Flush pedal on toilet in fifth wheel falls off

Well the spring broke on ours and the wife did not like pulling up the peddle with her foot. So I drilled a hole in the peddle and tied a rope to it> Then I installed a pulley to the cabinet above the peddle laced the rope through the pulley so she has to just pull the rope to pull up the peddle . I and my friends
thought it was ingenious we all laughed she didn't .