its raining in my defender

[lnd130]

hopped in the 130 this afternoon reversed down the drive of the house i,m working on and water ran in above the rear passenger door from the metal channel above the door seal i,ve checked the roof and the gutters ,the roof seems pretty tight . can water slowy soak through the seam in the roof or is there another spot to look at

[CapeLandy]

My mate fought with Land Rover RSA for almost 2 years and eventually after even removing the ceiling panels etc. they traced the leak to the front seal between the top of the window frame and the roof where it was re-sealed with that white type of sikaflex. It ran from there into the channel and down onto the passenger.
Maybe you have something similar.

[lokka]

hopped in the 130 this afternoon reversed down the drive of the house i,m working on and water ran in above the rear passenger door from the metal channel above the door seal i,ve checked the roof and the gutters ,the roof seems pretty tight . can water slowy soak through the seam in the roof or is there another spot to look at


Its a landy get use to it :p:p:p:p:D:D:D:D:D

[lnd130]

Its a landy get use to it :p:p:p:p:D:D:D:D:D

i keep tellng my friends that about the road noise they seem to be going for it so far :p just wondered if was special with the internal irragation

[lokka]

i keep tellng my friends that about the road noise they seem to be going for it so far :p just wondered if was special with the internal irragation

I remember back when i was a teenager goin to look at a new county with my old man it was a rainy day and when the dealer opened the door there was a puddle on the drivers floor and the side of the seat was wet old man said F@rk even the new b@rstards leak must be a landy thing :D:D:D:D

Tho the old man managed to seal the S3 he had ;););)

[loanrangie]

My mate fought with Land Rover RSA for almost 2 years and eventually after even removing the ceiling panels etc. they traced the leak to the front seal between the top of the window frame and the roof where it was re-sealed with that white type of sikaflex. It ran from there into the channel and down onto the passenger.
Maybe you have something similar.

A mate of mine had exactly the same problem with a new 2002 110 Extreme, they sent it off to have the roof removed and resealed then they filled the rain gutters with sikaflex:mad:, after 12 months of still having major water ingress he complained so much that LR Oz gave him a brand new 2003 110 which he swapped for an older toyota troopy 5 months later. His old car was back on the lot the next day even though it had other major faults:eek:.

[shorty943]

Don't worry about it.

I thought I had my S3 tricked. Builders flashing tape over all the windscreen frames, roof seals, the lot. Nah.
Seal a Land Rover? It can't be done.
The "Deefer" is a Series body on a Rangie chasis.
You can't seal it, how would the water get back out?

[Dunnie]

I have a 1972 SWB SIII and a 1996 Defender 110. When it rains the drips go exactly into your right boot/ shoe in both vehicles. I must have shares in Sikaflex by now. I always hum the Crowded House song 'Take the Weather With You' to new passengers.

[lokka]

I have a 1972 SWB SIII and a 1996 Defender 110. When it rains the drips go exactly into your right boot/ shoe in both vehicles. I must have shares in Sikaflex by now. I always hum the Crowded House song 'Take the Weather With You' to new passengers.

Yep see i was right its a landy thing my rangie dose much the same on both sides ya leg closest to the door gets soaked ....

Tho i like the humming bit :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[shorty943]

I thought all Land Rover drivers hummed happy tunes.:D

Even when they don't work, they're fun to play with.

[mcrover]

I fixed the problem with my SIIa, I took the door tops off and put a Jacket on and wore Gumboots while driving it.

This was while living in Merrijig and working on Mt Buller in the snow etc.

I found it completely useless trying to stop it but the best thing about it was the windscreen never fogged up in the rain as it was wet on the inside nearly as much as the outside.

I used to use a fiar bit of rainX though as the wipers were also near useless.

They must have fixed most of the leaks by the Disco 1 as mine only leaks on the left corner of the windscreen.

Still leaks though lol

[DEFENDERZOOK]

im starting to think that land rover was supposed to be spelt LAND RIVER.........

but someone made a spelling error back in the sixties and its stuck.......

[lnd130]

problem solved it rained again today quite heavily at times i looked and looked last night, couldnt find the water ingress point. so i got cunning today and reversed up the drive way where im working. leak solved. now it cant build up and runs off the front of the roof ,thanks for all the imput and positive response ill just duck out to the shed and put the finn brothers on to reassure myself