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I did a dye test around the niche and it turned out that at the three holes that wouldn't hold a screw, the dye just shot right in all three of them. So I "mummified" the 3 screws with white plumbers tape, even getting a portion of the screw head and screwed them in. That appears to have fixed...

Bought new stainless niche retaining ring (8-hole American Pentair) and the gasket. After getting 5 of the screws in tight, the last 3 screws won't grab the threads of the holes in the niche. Unfortunately, the 3 holes are together, so the ring and gasket won't seal tight. The screws go in...

It was so old and beat up, I couldn't tell.

My new spider gasket has two different shaped side: a smooth side and a 'ridged' side. The pool store said to put the ridged side down into the grooves with the smooth side up. Videos I've seen have it the opposite, with the smooth side down into the grooved with the ridged side up. Need some...