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Landyphil

Member Since: 23 Jul 2012
Location: Lake District
Posts: 87

2003 Defender 110 Td5 USW Stornoway Grey

Door seals...not water ingress. More ambitious than that.

Don't laugh.

I'd like to make the Puma doors more airtight.....

Stop it!

The Td5 doors, rot prone though they are shine like a beacon of quietness and decorum within the puss filled mire of the Puma's inadequacy.

At 60mph+ the td5 with it's overdrive in is a lot lot quieter than every Puma I've been in and I'm sure it's down to the windnoise from the doortop regions.

I've fitted new door seals which made zero difference and having seen the shape of these new doors taped some thin plastic tubes to the door where it meets the seal. Huge improvement but hardly a quality fix.

I've perused many a ventilation parts catalogue as well as automotive ones for a seal the same as the current Defender design just with a taller box section to that it actually meets the chuffin door tops properly but to no avail.

Anyone found any other solutions? 90XS Tdci John Eales
110 CSW G4 Edition
88" Series 3 Racer

27th Aug 2013 7:21pm

Green Machine

Member Since: 19 Nov 2010
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1226

Re: Door seals...not water ingress. More ambitious than that

Landyphil wrote:

The Td5 doors, rot prone though they are shine like a beacon of quietness and decorum within the puss filled mire of the Puma's inadequacy.

I'm afraid I can't help with the door seals, but it's nice to have a wordsmith on the forum! Nice work there!

2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green

27th Aug 2013 7:28pm

Lou Sparts

Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501

2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

Have you tried adjusting the striker plates to pull the door in tighter ? 2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve

27th Aug 2013 7:32pm

Nobby

Member Since: 09 Aug 2012
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 444

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Santorini Black

Hi I tried all the various window sealants, stick on type to no effect. Took to local Independant and they bent the top in slightly, not a great description, sounds agricultural but it worked and I can cruise at 80 before wind noise now. Also the doors still close as before.
It's how they adjusted the trim on Spitfire to get them to fly straight and level so can't be a bad thing. _______________________________
Puma Defender 90

27th Aug 2013 8:14pm

Norm4n

Member Since: 31 Aug 2012
Location: Surrey
Posts: 329

Lou Sparts wrote:
Have you tried adjusting the striker plates to pull the door in tighter ?

Is there adjustment on these they looked fixed

27th Aug 2013 8:35pm

Lou Sparts

Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501

The striker plate is the bit on the door frame (the one you catch you belt loops on as you get out) that the the door lock latches onto.
if you undo the screws that attatch it you can adjust them in or out thus pulling the door inwards if you have moved the striker inwards.
Hope this helps. 2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve

27th Aug 2013 8:43pm

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