Disco 1 "200"

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 22, 2004

• #1

OK...

changing sunroof seals.

easy?
cheap?
pointless?

mine show a slight tendency to leak.

these are the early type with lift-out panel in the front.

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David French

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• Jun 22, 2004

• #2

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> OK...
>
> changing sunroof seals.
>
> easy?

Providing you get them the right way round. Don't assume the ones already
there *are* the right way round. Mine weren't.

> cheap?

Can't remember, but I think so.

> pointless?
>
> mine show a slight tendency to leak.

If they're a bit leaky it's probably a good place to start. It solved mine,
which had (judging by the interior) leaked for some time.

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Exit

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• Jun 22, 2004

• #3

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> OK...
>
> changing sunroof seals.
>
> easy?

Fairly.

> cheap?

Yes.

> pointless?
>
Definitely! It's more usually the drain channels, not the seals.

> mine show a slight tendency to leak.
>
> these are the early type with lift-out panel in the front.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> "It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured"
> Tacitus (c.55 - c.117) Agricola, 45

 

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Paul S. Brown

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• Jun 23, 2004

• #4

Exit wrote:

>
> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>>
>> OK...
>>
>> changing sunroof seals.
>>
>> easy?
>
> Fairly.
>
>> cheap?
>
> Yes.
>
>> pointless?
>>
> Definitely! It's more usually the drain channels, not the seals.
>

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.

P.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 23, 2004

• #5

On or around Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:23:26 +0100, "Paul S. Brown"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Exit wrote:
>
>>
>> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news[email protected]...
>>>
>>> OK...
>>>
>>> changing sunroof seals.
>>>
>>> easy?
>>
>> Fairly.
>>
>>> cheap?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> pointless?
>>>
>> Definitely! It's more usually the drain channels, not the seals.
>>
>
>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 think you're right. The later types (as on most cars) don't actually have
a seal per se, they fit in a hole with a sort-of-seal, but have a waterproof
enclosure with drains.

these are the early type which have a rubber seal on which the glass panel
sits.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right
is to be none the less free than you were before."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), from Meditations, VIII.16

 

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David French

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• Jun 23, 2004

• #6

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> pointless?
> >>
> > Definitely! It's more usually the drain channels, not the seals.
> >
>
> 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.

 

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Exit

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• Jun 23, 2004

• #7

"David French" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > >> pointless?
> > >>
> > > Definitely! It's more usually the drain channels, not the seals.
> > >
> >
> > 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.
>
>
You're right - I must be!

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 23, 2004

• #8

On or around Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:18:39 +0100, "David French"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> 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.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25

 

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Peter Seddon

Guest

• Jun 27, 2004

• #9

My first 200 had man sun roofs like yours and they leaked. checked the seals
and found to be caveres in green goo which I cleaned off and then spreyed
the seals with silicone. The leaks went away!! Worth a try first.

Peter.

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:18:39 +0100, "David French"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> 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.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> "Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25


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