Thread: An attempt to fix a leaky roof.

Mine was doing this too. I masked up and ran a bead of automotive silicon along the roof seams - never leaked again!

Well, gmawby, I hope you have better luck than I did. My entire ceiling has been out now for some months trying to locate the leak. It comes out of the internal gutter where it stops about 50mm from the front top edge of the door corner, drips onto the ceiling lining, down onto the plastic internal panel near the passengers knee, then onto the knee (obviously). Hah! my little bolt had also fallen out of the corner but it was easily retrievable - must be part of the anti quality control system. If only Edwards Deming had taken the concept of total quality control to Solihull instead of Tokyo after WW2 we wouldn't have anything to complain about.
I sealed (using an automotive sikaflex) up all the roof seams, including the front top "seam" for want of a better word as it appears to be welded or otherwise permanently fixed to both the roof skin and the windscreen frame. I also sealed around the alpine window. I haven't sealed the actual gutters yet as I can't see how water would leak in from there, but still she leaks and if there's one thing about Defenders that is inexcuseable it's the leaks. We know they're slow and noisy but coming from the land of perpetual rain, producing a dry car should be a priority.

hmmmm, i read with interest, i have the same leak but on top of the driver, me, and not knowing the car much, only had it for a month, i assumed it was the roof window seal, had no idea the roof itself is bolted or riveted on like that, i assumed it would be welded on to the body!

ah, let the games begin

games indeed, well i had a look at it today again and it doesnt look bolted/riveted on to me, it is a 1995 model, any chance they aren't? looks to me like there a spotwelds above the rain gutters, i couldn't find any bolt in the top above the door that gmawby writes of, could you post a pic gmawby? you do have 'see pic' in yr post but i dont see any link to it,

bye

Originally Posted by Didge

ah, let the games begin

hey i see yr in engadine, im in illawong any chance i could drop by sometime to check out roof, esp if yr head lining is still out?

Guys, on the topic of the rivet in the roof, here's a somewhat related post
Puma roof turret loose

I believe you can see the photos in the post above by clicking on the icons

thanks for that, good thread but i couldnt see any icons or pictures,