Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Solihull
Posts: 17
Two holes in the roof
Hi All
Collected my Discovery last week. Love it.
Two minor issues, door seal drivers side disintegrated this week, no problem however dealer immediately responded and both door seals to be replaced Wednesday.
More concerning, whilst cleaning yesterday I found two drilled and tapped holes in the roof, just forward of the roof rails? They sit roughly above the middle of the driver and passenger seats but as mentioned are just in front of the roof rails ie where the roof drops.
Any ideas what they were for
Guess they need to be filled pretty quickly, corrosion etc..
Thanks
Peanut
5th Jul 2008 3:05 pm
christyler
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: Cork, Ireland
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they are the front mounting holes for the roof rackCLUB "Ah Shor it'll be grand"
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5th Jul 2008 3:06 pm
wiggs
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5th Jul 2008 3:07 pm
Peanut
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5th Jul 2008 7:42 pm
Peanut
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Location: Solihull
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5th Jul 2008 7:43 pm
Peanut
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Location: Solihull
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5th Jul 2008 7:44 pm
Peanut
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Sorry for the delay in posting the pictures, had to learn all the gallery, bbcc coding malarky
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Thanks
Peanut
5th Jul 2008 7:46 pm
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
As Chris said, they're where an expedition rack was mounted. If you look at pics of an expedition rack it has 2 support posts at the front. These holes are where it was fixed.Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU
Yup definitely the front fixing point for the roof rack - just put so blank electric tape over it to keep dirt out.LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
5th Jul 2008 8:03 pm
Peanut
Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Solihull
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No expeditions planned yet - So black tape it is.
Many thanks
Peanut
5th Jul 2008 8:42 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
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Black tape stayed on for about 1 day on mine
The plastic blanking plugs won't cost much from LR.Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
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5th Jul 2008 8:54 pm
MacLeod 313
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Go to B & Q and get some furniture repair caps (black plastic type), clear mastic the in the hole, cheap n cheerful removable quick fix, more permanent than tape
Or take it back to dealer you bought it from and get them to seal it. Guess you did'nt look up there for roof damage b4 purchasing ooops
5th Jul 2008 9:02 pm
al cope
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or some blanking gromets from RS or Maplin.
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5th Jul 2008 9:03 pm
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