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    horchard Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 4, 2013, 12:51 PM
    Toilet flush problems
    I have to pull the lever flush handle 3 or 4 times before the toilet will flush which often results in the handle unscrewing itself over time and not working at all
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    Jan 4, 2013, 01:37 PM
    Hi inside the siphon is a diapram washer it is made of heavy plastic , easy to make if you are competent to get the syphon off as you need to drain sisten 1st gl
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    Jan 4, 2013, 11:21 PM
    inside the siphon is a diapram washer it is made of heavy plastic , easy to make if you are competent to get the syphon off as you need to drain sisten 1st gl
    I have no idea what Jazza's talking about and I wonder if he knows himself.
    This sounds like a linkage problem pure and simple. Do you have a lever or a push button flush lever? Back to you. Tom
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