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If it has a power flush (i.e hole about 1" in size opposite side of flushing direction) that hole gets plugged by minerals from the hard water, when it does the flush will be much weaker. To clean it, use a bent coat hanger and ream out the deposits as far in as you can reach. Then turn off the water supply, flush the toilet, then quickly pour one pail full of water into the toilet to drop the water level to minimum. Get "Lime Away" at H/Depot, pour in 1 cup and let sit overnight to eat the remaining hard water deposits from the bowl and power flush. In morning turn on water flush a few times, should wok good as new. Repeat anytime hole starts to get plugged.
If it has a power flush (i.e hole about 1" in size opposite side of flushing direction) that hole gets plugged by minerals from the hard water, when it does the flush will be much weaker. To clean it, use a bent coat hanger and ream out the deposits as far in as you can reach. Then turn off the water supply, flush the toilet, then quickly pour one pail full of water into the toilet to drop the water level to minimum. Get "Lime Away" at H/Depot, pour in 1 cup and let sit overnight to eat the remaining hard water deposits from the bowl and power flush. In morning turn on water flush a few times, should wok good as new. Repeat anytime hole starts to get plugged.
If it has a power flush (i.e hole about 1" in size opposite side of flushing direction) that hole gets plugged by minerals from the hard water, when it does the flush will be much weaker. To clean it, use a bent coat hanger and ream out the deposits as far in as you can reach. Then turn off the water supply, flush the toilet, then quickly pour one pail full of water into the toilet to drop the water level to minimum. Get "Lime Away" at H/Depot, pour in 1 cup and let sit overnight to eat the remaining hard water deposits from the bowl and power flush. In morning turn on water flush a few times, should wok good as new. Repeat anytime hole starts to get plugged.
It's not nessesarily a half flush just as little water as is possible for that toilet. The full flush has just a little more. It may be hard to tell the difference.
Why do you want to change it out just because it doesn't take paper out ? The problem is in your trap. Don't change it unless you just want to. I don't think you can change it over anyway due to design differences.
SLOAN FLUSH VALVES ARE SIMPLE. IT DEPENDES ON THE PROBLEM. IF THE VALVE KEPS RUNNING AFTER IT IS FLUSHED THE RUBBER DIAPHRAM IS DIRTY OR OLD AND THE RUBBER DIAPHRAM IS GETTING HARD. AND STICKING. THE VALVE WORKS ON A VACUME TO CLOSE THE DIAPHRAM TO STOP THE FLUSH PROCESS. WHEN YOU PULL ON THE FLUSH HANDLE YOU BREAK THE VACUME THAT FORM ON THE TOP OF THE DIAPHRAM WHICH ALLOWS THE WATER TO FLOW AS THE WATER FLOWS IT IS ALSO STARTING TO PULL A VACUME IN THE TOP OF THE DIAPHRAM TO CLOSE THE DIAPHRAM AND STOP THE FLUSH.
AS THE DIAPHRAM GET OLD AND WORN IT GETS HARD AND DOES NOT MOVE AS FREELY AND STICKS OPEN AND WON'T LET THE VACUME CLOSE THE DIAPHRAM AND THE URINAL WILL CONTINUE TO FLUSH. HOPE THIS ANSWERED YOU QUESTION
You might check under the rim of the toilet, there are about 12 little holes that when you flush water comes out to start the most important part of the flush. The swrill, with out it hard to flush. Talk a piece of wire hanger ( I know "NO WIRE HANGERS") and use it to push up into the holes. Hard water deposits sometimes build up there.
pour some CLR into an empty tank - allow one flush and let it sit for a day then fill tank and flush again. hard mineral deposits are clogging the holes.
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