On or around Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:18:39 +0100, "David French"
<david.not.spam.french@virgin.net> enlightened us thusly:
>"Paul S. Brown" <usenet060104@geekstuff.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:2jrtcbF15b2gaU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Where are the drain channels on the lift-out tilt only sunroofs on the
>early
>> 200s?
>>
>> Looking at it it seems to be simply a hole with a seal that the glass
>clamps
>> into - I suspect that only the pan and tilt version has drainage channels.
>
>I agree Paul. Julian, are you thinking of the later types? I hunted high
>and low for drain channels on my manual-tilt ones and couldn't find
>anything. Therefore I could only put it down to the seal. My deduction was
>vindicated.
>
At least two of the leaks are definitely the front sunroof seal - water
observed sneaking in there. I guess replace that first and see if that
stops the water getting into the headlining which runs out the front corners
occasionally. That might be alpine lights, noticed some cracks in the
rubbers of same.
heyho. Everyone complains about defenders leaking, but my antiquated and
now sadly departed 110 was a damn sight more watertight than this disco,
granting that it didn't have sunroofs, of course.
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