"I-zheet M'drurz" wrote in message
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(sigh) Blonde?

Back away from the kitchen knife.

You need to open the cabinet door under the sink (if you have
one...Oh Deer Lowered, I may have just confused you *more*?)
and look for a piece of metal rod or tube sticking out the
back of the drain pipe (that's the fat one in the middle, you
know, under the hole!) You should recognize this metal rod
because it will have one close to it that is likely detached,
that would be the one attached to the bottom of "the handle".
Anyway, those two need to be *connected* somehow, that's your
long-term project, but for now just concentrate on the one
sticking out of the drain pipe. You should be able to grab
ehe end of it and gently lower it (think one side of a
see saw!) and that will move the drain plunger up, out of
the hole. Good luck.


Thanks! I lowered the rod sticking out of the drain pipe and it worked! The
problem is the rods are not detached The drain stop can consistently close
the sink, but it won't open it up at all. There is a flexible plastic strip
with various holes in it, like a belt, that connects the two rods, and when
I push down on the rod behind the faucet to raise drain stop, the this
plastic strip merely flexes, and there is not enough rigidity in it to open
the drain stop. What should I do?

And btw, I'm not a blonde.

Julie