Ive had it with the leaks!!!

[Sammy_D]

Hey guys. Ive had enough of my leaking sun roofs. Front and back!! I dont use them anyway just use the windows and air con.

What i am thinking if sealing the dam things up. Taking the winders off and sealing up inside the screw part and putting widners on again.

What would be the best sealent to use and where to put it?

Thanks

Sammy D

[Saffy]

I just sealed my defender sunroof up with a nice big fat roll of heavy duty weather resistant Black Nasty :dance:

Last November in all that rain I was on a road trip to John o groats when the sunroof decided that it be good time to throw huge puddle of waters into the cabin every time I stopped. So we did an emergency repair with a roll of duck tape, it's been on there and water tight untill today where it finally succumbed to UV weathering. So on with the black nasty :lol:

[Sammy_D]

is that the name of the stuff. Black nasty? if so where can i get it? just a diy store? how do you apply it?

[Saffy]

is that the name of the stuff. Black nasty? if so where can i get it? just a diy store? how do you apply it?

its the nick name for heavy duty good quality wide black fabric backed very sticky gaffer/duck/100mph/bodge tape. The farmer supply store (mole valley supplies) is where I got it from, not their own brand but a better quality which stated it had more weather resistance.  Should last a year or so before replacing and I get away with it because my truck old defender is dark coloured anyway....... it's a bodge..but I stay dry.

[disco2 td5]

Tape is ok but I like the idea of openin the sun roof covering all the seal with silicon then shutting it and addin more silicone I also took them out and resealed them to the roof as well so far been cured for 3 months with mine bein electric I took the fuses out so they would never work again I don't get the point in the if landrover can't make them to last then give up on the idea rant over

[jay2578]

Its a real pain in the a*** aint it! My D1 leaks at the sunroofs and when i got the D2 i thought "land rover will have sorted that by now", imagine my surprise when a few weeks ago i took a corner in the rain and got a lap full of water!!! It was bloody cold and i looked like i`d pee`d myself! Im gonna use silicone to seal them up, but make sure you use a good one and not one of the £3 tubes you get at the diy stores

[disco2 td5]

Yea I'm pritty sure they are the same sun roof or should I say leaky roof it wound me up for 3 years till I bit the bullet and sealed them up

[jay2578]

Just to check, is yours the electric sunroof or manual? mines is manual, but the fuhrer-in-law has the electric and i`ve driven his quite a lot and never noticed it leaking, and he`s never mentioned it either.......... is this just a problem with manual sunroofs?

[disco2 td5]

Mine is electic the only difference is they retro fit a motor were the winder goes it looks like a window moter you can buy 2nd hand kits off the bay to make them elec

[jay2578]

I`ve not really had the sunroof open on the D2, but on the fuhrer-in-laws it slides back into the roof and on mine it just lifts(i think) !

[disco2 td5]

On my grandads his are winder ones you push the button is turn it once and it locks press the button again n it slides back on the outside but they only open about 8 inch so I never saw the point in the bloody things particuly if you can't make ones that don't leak Im sealing his shut when we get a nice day and the getting the trim pannels and switchs from a elec one to get rid of the winders so his other grand kids can't open them lol

[Sammy_D]

mine are excatly the same. manual. so what would be the best product to seal it up with?

[jay2578]

Personally i would use a good quality silicone to seal it up, not a cheapy one out of b&q, but a decent one from either a proper builders merchant or aquarium silicone.
I haven`t done mine yet so someone else my have different views, but having been a builder for about 15 years and having built a few fish tanks i know what a good silicone can do.

[Saffy]

go for a silly-coon that isn't water based, if it stinks of vinegar and causes asthmatics to turn blue then it is the good stuff.

[les baty]

has anyone tried that non setting sealant that you use on caravans, its never failed me on the caravan and its cheap as chips, cant remember what its called tho

[sMUDge]

I've got a D2, the front one leaks, or it did until I siliconed it, the rear I've never had a problem with, yet . . . . . . .   :lol: