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Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run
unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run
unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? Have one of your six wives hold it down,mormon :| man-do you still hate N Negroes? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Stormin Mormon wrote:
Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? I just bought a 1.50 cent universal flapper at wallyworld. It's a piece of crap of course, doesn't even have a chain but a plastic strip that is supposed to pull through the holes on the flush lever arm. It wouldn't, of course, so I wound up tying it around the arm.... I'm so used to holding down on the handle I never thought to just try flushing it after installing it. Did you happen to get one of those two flush models, one for one, hold it down for a two. Nothing is easy anymore, http://www.homerepairforum.com/forum...-too-soon.html |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
In article ,
Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote: I just bought a 1.50 cent universal flapper at wallyworld. 1.50 cents? That's quite inexpensive, I say. Where did you get half-cent coin? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 14, 5:13*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Smitty Two wrote the following:
In article , Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote: I just bought a 1.50 cent universal flapper at wallyworld. 1.50 cents? That's quite inexpensive, I say. Where did you get half-cent coin? A British ha'penny -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On 2011-06-14, Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote:
wouldn't, of course, so I wound up tying it around the arm.... I'm so used to holding down on the handle I never thought to just try flushing it after installing it. The difference between cheapo flappers and good one's. Good ones have an air space on the underside of the flapper. When flushed, the air space causes the flapper to float upward until the water in the tank is completely gone and the flapper again drops down and seals shut. Not exactly rocket science. ;) nb |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
notbob wrote the following:
On 2011-06-14, Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote: wouldn't, of course, so I wound up tying it around the arm.... I'm so used to holding down on the handle I never thought to just try flushing it after installing it. The difference between cheapo flappers and good one's. Good ones have an air space on the underside of the flapper. When flushed, the air space causes the flapper to float upward until the water in the tank is completely gone and the flapper again drops down and seals shut. Not exactly rocket science. ;) nb 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? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
I have one fewer than the legal maximum number of wives, so
that's not an option. Have you stopped beating your wife? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jaime Osvaldo" wrote in message ... Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? Have one of your six wives hold it down,mormon :| man-do you still hate N Negroes? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
I had to set the chain length (the provided chain was far
too long). Maybe I did leave it too long? Will try that, thank you. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "hr(bob) " wrote in message ... Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
I read it, and he was telling me to shorten the chain. I'm
all confused! -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "willshak" wrote in message m... hr(bob) wrote the following: Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? Read your reply again. That would be the opposite of what you meant. The longer the rod, the greater the radius arc. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
weight of water..... gravity.....
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "willshak" wrote in message m... 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? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 14, 9:39*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I read it, and he was telling me to shorten the chain. I'm all confused! -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . "willshak" wrote in message m... hr(bob) wrote the following: Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? Read your reply again. That would be the opposite of what you meant. The longer the rod, the greater the radius arc. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ He is thinking of the rod that is part of the handle. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Smitty Two wrote:
In article , Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote: I just bought a 1.50 cent universal flapper at wallyworld. 1.50 cents? That's quite inexpensive, I say. Where did you get half-cent coin? It was estimated tax paying time, I was still in that mind set I guess. Everyone ought to do their own taxes, maybe that would wake up the population to all the loop holes that cause the rest of us to have to pay more. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
In article ,
Fat-Dumb and Happy wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? I just bought a 1.50 cent universal flapper at wallyworld. It's a piece of crap of course, doesn't even have a chain but a plastic strip that is supposed to pull through the holes on the flush lever arm. It wouldn't, of course, so I wound up tying it around the arm.... I'm so used to holding down on the handle I never thought to just try flushing it after installing it. Sounds similar to one I had before replacing all the tank internals. The plastic strip (a continuation of the flapper) would never bind up and keep the flapper from closing like metal chains will do. IIRC, I cut the tips off the barbs to get the strip to fit through the holes. m |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Stormin Mormon wrote:
