Thread: Wet feet for defender driver

Originally posted by rick130
how do you blokes get wet feet ??
It doesn't bloody well rain around here anymore.... :x

Do you want me to come visit?

I can't leave Sydney without calling up a storm to come with me.




Cheers
Simon

Simon, if you could guarantee it, I reckon I could organise it for the local Cockies to pay you to take a 4 hour drive
We're slipping very quickly back into drought here. No ones been able/game to sow winter crops yet, and most graziers who re-stocked last year, if they weren't cunning/lucky enough to off load numbers in January, are supplementing big time already. A voluntary irrigation ban has been in place on our little river for about two months now, although there are a couple of locals flouting it. (including, by the sound of things, my brother in law..:roll
Not looking good.

the plus side is I don't have to mow the lawn

You may laugh but LandRover do actually produce a manual dedicated to fixing water leaks in the bodywork! :!: :?

If you have a look on the web, you may be able to find a copy in .PDF format. I have a copy but it's a German one that's been scanned in (it's also about 1000Km from me at the mo).

Mark.

mine leaks in around the air-vent flaps and the roof/windscreen/door corner. will only be of concern if it starts affecting the electricals.
must say the looks i get when disembarking with a plastic packet on my right foot is rather amusing :wink:
apart from that i live with it - it's a landrover thing (i hope)

My experience is that the join between the base of the windscreen and bulkhead is not sealed property. On extremely heavy rains, I would get water leaking in through there and behind the fascia and over the transmission tunnel on both driver and passenger foot wells.

Some black silicon sealer I used to seal the plastic trim just below the windscreens bottom edge. I'm not sure about the Defenders, but then again they are all Rovers..

Muddy69

94 Disco V8i 2 Door 5 Spd Man, BFG A/T, Snorkel, Needs a lift and winch

I hate getting wet feet when it rains, it really really annoys me.

I've found that when I park the vehicle, as long as I park her facing uphill then I don't get water ingress into my footwell... however if I park her on the flat or facing downhill it's wetfeet time

I really must have a look and try to find where that bloody water is coming in, and this thread has got some good suggestions for my Defender

Originally posted by muddy69
My experience is that the join between the base of the windscreen and bulkhead is not sealed property. On extremely heavy rains, I would get water leaking in through there and behind the fascia and over the transmission tunnel on both driver and passenger foot wells.

Some black silicon sealer I used to seal the plastic trim just below the windscreens bottom edge. I'm not sure about the Defenders, but then again they are all Rovers..

Muddy69

94 Disco V8i 2 Door 5 Spd Man, BFG A/T, Snorkel, Needs a lift and winch

I think the structure of Defenders and Discos is quite different in this area, and hence it is unlikely to be a related problem. The real problem with the Defender is that there are a number of separate parts bolted together with often rudimentary seals between them. The basic design is unchanged since 1958 and little changed since 1948 - and in those days most Landrovers were soft tops (in 1948 any top was optional) and stopping water getting in was way down on the priority list. The first step in designing it to keep water out would be to keep the number of joins to an absolute minimum, but this is not compatible with having interchangeable body types , folding windscreen etc with maximum amount of common parts.

I wouldn't give a toss if I get wet feet tonight 'cause it's RAINING ! woo hoo !
Good solid rain for about an hour, although looking at the radar it'll end soon.

Anyway, I get a good puddle in the passengers fotwell every time it rains, and in the drivers side when it's heavy. Some of it tracks in past the door seals, as well at the bottom of the screen and the roof where it meets the screen frame.