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Install New Vacuum Breaker Components

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What happens here

Take the small inner rubber/plastic seal component from the new vacuum breaker kit. Place it into the opening of the faucet, ensuring the rubber gasket side is facing upwards. Next, take the new white plastic cap. Align it with the threads on the faucet body and carefully screw it in clockwise. The video suggests hand-tightening it first until it's snug. Compare the old and new caps if desired; the new cap may have slightly different internal molding but functions identically.

Goal: Insert the new internal seal component and screw on the new plastic cap of the vacuum breaker.

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two little pieces with the O-ring and the little gasket. Look down inside here. Nothing else. All metal. It's cleaned out. This little piece right here. Just set that right down on the top with the gasket facing up. So, check this out. These are the same. This actually has a place to turn it. Let's get that little part of the valve facing up. Screw that down on there. Pretty much can just go handtight and it's going to be fine. We'll just hit it just to snug it up just a little bit. So, that's it. It's not leaking.

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