Set to same height

Step 5:

Set the new valve to the same height as the old valve.  Install the new valve in the hole the old one came out of.  Make sure there is a gasket installed on the bottom of the valve before you put it in place.  Use the provided nut to attach the valve where the threaded end of the valve comes through the tank.

Replace fill tube

Step 6:

Attach the new fill tube to the nipple on the valve and the angled adapter (You may have to trim it to prevent the tube from kinking).  Clip the angle adapter to the overflow tube.

Toilet flapper

Step 7:

Attach the new flapper to the bottom of the overflow tube.  Most flappers either clip onto the ears on the tube or they have flexible holes that slip over the ears.  If there are no ears on the overflow tube, there is normally an adapter included in the kit.

Re-attach the chain

Step 8:

Attach the chain from the flapper to the handle.  Adjust the chain so that there is some slack in the chain.

It is a nasty job

Step 9:

If the water fills the tank to where the water runs into the overflow tube, adjust the float down so that the valve shuts off sooner.  If this adjustment will not cut it, you might have to remove the valve and make it taller. Make sure that you clean up afterwards, it is a nasty job.

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