I had to set the chain length (the provided chain was far too long). Maybe I did leave it too long? Will try that, thank you. And important update on the 1.50 cent, correction 1.50 dollar wallyworld flapper. I ate a couple of burritos yesterday and off loaded them this morning to give the old crapper a real test. I am glad to announce one push on the trip handle (no holding it down) and KAWOOOOOOOOOSH. All gone, those used burritos are the city's sewage collection/treatment system's problem now. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 14, 6:13*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Remember the old days, when the toilet would continue to run unless you jiggled the handle? My new rebuild kit, Fluidmaster, from Home Depot. If I push the handle, it discharges about half the water in the tank down the holes through the bowl. To get a full flush, I have to stand there and hold the handle down.Is this a design feature? Does that mean I'll spend the rest of my life holding a toilet handle down? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . Reminds me of the tale of the graffiti on the wall behind a toilet in a college men's room. Somebody had written, "Toilet runs. Wiggle Handel." Someone else wrote beneath it, "If I do, will it wiggle Bach?" |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 15, 2:24*am, Fat-Dumb and Happy
wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: I had to set the chain length (the provided chain was far too long). Maybe I did leave it too long? Will try that, thank you. * And important update on the 1.50 cent, correction 1.50 dollar wallyworld flapper. * I ate a couple of burritos yesterday and off loaded them this morning to give the old crapper a real test. *I am glad to announce one push on the trip handle (no holding it down) and KAWOOOOOOOOOSH. *All gone, those used burritos are the city's sewage collection/treatment system's problem now. Reminds me of the war I had with my wife. Got a Toto (Drake) and it would 'dribble' if one held the handle and let the ball down easy...every time. She insisted there was something wrong with it, I couldn't convince her that what was wrong was her holding that handle. After a year of that and many demonsstrations she finally got the point but still occasionally does it. Harry K |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
This AM, I took the lid off. Push the flush handle, and make
sure the flapper goes up good and high. Still delivered half a tank of water. Might need a different flapper, some day. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "hr(bob) " wrote in message ... Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 15, 8:36*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: This AM, I took the lid off. Push the flush handle, and make sure the flapper goes up good and high. Still delivered half a tank of water. Might need a different flapper, some day. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . "hr(bob) " wrote in ... Maybe you should shorten the connection between the flapper and the handle, so that the flapper lifts up higher when you turn the handle. Have you tried that?? If you want more water, can you raise the float level, or will that cause the water to go down the overflow tube? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
No crap? You for real? Wouldn't be s**ting me, would you?
Maybe I need a Walflapper, not a Home Depotflapper? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Fat-Dumb and Happy" wrote in message ... And important update on the 1.50 cent, correction 1.50 dollar wallyworld flapper. I ate a couple of burritos yesterday and off loaded them this morning to give the old crapper a real test. I am glad to announce one push on the trip handle (no holding it down) and KAWOOOOOOOOOSH. All gone, those used burritos are the city's sewage collection/treatment system's problem now. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Man: My toilet broken.
Musical Plumber: What are the symphtoms? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Pavel314" wrote in message ... Reminds me of the tale of the graffiti on the wall behind a toilet in a college men's room. Somebody had written, "Toilet runs. Wiggle Handel." Someone else wrote beneath it, "If I do, will it wiggle Bach?" |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
The handle jab only delivers half the tankload. There is
enough in the tank, the challenge is to deliver the entire tankload. It's a tankless job. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "hr(bob) " wrote in message ... If you want more water, can you raise the float level, or will that cause the water to go down the overflow tube? |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
On Jun 15, 3:17*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: The handle jab only delivers half the tankload. There is enough in the tank, the challenge is to deliver the entire tankload. It's a tankless job. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . "hr(bob) " wrote in ... If you want more water, can you raise the float level, or will that cause the water to go down the overflow tube? How can it be tankless??? You keep referring to it as a tank. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
Oh, gosh. A literal thinker.
There is an old expression "it's a thankless job" as in, there is no appreciation, or approval or thanks for those who do this job. My comment is a play on words, which you appear to be too literal to understand. Or, perhaps, you don't know the expression. What is the circumference of an igloo? Eskimo Pi. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "hr(bob) " wrote in message ... tankload. It's a tankless job. How can it be tankless??? You keep referring to it as a tank. |
Hold the handle now, used to be jiggle the handle
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
stuff snipped What is the circumference of an igloo? Eskimo Pi. Why do Eskimo women wash their clothes in Tide? | | | | | | Because it's too cold out "tide"! -- Bobby G. |
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