...and specifically Manta Mad!
After watching the umpteenth waterfall inside the cab of my TD5 and noticing how wet the roof lining had become above the drivers side window in just a couple of weeks, I decided it was time to investigate this further than just pulling the A post mouldings away to check the overflow pipes.
In truth I haven't had a lot of time to investigate thoroughly but have just discovered easter BH has its uses afterall!
I have read numerous posts re the leaking sunroofs but found the webpage pictorial on this subject by MantaMad to be very informative, not to mention idiot proof (steady everyone) !
This a.m I set about removing the roof lining, jeez what a PITA job that is!
One roof lining now comfortably sits in the conservatory doing a slow impression of drying out. Damn, just remembered the other halfs hair dryer packed up last week!
Back to the car and can now see where the water is coming in from. Precisely where MM had done an araldite repair as shown on the webpage.
The plastic blocks that have the overflow pipes attached appear to have next to no sealant on them whatsoever.
I disconnected both pipes and blew down them to relieve any potential blockages. No blockages, no resistance whatsoever.
The job has now come to a halt as rain stops play. I guess the day I had to contemplate removing the sunroof complete to effect a repair rain was always going to be on the cards.
The mad thing about this discovery (hmmm) is that it looks like the rear sunroof has previously suffered water ingress and has copious amount of sealant around these two plastic blocks. If repairing one sunroof then why not do the other at the same time? :doh:
I got my better half to assist me in removing the headlining from the Disco whilst I continued to cuss at everything that was a PITA this a.m including why this fault hadn't been rectified at factory after the first few hundred complaints from LR owners instead of turning a blind eye for a decade or so. My other half said 'well you wanted another Land Rover...' to which I replied ' Yeah, I love 'em, it's a Land Rover thing, you wouldn't understand'!
So then, until I can get back on with the job, weather permitting, a BIG thanks to this excellent and informative forum and despite getting off to a bad start with a number of the pea-shooter brigade
there are no hard feelings my end :tea:
After watching the umpteenth waterfall inside the cab of my TD5 and noticing how wet the roof lining had become above the drivers side window in just a couple of weeks, I decided it was time to investigate this further than just pulling the A post mouldings away to check the overflow pipes.
In truth I haven't had a lot of time to investigate thoroughly but have just discovered easter BH has its uses afterall!
I have read numerous posts re the leaking sunroofs but found the webpage pictorial on this subject by MantaMad to be very informative, not to mention idiot proof (steady everyone) !
This a.m I set about removing the roof lining, jeez what a PITA job that is!
One roof lining now comfortably sits in the conservatory doing a slow impression of drying out. Damn, just remembered the other halfs hair dryer packed up last week!
Back to the car and can now see where the water is coming in from. Precisely where MM had done an araldite repair as shown on the webpage.
The plastic blocks that have the overflow pipes attached appear to have next to no sealant on them whatsoever.
I disconnected both pipes and blew down them to relieve any potential blockages. No blockages, no resistance whatsoever.
The job has now come to a halt as rain stops play. I guess the day I had to contemplate removing the sunroof complete to effect a repair rain was always going to be on the cards.
The mad thing about this discovery (hmmm) is that it looks like the rear sunroof has previously suffered water ingress and has copious amount of sealant around these two plastic blocks. If repairing one sunroof then why not do the other at the same time? :doh:
I got my better half to assist me in removing the headlining from the Disco whilst I continued to cuss at everything that was a PITA this a.m including why this fault hadn't been rectified at factory after the first few hundred complaints from LR owners instead of turning a blind eye for a decade or so. My other half said 'well you wanted another Land Rover...' to which I replied ' Yeah, I love 'em, it's a Land Rover thing, you wouldn't understand'!
So then, until I can get back on with the job, weather permitting, a BIG thanks to this excellent and informative forum and despite getting off to a bad start with a number of the pea-shooter brigade
there are no hard feelings my end :tea:
