D2 Door Seals

[John W]

Does anyone have a good suggestion to seal up those little gaps in the Door seals. There are 2 cut out sections on each door at floor level and these are the only places that let in water while I was wading the rivers up Cape York recently? Why do they have those cut outs anyway? It is a 1999 model.

[McDisco]

Sikaflex is your friend!! :D

[John W]

What stopped me was the thought that silicon may be a bit lumpy and distort the seal on closing, but will give it a go, so thanks.

[Ricey]

Does anyone have a good suggestion to seal up those little gaps in the Door seals. There are 2 cut out sections on each door at floor level and these are the only places that let in water while I was wading the rivers up Cape York recently? Why do they have those cut outs anyway? It is a 1999 model.


Yep, I may. Try using the rubber piping that goes around a flyscreen door. Insert it through the door seal rubber & silicon it up. Not sure if you need to feed it right through the whole door seal, I did only about 5cm where the gap is. BTW I no longer go in dams / rivers so can't vouch it works.

[Urban Panzer]

I sealed mine up with RTV silicone sealant as well , works a treat :)

I still cannot understand why they are there either, unless its a place to let water out should it come in elsewhere :eek:

[Redback]

I sealed mine up with RTV silicone sealant as well , works a treat :)

I still cannot understand why they are there either, unless its a place to let water out should it come in elsewhere :eek:

Pressure when closing the doors, there needs to be a release of pressure when you close a door, something to do with pressure unsealing a front windscreen or back window.

This what i was told, whether it's true or not i don't know.

Baz.

[Urban Panzer]

Sounds like a feasable explanation, how ever, surely its not rocket science to put the "splits" higher up ? even at the top ? especially on a vehicle that "might" go for a swim once or twice in its life.

On the flip side, the "sealing" of the cabin on ANY Land Rover is not that good to build up that much pressure when shutting a door, the air vents are a big "hole" to the outside for a start.....

definately a strange one these factoy "splits".

[njz]

Someone once told me the slits are there to let water in so your truck won't float. :eek2:

[alien]

G'day all,

It's about 12 months on and I was wondering how succesfull the sealing has been.

I assume the slits are there to stop them lifting in the bottom corners.

Mine need to be done to the stop dust ect.(read water) geting in.

Is a windscreen sealent better as it stays flexible?

Whats worked for you ?

TIA and cheers.

[Hendrik]

I did the flyscreen tubing- RTV trick as well. Works really well, and you can barely notice it. The door is slightly harder to close, but it is barely noticeable. I've never been stationary in deep water for long enough to see if they do seal all the well, and hopefully that will never happen. Water just ruins a carpet interior.

[alien]

:confused:
I did the flyscreen tubing- RTV trick as well. Works really well, and you can barely notice it. The door is slightly harder to close, but it is barely noticeable. I've never been stationary in deep water for long enough to see if they do seal all the well, and hopefully that will never happen. Water just ruins a carpet interior.

And the Auto ECU :Thump:.

I take it you put the tubing in the innermost section only ?

Thanks again.
Cheers.

[Hendrik]

I just put the flyscreen stuff inside the door seals, in the bottom sections only and yeh inner most sections.

[scarry]

:confused:

And the Auto ECU :Thump:.



Thanks again.
Cheers.


Do's anyone know an easy way to waterproof the auto ECU

Yes i know,i should have bought a manual:angel:

[alien]

Do's anyone know an easy way to waterproof the auto ECU

Yes i know,i should have bought a manual:angel:

I thought about mounting mine under/in the console.
The loom reaches but I havn't fully looked at this yet.

You would have to seal the whole unit and the plug on the loom side.
(water/mud gets in the plug and under circuit board where you can't clean.)
Not shore if they need air movment to cool.

Cheers.