DeltaFaucet RP60090 Pilar Manual Bypass Kit, Chrome

We have a 4 year old Delta faucet that has been failing for several months until it died. We tried everything, battery removal, shorting out the solenoid by reversing the battery pack, tapping 6 times, and cussing it out. Then, we saw this and ordered it. We installed it with no tools, no water shutoff. Look on the Delta site and diagrams of the installation and tackle this yourself. Takes about 5 minutes or less. One clip on top of the solenoid identical to the one with the kit should be pulled out and the hose simply comes out of the top of the solenoid. Th e plastic piece snaps around the bottom hose. Pull that off, the hose is free, put it into this bypass piece and snap the black plastic piece back on. Done. Our faucet that stopped working completely now works like a normal non-touch faucet. We had no problems with leaks. I agree with the review what said this piece should be shipped with all new Delta touch faucets.

This was just what I needed to bypass the solenoid assembly on my Delta Pilar touch faucet. Mine was an older model, from about 2011, and the plastic clip is too long to snap onto this bypass unit. I guess they changed the configuration. You may be able to buy a new, shorter clip but I found a way to do it with two cable ties (zip ties). See photo. You can see in the photo the old plastic clip is too long and I've used the two zip ties to hold the hose. I did learn very quickly that you do need something there because the pressure is enough to pop that off without something to hold it! Good Luck.

The diverter is almost perfect, but it doesn't actually fit the bracket that helps hold it in place (without the bracket plugging in, the water pressure will blast the diverter apart from the hose). As everyone suggests, I just used a zip tie and called it a day!It has been working for 5 months no issue!

I have a Delta Trinsic with Touch 2/0 Technology Model #9159T-DST. The faucet works fine and I actually like the touch feature but my wife hates it so we'll just throw that extra money for that feature down the drain. I bought this bypass to replace the battery operated solenoid. I took the 2 blue plastic retainer clips off of both sides of the solenoid and pushed that aside. The new purchased bypass did not fit to both ends of the disconnected line and the clip did little to hold just one side. 15 bucks wasted. But as I looked at the dangling lines it looked like they would just plug into one another and they did. I used one of the blue clips to hold it together. Voila'! Works fine. Took the batteries out of the pack and just let everything hang in case my wife has a change of heart. Highly doubtful.

The rubber seal on the unit with the solenoid broke and I could not for the life of me bypass it, water would flow but only at a trickle no matter what I did. I went to the hardware store to search for replacement parts and almost bought a new faucet and got myself into a whole bunch of work when I noticed this.I turned off the water, removed the old unit, added this thing to the line, installed the new metal clip, used the old plastic clip, turned on the water, and the faucet worked as it did before with a secure non leaky connection.You will loose touchless function, but I don't care: the house had this faucet at purcshse and we never noticed touchless features until the seal failed. It took like 2 minutes to bypass/fix. I don't recommend adding some complex plumbing contraption that is subject to failure.I noticed some other reviews mentioned using zip ties to hold this in place, that was not needed on the unit I replaced (see attached pic), I cannot guarantee every touchless faucet made by delta will work, but if yours looks like mine, there's probably a good chance it will work without modification.

** Also, see below how to fix a bad valve**As others have said, the factory black clip/ retainer for the small end of this adapter does not work on a Delta touch2O.It is NOT because the clip is the wrong size, it is the wrong shape. Even if it was shorter it still wouldn'thold the 2 pcs together, the clip is on the wrong side of the adapter. On this black adapter pic look at the small end,the existing female coupler slides over that and is sealed by the o-ring. Water pressure will push those 2 pcs apart.The black clip would do nothing to hold the 2 pcs together, the clip would simply slide off with the existing female coupler.I used 2) 1" screw type hose clamps and cable ties to hold the whole assembly together.**To fix a bad valve where water just trickles out (mine had a tiny hole in the diaphragm).You need intermediate plumbing skills for this.NO shock hazard, 6V.Get this valve:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YVIE9LIand 2) 3/8" push to connect X 3/8 npt fittings Similar to:"Push-to-Connect Tube Fitting, 90 Degree Elbow, 3/8" Tube OD x 3/8" NPT Male"(Does not have to be elbow, straight would be better)McMaster dot com has better selections.Use sealant/ thread tape and put the 2) fittings and screw them in the valve.Turn The Water Off!Squarely Cut the 3/8" grey plastic hose about 1.5" above the end which plugs into this black adapter.Plug this valve assembly between the cut you just made.Pull the 2 wire terminals off of the old solenoid and plug them into this new one.Turn water on and test valve.If the blue light is on when water is not flowing simply reverse the 2) solenoid wires.As a backup get 1) 3/8 od x 3/8 od push to connect tube coupler to bypass the new solenoid valve just in case.https://www.amazon.com/Generic-Connect-Pneumatic-Straight-Connector/dp/B01E6GLHE6 Choose 3/8 x 3/8(You can re connect the tube you cut in literally 5 seconds with this).Tie the old valve/ electrical assembly out of the way , leaving all wire connections as they were.Hope this helps someone to fix the pi$$ poor designed valve.I will NEVER buy another Delta product.Any engineer knows a thin rubber diaphragm wont last long.