1978 Kohler Wellworth Flushing

Here is A Kohler Wellworth, i found it at a restaurant up in Evanston the date on it is 10-15-78 so i think this is an early 3.5 gpf toilet the tank has Styrofoam in it to displace the water that looked original and the tank was filled to the fill line with a normal flapper too.

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• crane
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• american
• standard
• kohler
• toilet
• flush
• plumbing
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• new
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• 1.6
• 3.5
• 5.0
• gpf
• low
• flow
• antique

[CRANEPlumbing]

whatever this is, it sucks

[gusherb94]

it's the same as the first one in your kohler video, but i think this was factory modified to flush 3.5 gpf and a very poor attempt at it too.

[CRANEPlumbing]

it says Crane?? wtf...

[gusherb94]

I edited in that it's a Wellworth.

[falaqdad15]

needs alot more water.

[sgrahn66]

man! the flush is awful

[MightyJustas]

failed to flush a turd

[gusherb94]

@TheJoey1978 Nope, tried that when I was there. The half flush is with the tank emptying out.

[gusherb94]

@TheJoey1978 It's got the large tank like you'd see on the earlier Wellworths. It's got a styrofoam liner in it to reduce the amount of water in the tank and that's why the flush looks so awful

[Drakee99]

This thing is sad if you ask me!

[ClassicTVMan81]

Technically this toilet would've been installed sometime during the spring or summer of 1979.

[ClassicTVMan81]

It depends on the height: a Highline (Highcliff if flushometer operation) has an 18" rim height when measured from the floor, whereas the Wellworth and most others have either a 14-15" rim height.

[Drakee99]

This is actually a Kohler Highline which is a comfort height version of the Wellworth.