Door seals

[FranzUgan]

hey everyone, i'm new in the forum and i wanted to know about the door seals in my defender... I stay in Uganda and bought the car second hand and it has been through quite a few "local" mechanics which do things their own way... So here's what's bothering me, the original door seal has been removed and replaced... When it rains water comes in (hehe it comes in everywhere!!!) from the bottom of the door, so i removed the panel to try and solve the problem... What i discovered what that the seal at the bottom of the door frame does not allow the water that enters from the window to drain outside and thus it comes in the car... So my question is where should the seal be positioned??? I uploaded some pics, and where there's the brown patch was where the seal had been placed (and that i removed) Any help on this would be really appreciated.. ah i forgot the defender is a 300Tdi 98 model..

[TerryS]

As bad as it may seem, that's where the lower seal goes. The problem becomes apparant when the drains (2) on the bottom edge of the door get plugged up with debris. There are 2 slots. Keep them cleaned out and you should be OK.

[FranzUgan]

Yea the slots are clean and with the door open the water drains out fine, but when i close it it just drains inside the car... Oh well if that's where the lower seal is supposed to go, it means that i have to figure out a way to avoid the lower seal blocking the slots and thus draining the water inside...

[FranzUgan]

ah another thing that i forgot to add before, is there a seal at the bottom of the door?? (cause in mine it's there) and so i was wondering if it was added "locally" hehe

[TerryS]

Not one on mine, just the one on the sill.

[FranzUgan]

aite thanks a lot terry, gonna get some seal tomorrow an try do the job nicely myself....