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I've just got to the point where I need to reconnect the water supply to my close coupled cistern and I'm a little confused regarding washers. I made the mistake of not making a note of the washer arrangement when I disconnected the supply. There's the plastic thread that comes out the bottom of the cistern, the copper supply end with the wobbly nut and a very thin copper washer that fits over the inner bit of the supply I presume. Now ... I came across a rubber washer lying on the floor, which I think must have stuck (I don't mean glued) to the plastic inlet when I removed the cistern from the pan. For reasons I won't go into, it's now in two parts. However, while it was still in one piece I tried to figure out where it might go. It wouldn't really sit inside the wobbly nut and it wouldn't fit over the narrow part of the supply pipe. Does it just butt up against the plastic inlet and the nut screw onto it? Should it be rubber or fibre? And what does the thin copper washer do? A diagram would be really handy if someone can point me to one. Thanks in advance.