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Yes, there are two front drains re the AC, one on each side of the transmission ****, the left one is near the gas pedal of a LHD.
There are three files towards the bottom of the link below showing the drains.
If you have wet carpet down there, one of the hoses has disattached itself - kind of a common concern but you can reattach per the instructions on the files.
http://www.**************/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3801
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If you have the rear AC as well, you can see the rubber drain hose from inside the left side rear compartment. The water drips on top of the left muffler heat shield - that is why you never see any water dripping from the rear. Re the front, same sort of thing - drips down on to some shields and plates and most often evaporates before the water drips to the ground.
This file is one of the two specific to the AC/Heater/Cowl drains. Given that the wet is closest to the foot rest on the drivers side, that suggests a plugged sun roof drain.
If wet appears in hot weather when you have been using the AC and it has not been raining, then that suggests the AC/Heater Cowl drains as below.
http://www.disco3. co. uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=30300&pos=5
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This link is to the album with the two files, plus some other good stuff.
Same as above, remove the two spaces.
http://www.disco3. co. uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=30300
This link is to lots of good stuff re the 3.
http://www.disco3. co. uk/gallery/index.php?cat=15405
What you are saying is that the one hose you looked at had not actually slipped down and off the plastic drain *** of the heater cowling, but that the hose seemed to have condensation or moisture on the outside.
When one or both hoses slip off, that is when you get the real floods, however if one or both of the hoses is plugged, then eventually the area within the heater cowling would fill up and water would exit somewhere or flow from one hose area to the other or sort of seep out the plugged hose - kind of what you may have.
I would say you are doing the right thing, pushing a wire down and also up as something is probably plugged with leaves and dirt. You might also try pumping water from a squirt bottle down both of the drain hoses and see if the hoses overflow or if the water seems to drain somewhere.
If the hoses are draining OK, the odds are you will not see water on the ground. The hoses tend to drain onto the skid plates below and the water just sits there and either blows off when traveling or evaporates.
If you get real brave, run a water hose into the cowl vents up under the windscreen wipers; make like a rain shower on the windshield, not like a fire hose directly into the cowl. The water that goes into the cowl should drain out the two hoses.
The link below is to a file related to your missing clip. The Land Rover part number is FYC 500040. As with most of the rest of us, you may as well purchase a few as over time, you will need them. Ford seems to have them programmed to disappear into dark recesses within the 3.
http://www.disco3. co. uk/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-143550