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Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: pintofale Date: September 29, 2017, 6:25 am
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My hard top has been letting rain in for 25 years. It gets into
the inside gutter and tips out all over me and whoever else is
in the front when I start off. I've tried seam sealant, I have
tried shitloads of silicone in the gutters and rib joints,
whatever I do I get rain in there somehow. My suspicion is that
the roof just twists and flexes so much it opens everything up.
Has anyone got the definitive solution to this problem? And
don't say move to Broome please...
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: kev Date: September 29, 2017, 8:15 am
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If you don't mind spending a few bob, fit a ragtop.
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: Cornish Rattler Date: September 30, 2017, 6:50 am
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Or a safari double roof :)
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: pintofale Date: September 30, 2017, 1:26 pm
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Will a safari double roof do the job? That would suggest it's
the ribs that leak.
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: woollen797 Date: September 30, 2017, 4:17 pm
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my station wagon and dormobile roofs both leak where the roof
skin meets the gutter channel. Only way I can see to sort it is
to remove the rivets so the skin can be separated from the
gutter section and then reseal the joint and replace the rivets.
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: Arjan Date: October 4, 2017, 5:08 am
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I have always been led to believe that the sealing between the
roof and the steel gutter hardens, becomes brittle and starts
leaking.
I know of some roofs that have been painted with a special paint
that seals well - but doesn't look nice.
Some people have drilled out the rivets, removed the old sealant
and put it all together again with new sealant..
I have both Series roofs on various vehicles and they are all
not 100 % waterproof.... :smiley-furious:
.... as is the 110 roof :banghead
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: pintofale Date: October 4, 2017, 8:26 am
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Thanks chaps - I will have a look again at the roof/gutter join.
Not bothered about "prettiness", I go in for the "60 years of
abuse" look rather than the "immaculately restored" look.
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: Cornish Rattler Date: October 5, 2017, 4:33 am
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Are right I must have been lucky then as my roof leaked like a
sieve and like others have done tried sealing it and couldn't so
in the end I replaced the roof for a safari one and it sorted it
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: pintofale Date: October 5, 2017, 8:49 am
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There is a safari roof on ebay for about a grand and it looks
fucked so I think I will have another go with a tin of gloop....
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Re: Leaky roof - definitive solution required
By: NoelC Date: October 6, 2017, 12:49 pm
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Assuming you have no headlining fitted are you 100% sure the
roof is actually leaking? The reason I ask is I spent quite a
time investigating this on my 2A 109 when it was a daily driver.
The freezing water from the gutters in your face on a cold
winter's morning isn't amusing and I was keen to solve it.
Turned out the cause of mine was nothing more than condensation.
It's amazing how much water can accumulate overnight. Back then
series parts weren't silly money so I bought a VGC safari roof
with headlining and all the trimmings for £26 off eBay and
fitted it. Problem solved. I have a 10' x 20' metal shed in the
garden, that thing is almost as bad as leaving stuff outside in
the rain.
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