help me fix my toilet

[rm]

It won't flush. According to the diagram here (http://www.hometips.com/hyhw/plumbing/88toilet.html) and our inspection of the thing the line from the trip lever to the flapper or seat ball, which in this diagram is shown as two things hooked together in our toilet was just a long plastic strip that has now snapped off.

I don't trust the management company to deal with this in a timely way, and I clearly need to get more than just the line as I need a new flapper since the line broke off the flapper. But I can't figure out how many parts I need to buy or how to unconnect and connect things.

Um, so what do I buy? How do I do this? Should I just call a plummber? I don't need a new toilet do I?

ETA: if I pull up the flapper manually, it does work.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

So you have no way to connect a piece of string between the flapper and the handle/lever piece because something broke off the flapper. So you need something like an alligator clamp you can tie a string onto that will grab onto the flapper temporarily and connect at the right length to the lever until you get a kit. Maybe nipple clamps and a twist tie to control the length? String and clothes pins? Something like that which won't rust before you get to the store.

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