Disco Windscreen

Alistair vaguely muttered something like ...

I've had mine replaced ('96 300 Disco) and while it doesn't leak, the increase in wind noise is irritating. Mine doesn't have roof bars ... yet they also said this could be the cause .. The general fit was abominal, but they wouldn't re-do it as they said it was a bitch to do on Discos anyway, and they might get the second one even worse !!

When I get chance I'm thinking of using a general purpose 'bathroom seal' silicone sealant to close the gaps down a tad and hopefully cut down the noise, and stop the trim from flapping when on the motorways .. ;)

Personally I dislike windscreen replacers. They all, from my limited (three or four replaced windscreens in 30+ years of driving) employ monkeys as fitters, who care about the fit and finish rather less than they should.

Totally agree Paul,

About two years ago some nice lorry overtaking at high speed shed some of it's stones from the local quarry and my Disco windscreen was shattered completely. So I phoned up Autowindscreens and asked them to come out. The conversation went:-

"Sorry sir we dont have a Discovery screen in stock"

Well what do I do - I asked

Well sir it is monday today - can you bring it in on Friday

I am 300 mile from home and I need it doing now

Ring back in five mins sir

Five mins ensues

Okay Sir we have sourced a Windscreen - can you bring it to us tomorrow and leave it until Friday

No I can't - Goodbye I bellowed

Pratts

Andy

hmmmmm not just me then eh.

Paul the bars that I am refering to are actually inside the roof skin at the front. Its a ladder frame that I would only presume as pieces of steel spot welded together, now how on earth they can become "mis-aligned" I do not know! Richard says that Range Rovers were prone to this if the front of the roof was not supported whilst the screen was out, surely if the roof had "moved" in any way then the glass would not fit back in without a struggle, and the fitter never struggled because I helped him in with it. (he was on his own)

I have had a look at the service bulletin today, and theres one out for top seal leaking, and the fix was basicly to run RTV into gap between the glass and the body work, which was what I had in mind anyway. Simple, just use your noggin and realise how water falls really.

Alistair

On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:22:13 +0000 (UTC), "Alistair" enlightened us thusly:

my 200-type (not a bonded screen) was leaking at the top of the windscreen. Silicone sealer in behind the seal seems to have fixed it.

If this happens to anyone, get a note of the company the vehicle is from and give them a call. Tell them that as a courtesy you're informing them that you're about to call the police to report an unsafe load on one of their vehicles that damaged your car, and that your insurance company will be in touch.

You'll find that they're suddenly eager to recompense you for any damage caused, let's not mention it to anyone else, eh?

Happened a few times around at home with various quarries. They're responsible for damage from anything that falls off the back, including stone chippings.

Cheers, Aled.

On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:03:15 +0100, Aled enlightened us thusly:

good point, that.

The best stuff I found for repairs like this:

GE Silicone II

Found at Lowe's

It is a Household GLUE but once the GLUE sets up, it is just what the doctored order.