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| Toilet flapper built into overflow tube?! Confusing contraption. |
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proviso (NJ)
I'm trying to replace the fill valve and flapper, and I opened up my tank to find this. The overflow tube appears to be slanted, and is attached at the middle to the flapper. The whole overflow tube/flapper contraption is attached to the flush handle (I removed the chain in the pictures). I'm really confused... should I be worried about possible overflow? How would I replace the flapper?
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| Re: Toilet flapper built into overflow tube?! Confusing contraption. |
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Author:
packy (MA)
you have some version of the American standard tilt flush.
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