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How to remove a bathroom faucet?

Hello, I've got an extremely restricted area up underneath the sink where the water lines connect to the bottom of the faucet. The guy at the pl...

 

Hello,

I’ve got an extremely restricted area up underneath the sink where the water lines connect to the bottom of the faucet.

The guy at the plumbing store sold me a wrench that reaches up and can clamp on at a 90° angle. I was able to use this wrench to unscrew the large white plastic do dads (mounting nuts?). One ended up cracking and falling off. The other I unscrewed as far as it would go.

Now how do I unscrew the water lines? There’s no way this wrench that I bought will grip hard enough to unscrew these things from below. A normal wrench will not fit. There’s not nearly enough play to be able to lift the faucet from the top to unscrew them from above.

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Unscrewing at the valve makes sense, yet I can’t lift the faucet out because the plastic mounting nut below will not unscrew more than about 1/4". It stops at the point where the water line screws in.

Where can I find a faucet that mounts on inside/back of sink to replace old 50′s faucet?

 

I want to keep my 1950′s bathroom sink that sits on two metal legs. But the faucet is worn out and needs replacing. It’s a 3-piece 8 in. spread with cross handles. Problem is, it mounts on the inside back of the sink, kind of like a wall mount, and sticks out. A new wall mount will not work b/c it would stick out too far. Where can I find this type of faucet?
None of the sites below have what I’m looking for. This is an OLD sink with a taller back with the faucet on the INSIDE of the sink, but on the BACK. So the handles face out, and the faucet itself is very short. Our local plumbing store does not have this. No large hardware store has this, this is why I’m asking for help. Has anyone seen this type of faucet?

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