I bought a fixer upper house (again) and I am generally handy enough to get just about anything done. But sometimes just not knowing the details is a killer. Searing for info I stumbled onto this site and thought I would give it a shot.
In this case, my first problem is I can't tell what type of toilet this is. Looks pretty decent and has "Made in USA" cast into the inside of the tank along with Jun 18 of '84. But no other identifying (to me) markings I could find. There is something under the bowl lip where the tank bolts down, but darn if I can read it. Looks like maybe RR mirrored over/under on once side, the other looks like maybe 4 or 5 half formed letters or so, doesn't look like "Delta" or anything that registers for me.
The seal socket in the bowl looks like it takes a seal a bit over 1/2" thick and 3.25 diameter. So I got the Fluidmaster 10065 "kit". Everything looks about right, but the old gasket must have been softer as the hex retaining collar/nut pressed in and deformed the now leaking seal. The new seal looks just about perfect, but is too hard to deform for the hex collar without likely (I think?) breaking the tank. There were also what appeared to be 2 lead-like stripe on each side that kept the tank from rocking. These were maybe 1/8 thick or less, and I would need something at least 3/8" thick for this new seal to work without some heavy bolt clamping that seems unreasonable. And the "kit" didn't come with spacers, so not sure what to do about that.
Hopefully some of this rings a bell. I bought one of everything the local larger Home Depot had in stock that looked close, and none looks even close to right except this one. I can try to find a plumbing supply, but being a "made in USA" tank, I expected to find readily available parts.
One final note, if nothing else works out, I guess I'll replace the whole discharge tube. But the gasket inside looks pretty bad, so maybe that's the right course anyway.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
In this case, my first problem is I can't tell what type of toilet this is. Looks pretty decent and has "Made in USA" cast into the inside of the tank along with Jun 18 of '84. But no other identifying (to me) markings I could find. There is something under the bowl lip where the tank bolts down, but darn if I can read it. Looks like maybe RR mirrored over/under on once side, the other looks like maybe 4 or 5 half formed letters or so, doesn't look like "Delta" or anything that registers for me.
The seal socket in the bowl looks like it takes a seal a bit over 1/2" thick and 3.25 diameter. So I got the Fluidmaster 10065 "kit". Everything looks about right, but the old gasket must have been softer as the hex retaining collar/nut pressed in and deformed the now leaking seal. The new seal looks just about perfect, but is too hard to deform for the hex collar without likely (I think?) breaking the tank. There were also what appeared to be 2 lead-like stripe on each side that kept the tank from rocking. These were maybe 1/8 thick or less, and I would need something at least 3/8" thick for this new seal to work without some heavy bolt clamping that seems unreasonable. And the "kit" didn't come with spacers, so not sure what to do about that.
Hopefully some of this rings a bell. I bought one of everything the local larger Home Depot had in stock that looked close, and none looks even close to right except this one. I can try to find a plumbing supply, but being a "made in USA" tank, I expected to find readily available parts.
One final note, if nothing else works out, I guess I'll replace the whole discharge tube. But the gasket inside looks pretty bad, so maybe that's the right course anyway.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.