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Hi, I'm James with JNC Home Repair. Today, I'm going to show you how to fix a fill valve
inside a toilet tank. OK, some common tools that you're going to need for this job. You're
going to need a basic crescent wrench. You're going to need a pair of channel locks. And,
you're going to need some Teflon tape. OK? The first step in this process, is you want
to remove your toilet tank lid. OK? Get that out of your way, so you can access the fill
valve. The fill valve is located right here in the tank, on the left hand side. Your next
step is, you, you want to shut off your water supply to the toilet. OK. This is very important,
because when you remove the supply line, if you don't have the water shut off to the toilet,
than you're going to have water spraying out everywhere, OK? So, you want to make sure
you shut the water off to the toilet. OK? Usually the valve is located, this particular
model, it's located, it's coming up through the floor, but most of the time, it's mounted
on the wall, directly behind the toilet. OK. You shut that valve off, and you, next step
is to remove the supply line from the bottom of the fuel valve. The fuel valve is, has
a threaded end that goes down through the bottom of the toilet, and mounts to the supply
line. You want to remove the supply line from this threaded end on the fuel valve, and once
that supply line is out the way, there'll be a little, plastic washer, nut type thing
that's, that's holding the actual fuel valve inside the toilet. OK? This is basically what
it looks like. This is what's the fuel valve inside the toilet. OK. Once you unscrew this
thing, it's usually supposed to be hand tight, but you may need a pair of channel locks to
get it off. Because sometimes they tighten them up a just a little too tight, or it starts
corroding, and you can't get it off, so it's good to have a pair of channel locks handy.
OK. Once you, once you remove the little nut from the fuel valve, the fuel valve will lift
right out of the tank, and the installation is reverse of the removal. You just put your
new fuel valve back in, put your nut back on, make sure that the rubber washers are
sealed on both sides, connect your supply line back to the fuel valve, shut your water
back on, make sure you adjust your water level on the fuel valve to the line that's in the
back of the tank. And, you're good to go from there. Put your "tan", put your lid back on,
and, if you've got any more questions concerning this type of repair, you can contact me at
JNCHomeRepair.com.