Defender roof leaking

[Jeff Mc]

Hey all!
I know this is a very frequently asked question here and I've searched through previous posts to see if there was any pictures of how to fix it but I can't find any.
As normal, my Defender leaks through the roof on the drivers side but lately it has started leaking like a river while it's raining. I took off the roof rack and completely sikaflexed all the gutters and as far as I can see, the joint between the windscreen and the roof is sealed. but it still leaks badly on the inside and appears to be coming in between the 2 sheets of metal. I have no idea how to fix this and was hoping someone may have a picture of what they have done to cure/improve the problem. I've read about taping it up but i'm not sure what part to tape.
I've attached a video of it slowly leaking (the river of water had already past through by the time i got the camera out). If anyone has any info on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

[BigBlackDog]

How good are defenders! There is the water ingress manual on this page, may be of some use: http://www.landroverweb.com/landrover/pdf-land-rover-manuals/

[n plus one]

How about the windscreen/roof/corner seal? How's that looking, bit of a gap?

[jx2mad]

Is your roof lined? If not you can do what I did and it fixed the problem. I filled the inside "gutter"with epoxy resin. I mixed it and poured it in slowly and it flowed along the gutter. No more problems. I suppose you could use any filler to do this. Jim

[Jeff Mc]

How good are defenders! There is the water ingress manual on this page, may be of some use: http://www.landroverweb.com/landrover/pdf-land-rover-manuals/

Ya, they are just brilliant!! Thanks, the manual is a good start

[Jeff Mc]

How about the windscreen/roof/corner seal? How's that looking, bit of a gap?

It looks good, from what I can see anyway. I was thinking of taking off the roof and just re-sealing everything!

[Jeff Mc]

Is your roof lined? If not you can do what I did and it fixed the problem. I filled the inside "gutter"with epoxy resin. I mixed it and poured it in slowly and it flowed along the gutter. No more problems. I suppose you could use any filler to do this. Jim

I don't have a liner on it at the moment. Is that where water gets in mostly, along the inner gutter?

[BilboBoggles]

You need Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure.....

[jx2mad]

I found that my inner gutter was filling with water which sploshed back and forward wetting everything. Filling the inner gutter stopped this

[troppojon]

What's an inner gutter?
And how do you get to it to seal it?

[jx2mad]

The inside gutter is where the roof attaches to the sides. If I remember they are riveted together and these work loose. Filling this makes it higher than outside and the water doesn't come in .Jim