Good Morning folks. Back to Monday morning.
I had fun yesterday playing plumber. The outside waster faucet in the front was leaking. It just kept running even when off. Easy diagnosis, worn out seal. So I shut the waster off to the house and pulled the center rod on the faucet. I just took the entire thing to the local Ace Hardware. They had a huge bin of seals. We picked the appropriate one and it cost me 78 cents. Back home and re-install and it worked!
I was stunned, only one trip to the store and it worked on the first try.
I almost felt cheated of a full plumbing job experience. Usually I walk in and the experts say something like "Wow I have never seen one like that before in person. Those were made in Chernobyl and of course no one makes any replacement parts. You will have to have a EPA permit to disturb it and pay hazardous waste disposal team to haul it away. Then replace it with the new code style and have two city inspectors verify the installation and hire a plumber and a brick mason to to it. It should only take 8 to 12 months to get it replaced."