SECTION 4

STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL

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4A. ASSEMBLE INLET-OUTLET ADAPTORS, OR PLASTIC BYPASS VALVE

1.Close the shut off valve on the house main water pipe,

near the water meter or pressure tank, to turn off the wa- ter.

2.Shut off the gas or electric supply to the water heater.

3.Open the highest and lowest water faucets in your

house to let water drain from the pipes. Close faucets af- ter water has drained.

4.INSTALL THE INLET AND OUTLET ADAPTORS OR SEARS BYPASS VALVE, SEARS STOCK NO. 42-3437 (FIGURES 6 & 7).

NOTE: If you will install the bypass valve (use following steps a and c), the adaptors are not used. If you do not install the bypass valve, you must use the adaptors (use following steps a and b).

8. Visually check and remove any foreign materials from

the valve inlet and outlet ports (Figure 6).

b. INLET AND OUTLET ADAPTORS (Adaptors and clips

are on the cardboard liner). Push the adaptors into the

valve inlet and outlet ports as far as they will go. Both

adaptors are the same and fit either valve port. SNAP

THE TWO LARGE HOLDING CLIPS INTO PLACE

FROM THE TOP DOWN AS SHOWN. CAUTION ... BE

SURE THE CLIPS SNAP FIRMLY INTO PLACE SOTHE

Shutoff

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Meter

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Shutoff _=-_. Pressure

Valve I ,q_ Tank

Pump

Electrical

Panel

INLET - OUTLET

OR BYPASS VALVE

) Clip (2)

Valve Outlet

ADAPTORS WILL NOT PULL OUT ... GO TO PAGE 12.

C. BYPASS VALVE, STOCK NO. 42-3437

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or

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BYPASS VALVE

Stock No. 42-3437

If not already done, put a light coating of silicone grease or Vaseline on the bypass valve o-rings.

Push the bypass valve into the filter valve as far as it will go. SNAP THE TWO LARGE HOLDING CLIPS INTO

PLACE, FROM THE TOP DOWN AS SHOWN ... CAU- TION ... BE SURE THE CLIPS SNAP FIRMLY INTO

PLACE, SO THE BYPASS VALVE WILL NOT PULL OUT. GO TO PAGE 13.

NOTE:

TURN BYPASS VALVE

UPSIDE DOWN TO CONNECT TO FLOOR LEVEL PLUMBING

SIDE VIEW

END VIEW

CLIP--

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Installation

Adaptor

 

 

 

 

Valve

Body

or

 

 

Inlet or

Outlet

Bypass

Valve

(Push all the way in)

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Kenmore 7146611 TWO Large Holding Clips Into Place, From the TOP Down AS SHOWN. Caution ... be, Bypass VALVE, Stock no

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