Fitting cistern back on the toilet.

[Ryan Fox]

Hi people. Having a bit of a nightmare here. Trying to fix the toilet myself. It’s a closed coupled toilet. I replaced the valve and the flush for it but did a massive schoolboy error.. when I unscrews the cistern from the toilet the wing nuts fell, and there is zero access to them with taking the toilet out which I really don’t want to have to do because it has been there a very long time. Anyone got any ideas how I can secure the cistern back on to the toilet? I’ve uploaded a couple of pics. Thank you, Ryan.

 

[Aquarius]

Looks like the pan will have to come out.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The only option you may have other than toilet out is get some concealed toilet fixings the ones with the metal flip hinge and get some longer bolts
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Or something like this

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[PETE 123]

Ones that dont rust.

 

[Keefy]

Yeah, new pan fixing kit and change the donut for new but make sure it's very similar to the existing one.