It's incredible what following instructions can do

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:55 pm

Our toilet downstairs has been acting up. I did some basic troubleshooting and determined the fillpro valve was not working correctly. (this: http://mclendons.com/img/products/10/10447280.jpg) Basically it would not run long enough to fill the tank, then get stuck in a very slow stream rather then full fill capacity, so it would very slowly fill over the course of hours.

So I went to Canadian Tire and bought one and installed it in under half an hour. Actually very easy, I bought some thread tape figuring I'd need it, and not even, as the fittings are all plastic and fit tightly for no leaks. Now the toilet fills properly and does not keep running all night long.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:10 pm

lol yeah I know what you mean, I usually just skim through the instructions when installing something or completely miss them all together... I prefer to be lazy and let my incredible problem solving brain do all the work.
No wonder I have so many half-finished projects and stuff that refuses to work

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:37 pm

Actually TBH I only read through the instructions once, it seemed so easy, then I let common sense do the rest of the work. :p

Probably why I ended up with a spare washer.

Then there's yesterday when I accidentally vacuumed oil with the vacuum, and it stopped working later that day. I opened it up, laid out the parts such as the motor and the spring cable reel, and canister, cleaned it all, then just used common sense when redoing the electrical. At one point I screwed it up and if I had not noticed, the power nozzle would be working even if the vacuum is off. :p Good thing I caught that.

So yeah, next time I vacuum my car, I'm going to the car wash and paying 2 dollars to use their vacuum. LOL

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onykage · Post by **onykage** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:24 pm

Dollpartz wrote:lol yeah I know what you mean, I usually just skim through the instructions when installing something or completely miss them all together... I prefer to be lazy and let my incredible problem solving brain do all the work.
No wonder I have so many half-finished projects and stuff that refuses to work

girl, your avatar is some kind of scary.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:26 am

Red Squirrel wrote: Probably why I ended up with a spare washer.

Either that washer was a spare included in the set or you're in for a surprise next time you go sit down on the pot....

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DOCTOR THUNDER · Post by **DOCTOR THUNDER** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:45 am

I had a glovebox full of extra parts that I had no idea where they came off of after changing the transmission in my jeep. When I sold it, I think I hid them somewhere in the jeep. Just in case the new owner needed them sometime down the road.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:39 pm

Death wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote: Probably why I ended up with a spare washer.
Either that washer was a spare included in the set or you're in for a surprise next time you go sit down on the pot....

I had to go for a big one when I was done, so it's already been some stress testing.

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Kev6872 · Post by **Kev6872** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:31 pm

If you don't have parts left over after a project you didn't do it right.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:22 pm

Kev6872 wrote:If you don't have parts left over after a project you didn't do it right.

lol that is true

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