Tetsu0san Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hi all Are roof gutters on Defender's filed with any sealant or something like this? I fitted my roof rack to my 110 yesterday and there was a lot of what I thought was sealant in the gutter. Then this morning out of the window at work I spotted a 90 in the car park and this doesn't appear to have anything in the gutter. If it's just cack that has build up over its 29 year history then I think the roof rack with fit better if I remove all this gunk. If it's meant to be there then I'll just leave it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weasel_110 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hi TetsuOsan, probably done by the previous owner?Its usually the first thing people suspect when their roof leaks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsu0san Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 So they don't usually have anything. I think I will leave it at the moment and think about removing it all in the spring/summer. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weasel_110 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Good thinking m8! as long as your sure the clamps are a tight fit!.... Cheers Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 My series were all supplied with a sealant in the gutter from the factory, I'm sure its the same for defenders.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Early 90/110 don't have any sealant in the gutters but defenders do in 200tdi form don't know about later ones. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Well it looks as if my 300Tdi has sealant in the gutters. Most likely added by the fitters at BT as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Early 90/110 don't have any sealant in the gutters but defenders do in 200tdi form don't know about later ones. Mike They dont come much earlier than mine (84) and its got white sealent between the seams. It was put there before the gutter was fastned to the roof so I'm pretty sure its OEM. However it was old and cracked (like its owner), so I cleaned it out and sikaflexed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 No doubt this is classic Land Rover assembly line inconsistency, it may or may not have factory sealant dependent on day of the week and whether a liquid lunch had been consumed or not..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 My series has it, obviously dried up and shrunk now, Discovery 1&2 have it, and most if not all defender/90/110's i have seen, or at least taken note of, have had it i would assume that it is a factory fit thing, 90% of the time the rivets are all 100% covered by the sealant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I don't think my Td5 has anything ? There doesn't even seem to be much paint in there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 have a good look Ander, Thats what i thought at first but it turned out to be the sealant had flaked the paint off, then again, if yours was built on a friday afternoon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 My 1993 110 had a significant amount of hard, cracked "stuff" in the gutters. It was quite a thickness in areas. When I dug it out with a chisel and various other tools it took a few hours. I found quite a few corroded areas where water had obviously got under it. I cleaned it out, primed it and then applied Tigerseal. (The wagon is still mid-build in the garage so hasn't seen rain yet! Can't say how effective it is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I will have another look. Dare I say it ..... I haven't needed to look too closely there. Though I do clean it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsu0san Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Mine is an '85 so it's a fairly early one. It's not an issue, it just made fitting the roof rack a little more interesting as there wasn't a gulley to fit one of the feet into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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