If you can figure out how to seal the leak, all you’d have to do is replace the plunger parts inside rather than replace the whole toilet. Toilet innards don’t seem to be made to last long any more, as we’ve had to replace ours a few times.
We don’t want to have to replace our toilets because they’re older ones - - not the water-saver types.
I know what you mean about the tall toilets being better. We have them in our bathrooms and if I go somewhere that has standard toilets, it’s hard to get up. And the older we get, the harder it is to stand up any way. Getting old is NOT fun!
Well I may have spoken too soon. I went back to check and the tank was empty. So the flapper may have issues too. I pushed and pushed on it and the tank finally filled and stopped...but something is still making noise. *sigh*