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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5024   
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you do know you own a defender...right    Mike |
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21st Feb 2011 7:13pm |
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| CyberCharlie Member Since: 01 Jul 2010 Location: Reading Posts: 140 
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It's the Land Rover response to water leaks around the windscreen... leak in/leak out
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21st Feb 2011 7:15pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109  
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Its so you dont have to shoot a hole in the floor (clarkson style)when you go through a flood or have a leek  |
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21st Feb 2011 7:41pm |
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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789 
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There is a rubber block that is glued to the door to fill this gap, it soon falls off. The gap then sucks in water especially when the window is cracked open
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21st Feb 2011 7:56pm |
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| BogMonster Member Since: 05 Feb 2008 Location: Stanley Posts: 389  
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Put a bigger bit of foam in so when you close the door it squishes up and completely fills the gap. Always has to be done here otherwise you die of dust on unsealed roads. No it doesn't fall off not if you do it properly.
New Defenders come from the factory now with a gap you can see the road through. All of them. Should be sorted on the PDI. |
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21st Feb 2011 8:07pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4503 
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Is this not a safety mechanism to stop you suffocating in the hermetically sealed Defender?
 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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21st Feb 2011 8:22pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3707 
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It lets the water out
So dont seal it up 130's have feeling's as well you know  |
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21st Feb 2011 8:31pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4503
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Sure you don't mean the sweat when the heater is on? 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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21st Feb 2011 8:38pm |
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| DefenderOfTheEarth Member Since: 09 Nov 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 1304 
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I see - it's a design "feature" then?
Oh well! Defender 110XS SW gone... now VW California 180 4 Motion. |
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21st Feb 2011 9:05pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586 
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That foam tape is always falling off on mine. It gets wet and just gives up the ghost. I've had the dealer replace it twice.
Couldn't one just plug the gap with silicone or something, like you would do in the bath? |
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21st Feb 2011 9:11pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 4990
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It must make the air con work overtime
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21st Feb 2011 9:59pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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22nd Feb 2011 12:56am |
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| draymond Member Since: 07 Apr 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 49  
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Are you talking about the foam 'draught stopper' between the bottom sill and the floorpan, the blocks at the bottom corners of the doors? |
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23rd Feb 2011 2:46am |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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I am indeed. It seems that as soon as it gets wet, the adhesive loses it's grip and it falls out. |
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23rd Feb 2011 8:21am |
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