How to stop water getting in disco!

vizsla

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• Jul 25, 2014

• #1

Good evening chaps , I'm finally going to get round to trying to prevent damp carpets if it's possible, the problem is mainly the boot floor carpet so I'm I'm planning on stripping some of the interior to try and help the problem but was wondering if anybody had any good starting points, I don't have sunroofs and it's a 3 door
Many thanks

 

Dippypud

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• Jul 25, 2014

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Sun roof seals, both to glass and to roof/frame ...

Alpine glass, roof rails, aerial, windscreen top, behind the dash there is a welded seam that catches mud and stuff and is usually not sealed well and rusts through ...

Then there is the floor ... the water comes up almost as fast as it drains ...

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/land-rover-discovery-water-ingress-manual-110812.html

 

vizsla

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• Jul 25, 2014

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Spot on chap and thanks for the link, very helpfull

 

gemsdad

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• Jul 25, 2014

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vizsla said:

Spot on chap and thanks for the link, very helpfull

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the rear door seal is a common entry point for water ingress also.

 

tuskar

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• Jul 26, 2014

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+1 mine leaked at rear door seal

 

haigy

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• Jul 26, 2014

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Holes in boot floor or back arches will make the floor wet when it rains

 

DiscoPol

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• Jul 26, 2014

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good luck with lifting the rear carpet, you just about to enter a whole new world of pain,

here was what i found when i lifted mine

 

gemsdad

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• Jul 26, 2014

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DiscoPol said:

good luck with lifting the rear carpet, you just about to enter a whole new world of pain,

here was what i found when i lifted mine

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yes you did a good job there,most would have just scrapped it.

 

Thomo1927

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• Jul 26, 2014

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On my old 200 disco I couldn't find the leak that was dripping into the boot, until I sat in the boot when it was piddling down. I found the drip was coming in behind the alpine window plastic trim.

But the water was getting in through a tiny split in the guttering , when the truck would move about it would let in quite a lot of water.

I used this & it was excellent Creeping Crack Cure at Waudbys

 

vizsla

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• Jul 26, 2014

• #10

Cheers for the helps fellas, il have a good look over the next few days