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hey everyone today I'm going to show you
how to replace toilet tank parts
tools and supplies needed will be the
toilet tank replacement kit flat-head
screwdriver
large channel lock pliers in an
adjustable wrench I'll have the links in
the description but first I want to tell
you to be sure to get the correct
replacement kit for your toilet so be
sure to check the brand toilet you have
because the one I'm doing this install
on this were an American Standard toilet
a Kohler toilet will have a different
flushing mechanism so be sure to check
the correct one for your application
without further ado let's get this party
started I know I know it's exciting but
hey it's got to be done and I'm gonna
show you how to do it alright so we're
gonna replace the tank I would replace
the flapper and that did not solve the
problem of we're leaking into the toilet
bowl and you can see the water flow in
the bowl this is after it filled up so
this is what needs to happen is the
insides need to be replaced at the
underneath the flapper that whole gasket
alright so for the first step use you
turn off the water to the fill valve and
then flush the toilet to drain most of
the water out of the tank and just kind
of scoop the water into the hole with
the flap open which I get as much water
out as possible because you will be
loosening these bolts as well as this
connection here so that way when you do
lift it up not so much water will be
leaking out of the tank alright so got
the fill valve off for the toilet and
then underneath here it wasn't up the
fill valve to the tank connection and
find a container that can collect water
soon as we do disconnect it but there's
gonna be another turn screw
that you got to loosen it up and unscrew
from the tank itself okay so the next
step after removing the fill valve from
the tank will be to loosen the two bolts
that are holding the tank onto the
toilet that's usually a flathead
screwdriver and a pair of pliers for the
bolt and nut underneath the tank to
loosen that up this is what we're using
to replace the internal parts of that
toilet tank it's made by Fluidmaster
it's all-in-one repair kit it includes
all the fittings and everything twelve
fill valve new flapper this runs about
$20 in your nearest home center ok after
removing the bolts and the nuts from the
underside of the tank you just simply
lift up on the tank and remove it from
the base of the toilet so this is what's
gonna be removed this rubber gasket
obviously the new bolts gonna be put in
and the whole internal parts can be
replaced so here's like a big nut right
here that needs to be loosened up okay
so I'm using a big pair of channellocks
to loosen up this nut from the toilet
tank once you get started you can
usually turn it by hand okay so the nut
is removed from the tank here so once
that's removed in all the internal parts
you'll be able to come out by simply
point it out
all right before placing the tank back
on you want to make sure that this
section right here is all cleaned right
around the rim here so that way it'll
have a good connection and it will be
properly sealed then all right so this
is the new components going to be
installed so this is gonna be the rubber
gasket that you removed from this this
is what's going to be between the toilet
tank and the toilet base itself and so
you remove this nut here because this is
gonna go on the underside of the tank
and then this gasket that's on here is
gonna stay on the inside all right
something to note here is when I was
preparing these new bolts here that the
as you can see compared to the next the
old ones that are a thinner so actually
to reuse the old bolts because they
won't go through the holes in the toilet
tank so we had to reuse the old bolts
all right so I put the old bolts back in
with the new washers and into the tank
so now I'm gonna put the new fill valve
or the tube in here tank you want to
make sure it's out of the way of the
bolts so we can tighten the bolts when
we put the tank back on to the bowl and
this part is gonna be near the fill
valve opening so the tight-knit make
sure you have the first gasket on to the
tube here and then you'll put the new
nut on to the back to tighten it against
the tank here all right so we've
tightened this nut here and you'll just
kind of use the channel locks just to
give it like a little extra turn but you
don't really want to over tighten it too
much without you know because it can
actually cause it to break so you want
to just nice and snug and also note you
do not need any plumber's putty now is
the time to put on the tank gasket
all right the next step is to take the
fill valve and you'll need to check with
your tank and you'll make the
adjustments here by pulling it and then
you saying this locking ring here but
when you're setting it in the tank it
obviously cannot stick above the level
of the tank here so this is about the
right level right here so to prepare
this you'll want to use the rubber
washer in this bag here put it in first
and then you put it on the tank so
you'll see it in the washer here it's
got this little flange so you want that
to be pointing down if you find this
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this section right here this is where
the tube is going to be going connecting
to the fill tube here okay so once you
get that rubber washer on then you'll
put it in the tank and then you'll use
this locking nut to attach it to the
tank
again it's a hand tighten but don't
over-tighten it all right so now already
put it on to the tank onto the bowl now
don't forget to have put on that toilet
tank gasket it goes between the tank and
the toilet bowl make sure that the
washers the metal washers ready to go
along with nuts to go into the underside
again with me I to use the old bolts so
I'm going to use the old washers for it
so again we're going to add the rubber
washer in the metal washer so the metal
washer will be on the bottom then you'll
have the nut if you liked this video
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at this point it's better to just turn
it by hand as far as you can go and be
sure to hold it inside the tank pushing
down and then you can take the flat-head
screwdriver to tighten it inside the
tank
before tightening too tight be sure to
get together bolt secure all right so
after tightening up the bolts down there
and then tightening up the fill valve
you'll take the fill tube that goes into
the tube that makes the water go around
inside the toilet bowl there'll be a
certain length that you only need you
you cut off the excess then you attach
it to the point right here on the fill
valve then you touch attach it to the
attachment that it came with to attach
inside the tube here then from the
flapper you determine how much chain you
need and attach it to the handle and
test it making sure that it doesn't go
above the level of the tank to where it
won't be able to raise we were not able
to use the replacement handle that came
with because this one this toilet
actually takes a special handle that's
at a different angle compared to the
other handles that normally come with
the tanks that are usually at this point
instead of on the side all right after
everything's tightened down got the fill
tube in place you have the
fill valve connected and remember it is
hand tightened
now go to turn on the fill valve slowly
the pipe might chatter
so now fill up
you'll see the water going into the -
that's what goes into the realm of outer
rim of the toilet
so once you fill it up check on me 30
weeks under side the tank there's no
leaks on the floor all right so once
it's full confirm that there's no leaks
and you can check by touching underneath
the tank check for any water by the
bolts you just put it back in place on
each side what I do recommend doing is
what I call a paper towel trick I'll put
a piece of paper towel underneath the
bolts where there's potential for
leaking I do this when also replacing
faucets put underneath here then give it
like 20 minutes or so go back and see if
there's any drips on the paper towel all
right we did a few flush tests keep it
underneath the paper towel underneath
the toilet just to confirm that still
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