leaking toilet

tigeress289

OK, the 2 fixing bolts for the cistern are inside, left and right near the top ,Yes? the one you think might be covered ,could be the feed outlet. Normally this can be twisted out of the way to get to the fixing nut/screw. The thing that holds the cistern to the pan are 2 nuts under the pan at the rear where the seat hinges are. If you follow the procedure I posted earlier, it will al make sense. If not send a PM.

ian103

theres no fixing in the back of the cistern, it appears the cistern is fixed to the pan by 2 bolts in the bottom, looking at the toilet the feed to on the left hand side, there is then a bolt which i assume is correctly fitted as the rubber washer is compressed a little, this is the bolt thats obscured by the overflow tube / flush mechanism, there is then another bolf on the right hand side, from your help I think I now understand how it all goes together, what I think happen when it was installed is he fixed the flush mechanism and the feed, then bolted the cistern to the pan, the feed / flush clash was then obvious so he forced the overflow over a bit but in doing so has obscured the bolt.

Canucklehead

Hi.

Post a photo, preferably in focus.

Go on, you know you want to....


GSR

ian103

if i knew how i would it would be easier

keystone

Canucklehead wrote: »

Post a photo, preferably in focus.

Beat me to it. The only thing to do as n days into the mission you are no further forward.

ian103 wrote:

if i knew how i would it would be easier

Take you picture - more than one from different angles.

Connect camera or phone to PC and transfer image(s) to PC into a directory where you can easily locate them.

Go to Photobucket or Imageshack or similar image hosting site.

Follow instructions and upload your images to that site.

Post the forum links that said site will give you back on here.

Cheers
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ian103

http://s1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh625/ian10314/

hope it works

tigeress289

Well done, you dont need to get access from inside. The bolts work on tension, so when you undo them underneath the cistern will come off.Even if they feel as if they are turning,just lift the cistern to put tension on the bolts and you should be OK. As before, turn of the cold supply to the cistern and remove the 2 nuts or wing nuts from below and you are there. Lift off and just replace the doughnut washer .

ian103

tigeress, thanks for your help but i can't access from underneath - i have uploaded another potograph, is the solution to remove the whole toilet?

keystone

Back to wall pan so, yes 'fraid so, it must come out.

Cheers

tigeress289

Keystone is right ,it has to come out,which is not the end of the world. But I couldnt see anything from the second photo. So 100% with it coming out and good spot by keystone as a btw.. Once out, you will see how you access the bolt/nuts. The back to wall pan gives you no access at all once installed. Empty the pan with a sponge before you pull it out.