If you are installing a new  toilet, mount the toilet tank to the base using a rubber seal, two bolts  with wing nuts, four metal washers and four rubber washers. To mount the tank,  place the rubber seal around the hole on the bottom outside of the tank. The  seal is flat on the tank side. Place the tank on the toilet base.  
                         
Now put one metal washer and one rubber Washer on each bolt. The rubber washer  must be against the ceramic of the toilet. Insert the bolts through the inside  of the tank and down through the base. Install the rubber washers, metal  washers and wing nuts from underneath. Tighten the wing nuts alternately, being  careful not to over tighten them as you could break the toilet. Now carefully  lower the toilet down onto the flange, guiding the bolts up through the holes  in the base. As a finishing touch you can run a bead of caulking around the  base of the toilet where it meets the floor.  |