Electra-Magic toilet removal - slides won't budge [message #356196] |
Sun, 28 June 2020 16:38 |
westlanddave78
Messages: 27 Registered: March 2006 Location: Westland, MI
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Hi all,
Well it's time to change the dump valve out on the old Electra-Magic toilet but I can't get the toilet off its mounts. I took off the trim around the bottom and tried to pull the slides forward with a coat hanger as it says in the instructions, but no luck. I tried pulling on the slides with a pair of gas pliers but that didn't budge them either. Right now I'm letting a good spray of B'laster soak in.
Any other hints or tips I should try?
Thanks,
Dave
'75 Palm Beach
Dave P.
Westland, MI
75 Palm Beach
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Re: Electra-Magic toilet removal - slides won't budge [message #356205 is a reply to message #356196] |
Sun, 28 June 2020 22:57 |
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Matt Colie
Messages: 8547 Registered: March 2007 Location: S.E. Michigan
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westlanddave78 wrote on Sun, 28 June 2020 17:38Hi all,
Well it's time to change the dump valve out on the old Electra-Magic toilet but I can't get the toilet off its mounts. I took off the trim around the bottom and tried to pull the slides forward with a coat hanger as it says in the instructions, but no luck. I tried pulling on the slides with a pair of gas pliers but that didn't budge them either. Right now I'm letting a good spray of B'laster soak in.
Any other hints or tips I should try?
Thanks,
Dave
'75 Palm Beach
Dave,
You need a friend that has a slide hammer with a seal hook.
I'm down in New Boston, Sibley and 275.
I know where the slide hammer is, but I haven't seen the seal hook in a while.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
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Re: Electra-Magic toilet removal - slides won't budge [message #356270 is a reply to message #356205] |
Tue, 30 June 2020 13:51 |
rgogan
Messages: 82 Registered: February 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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I installed a replacement Electro-Magic on my 1976 Elaganza and had min trouble getting the slides out both when I removed the original one with the metal valve and subsequently when I removed the newer one with the plastic valve. I remember it did take some force on the coat hanger hook to break the slides loose. Used the replacement unit for several years but my wife was never on board with a recirculating toilet. Installed a conventional toilet that works fine but the minimally used ElectroMagic is still sitting in my garage. If anyone is interested in it, I can ship it out for the cost of shipping and a minimal handling fee.
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