Anybody ever seen a toilet like this?

[KLF]

Wife and I bought a camp a couple of weeks ago with an old (~1957) mobile home on the lot. Water and septic are good, plumbing is pretty hacked. Toilet drips, when I opened the tank I found this:

Never seen a toilet that worked like this. The valve fills the "tub" with water, then when you push the handle it just dumps the tub out into the tank, flushing the toilet. I can't get the valve to totally shut off, no matter how I low I adjust the float, it must be gunked up with rust. Tried one store (Aubuchon), no valve like this. Do I just need to gut the tank and go back to a traditional flush flapper and valve?

 

[grapestomper]

looks like somebody tried to save water and used a smaller tank with a do it yourself flush.
My guess at least. I would get a new one.

 

[rusty_tlc]

It looks manufactured, not homebrewed. You could probably rig a standard float valve to work.

http://www.zoro.com/value-brand-eva...gclid=CLmJkour0cYCFURcfgodCicFZw&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[KLF]

It's not a home-brew thing, this is a purpose built unit, I've just never seen one like this, and neither did the guy at the hardware store. I'm gonna give it one chance, take it apart to see if the shutoff can be cleaned. If not, I'm just gonna keep ripping stuff out until I get to a standard that I can start replacing new.

 

[warpdriv]

Yep, a friend of ours has a toilet like that. It gets rid of the flapper leak.

 

[AJP]

Here you go:
Niagara Flapperless | ecofitt.ca

 

[D'Animal]

I'm not saying the shut off valve is bad, but you may want to check the water pressure in the mobile home.
If it is above 65psi, the shut off valve is going to leak.
The toilet is the "pressure relief valve" for excessive water pressure spikes.

 

[KLF]

Yup, that is the toilet.

I'll keep that in mind, water is all drained and winterized now. The plumbing and cabinetry in this place is really a hack job, I'm planning to gut the place next summer.