mc510
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I hope folks here can help me to identify the bathtub fixture in my "new" (to me) 1950 home. It looks like a basic Price Pfister job, including the PP Beaux Art escutcheons and handles, but I need to identify it real specific so that I can locate a correct packing nut for the diverter handle.
I guess I should explain the situation, then describe the fixture. So, the diverter handle has no packing nut on it. Needless to say, water gushes out. The really special part is that some genius has packed a huge amount of grout in around the bonnet so that it's impossible to remove. So I need to find the correct packing nut, but I can't take the whole stem in to the hardware store with me. What I can do is remove the hot and cold stems (not grouted in place ... thank you, previous homeowner!), and I've attached a picture of one. Now here's the thing that's making me crazy: the packing nut from the hot and cold does not fit on the diverter ... the diverter appears to have a slightly smaller thread.
I've taken the hot stem to every store in town, told my story, and gotten nothing but shrugs. Everyone says that all 3 packing nuts should be the same size. I'm starting to think that I'm crazy, but everytime I play with it I come away convinced that the diverter thread is indeed smaller.
Okay, so that's my story. Anyone have any idea what I'm looking at here? Thanks in advance.
I guess I should explain the situation, then describe the fixture. So, the diverter handle has no packing nut on it. Needless to say, water gushes out. The really special part is that some genius has packed a huge amount of grout in around the bonnet so that it's impossible to remove. So I need to find the correct packing nut, but I can't take the whole stem in to the hardware store with me. What I can do is remove the hot and cold stems (not grouted in place ... thank you, previous homeowner!), and I've attached a picture of one. Now here's the thing that's making me crazy: the packing nut from the hot and cold does not fit on the diverter ... the diverter appears to have a slightly smaller thread.
I've taken the hot stem to every store in town, told my story, and gotten nothing but shrugs. Everyone says that all 3 packing nuts should be the same size. I'm starting to think that I'm crazy, but everytime I play with it I come away convinced that the diverter thread is indeed smaller.
Okay, so that's my story. Anyone have any idea what I'm looking at here? Thanks in advance.
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