 days a
week, from dawn to 3 pm or so, and be located in the nastiest cheapest
part of town.

When looking for obsolete parts, I have had better luck at places like
that, than at the big boxes. Both because they serve people that do
repairs versus new construction or DIY rip'n'replace, and because they
tend to hold on to old stock longer.

aem sends...