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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
I was wondering because to me (altho I haven't looked at it closely in a few days) it looks like everything is all of a piece, what should be the packing nut doesn't appear to be a separate piece that can be turned one way or the other by itself. Unless it's all so caked over on the outside with something that you can't tell where one part ends and another begins.
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Yeah, the older models are made of brass, which oxidizes outdoors (rain, sun, etc.). That's not to say you probably can't still buy them but, I would opt for an aluminum alloy model. Depending on who and how they installed it, you should just be able to shut off the water supply, unscrew the old one, pull the length out of the wall and then screw in a new one.
This is what mine looks like:
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Brake fluid will remove paint quicker than Coke.
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Yeah, we tried that one too.
