Water doesn't fill under cistern lid

[SimonG]

New two part syphon, new donut washer and new close coupled kit just in case.

 

[SimonG]

Ooooh, and hope last one in didn't stick the cistern to the pan with a full tube of silicone.

 

[SimonG]

Ooooooooh, and don't cross thread the mains cold back onto the inlet valve.

 

[Best]

Definitely can turn out to be one of the biggest ‘small’ jobs you can do in plumbing repairs.
Have spent half a day at some.

 

[Ben-gee]

Oh yes. Those horrible ones with that stupid little plastic elbow that couples the cistern to pan and just disintegrates to a pile of dust or broken shards before your eyes...

 

[James1988]

Thanks for the support lads. We tried.

 

[Stigster]

Oh yes. Those horrible ones with that stupid little plastic elbow that couples the cistern to pan and just disintegrates to a pile of dust or broken shards before your eyes...

AARGH! I hate those so much! The slightest misalignment and the damn things leak and that's if they don't fall to bits as you say. The only time I ever pray (apart from turbulence just prior to landing) is when trying to reuse one of those.

 

[Ben-gee]

It’s one of the few times I resort to sealant (stixall) when working on a lavatory.