After a Long and Unproductive Saturday

Price Pfister spout o-rings - 2 ea., o-ring, metric size 128, in buna-n or viton (most any material will do in this service)

After a long and unproductive Saturday of looking for Price Pfister kitchen faucet repair parts: calling, internet searching, and driving; I called it quits. I was many miles from home. The big box stores are a wonderful place, so much to choose from; but the several I visited yielded no part. They are good generalists as an institution but lousy on the specifics. I got exceptional service from a local auto parts store trying to match to parts they had in inventory, but alas, it did not work.

What I needed were two o-rings. O-rings that sealed the swiveling spout to the rest of the fixture. I considered replacing the entire faucet, which would have been a better use of my time but as my time was free and my sense stingy clung to me, I did not. So the day was gone and I went home.

The following week I measured the o-rings when I was close to my calipers and steel rule, educated myself in the use and variety of o-rings, and went to a local industrial supply house. They had a minimum transaction charge, which was less than I might have paid had I been able to mail order, but was well above what they would charged for the parts. I made a contribution to the till and enough for a coke to cover their trouble and left happy and in less than five minutes.

The fit was fabulous. Back at the job I was finished within minutes of my arrival. On another day my advise on a paying job would have been “Buy a new faucet.”