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Default Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle

weight of water..... gravity.....

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"willshak" wrote in message
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No. not rocket science, but physical science. The flapper is
designed so
that the water flowing out of the tank pushes the flapper up
until there
is no more water to hold it up. The air is always in the
cone at the
bottom of the flapper. How does it stay down when the tank
is not
flushed?

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