Toilet Float problems

[Grateful11]

older thread same problem, might get even more info:

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1017061

[Fritz]

I just went thru this and replaced the OEM Fluidmaster from AS with a new Fluidmaster.
No change. Still doesn't empty the pot even with just water.
I'm thinking now of pulling the whole pot and check/replacing the wax, in case it got smeared on the install. Other than that, I think the AM pot may be of poor design. They don't market it anymore.

[lipskidder]

Well, I had bought another Fluidmaster as a backup. I was planning on getting the cap today to try that but early this morning had me working on it to fix it. We have 6 people in the house right now and just one toilet. I didn't like the idea of having to turn the main valve open and closed every time because at our old house it looked like it got worn out and you had to have it JUST RIGHT in order for it not to leak.

So I ended up replacing the whole enchilada starting at 5:30 this morning and just finished. I spent over two hours alone trying to remove the old basin because of stripped screws, plastic nuts and gunk all over the threads. Efforts included running to my storage unit to get a saw to remove the screws only to find out the saw was too large for the tiny workspace. I tried using the blade by hand and that didn't last too long. Then I remembered I had a Dremel. Back to the storage unit only to discover it was a cordless version and had to wait for a charge. Impatiently I tried using it to no avail but then realized I could use the little power it had at the time to cut into the screwheads to make new grooves. That finally did it and then the rest just took a while. Highlight was having to run out back for a little bladder control only to get busted by a neighbor 3 seconds in. And you KNOW you can't just stop. Had to pretend to be moving panels of wood around there. I am beat. Grabbing a bite to eat and then crashing for a bit.

[GGD]

Why did you have to do all that to change a fill valve, especially when the intake pipe for the new valve is already installed in the tank?

BTW: After all that, does the toilet now work?

Tip: Pour a bucket of water into the toilet bowl and it will flush, no need to water trees.

[lipskidder]

The intake valve looked like it could have been the stinker making problems. And the other parts were updated versions that appealed to me more than what was currently there.

And yup! It works perfecto now! Had an issue with a leak but took care of that with a twist of a screwdriver.

I did the bucket thingy eventually. Felt like Oleson's from Little House with a new fancy water closet!

[GGD]

lipskidder wrote:
And yup! It works perfecto now!

I'm sure there are six people who are very glad to hear that!

[lipskidder]

Seven. You forgot the neighbor. lol

[rjmacs]

Really? This is the subject line, and no post from Poo? REALLY!?!?