First time for me but I have an old toilet (25 years) which need a syphon replacement. It all looked standard from the bottom with the usual 2 screws either side of the 2 inch exit hole with donut etc but when I tried to undo the butterfly nuts, the bolt was so rusted it snapped on one side and on the other side I just lifted the cistern off (with no force) and could see the bolt and nut still coming through the pan hole. The metal plate had disintegrated with rust and the rubber mount was just about in one piece. After much messing I managed to cut the bolts to get them out of the pan holes and clean things up. From there I expected it to be a standard fit with new syphon (other than majority syphons seem to be 1.5 inch rather than my 2inch but thats an aside).
I was looking at a new close coupling cistern fixing kit and went to measure the cistern and was shocked to find there were no bolt holes by the syphon exit hole where you would normally feed through then tighten below the pan to get a good seal. The existing kit had the bolts for sure but I can only image these were not attached to the cistern in any way - very bizarre and I can't figure out how I will attach the cistern to the pan securely - photos included.
I was looking at a new close coupling cistern fixing kit and went to measure the cistern and was shocked to find there were no bolt holes by the syphon exit hole where you would normally feed through then tighten below the pan to get a good seal. The existing kit had the bolts for sure but I can only image these were not attached to the cistern in any way - very bizarre and I can't figure out how I will attach the cistern to the pan securely - photos included.