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leaking sunroof on a discovery
robert francis:
hi guys thanks for the comments, the mechanism is fine, i think the drain wholes are vlocked, do they have drain tubes at the back as i could see the water sitting there and turned the motor around and the water had gone, dont no through the drain tubes or just fell in the car with the rest.
lol
golddiggerhad my rose jointed trailing arms to rebuild about 6 months ago he said they were done and ready to send back about 5 months ago and hes promised to send them back so many times, does anyone have his new address as i might go and collect cheaper than buying a new set
landroverkeith:
Took me 5 weeks extra on top of the week that he quoted when i won one of his tankguards from ebay......
robert francis:
at least you recived your item, i only ent mine back to be fixed and never to be seen again,
cardiff_gareth:
--- Quote from: robert francis on December 14, 2008, 23:06:13 ---hi guys thanks for the comments, the mechanism is fine, i think the drain wholes are vlocked, do they have drain tubes at the back as i could see the water sitting there and turned the motor around and the water had gone, dont no through the drain tubes or just fell in the car with the rest.
lol
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Yes, the drain tubes run along the under side of the alpine light and exit at the rear by the speakers / rear lights, if you take the rear quarter panel alpine light trim off you can see the drain tubes. Some say to blast them out with a garage tyre compressed air jobbie but that can just remove the drain tubes off the actual sunroof surrond making matters worse.
What I did when I had my Disco (Robert - you may remember someone a long time ago in a red 300tdi Disco talking to you in Tesco car park Barry - that was me!!) was to remove the headlining out of the car all together, then I undid the sunroof surround by unscrewing the torque screws slightly, on the exterior I put black silicone in the new gap between roof and sunroof and on the interior as it can't be seen I used loads and loads of white silicone, then I did it all back up tight (some torque screws were loose before hand that didn't help!) and then went to the top of the car and cleaned up the black silicone as when the sunroof pushed back down it had made the silicone squish outwards !
Also with the headlining out its also useful to check the drain pipes are not blocked by taking them off and blowing them through.
Also you can use loads of silicone on the screws that hold the roof rails on with as well - just to be on the prevention is better than cure !
The headlining is surprisingly easy to get out - just be careful you don't bend it :doh:
EDIT - Just found this link if its any easier for you ?
http://www.mud-club.com/forum/index.php/topic,44093.msg410244.html#msg410244
symlise:
Unbelievably! I too had a leaky rear sunroof in my series II Disco, untill three days ago......................
Since buying it two months ago it's lived facing uphill on a slight incline on my drive. Every time the wet stuff came I was left with an indoor swimming pool on the rear load cover (bye the way mine held 3 litres before it gave in ;)) If I parked the other way the cold wet stuff ambushed me and the missus via the seatbelts(very sneaky) !!! anyhows I decided the 'disco sauna' was getting dangerous so it was freeze or fix it. I tried taping the glass to frame and it still leaked (hence not the seal). So I can confirm after spending £1.66 on a tube of builders clear silicon to carefully seal around the frame (10 minutes + 10 minutes to the shop) IT NO LONGER LEAKS !!!!!
What a result, I just wish I had done it as soon as I bought it. Hope this helps, regards Simon. ps it's rained real heavy and its had it big time with the hose pipe.. :clap: :clap: :clap: :dance:
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