Yes it's cold. Today I had a hard time opening my car doors, they were frozen shut. Any recommendations?
Hair dryer or heat gun on an extension cord. Careful with the heat gun! I've used heat gun, where I could get electricity, on frozen barn and auto locks.
I just use silicone or a good rubber protector to keep it soft and from cracking. Frost happens from condensation/moisture. Hard to stop that.
A very thin film of Vaseline. You may have to warm the jar under some hot water before going outside to apply.... BRRR!... Its minus 22F here with a 40 mph westerly wind. Giant drifts right next to bare concrete! ws
My garage door was frozen shut yesterday, couldnt get my truck out!! I got it open last night via a heat gun around the outside edges and it now has a thin layer of vaseline on all contact surfaces.
Recommendation from Northern Indiana is this. Go back into the house. Climb into bed. Sleep for the next 48 hours.
Common sense but when it's cold out a guy forgets to try simple things: Try the passenger side or other doors if it's a 4 door. Then the hair dryer trick. Hot water down the door gap will work, but obviously you have to plan on it getting warmer out that day to dry the water otherwise you just made it worse for the next time. Then silicone spray the seals.
wont de icer do the trick around the door and in and around the door handle ? it clears windshields so should I would think
I use either WD40 on the door seals or Pam cooking spray from the kitchen. Both work good, Doors opened in 28 below zero this morning.
If you have the old-style key locks on your car and they are frozen, I have heard you can thaw them out by heating your key with a cigarette lighter and putting it in the lock. Wait a minute or so and try it. The heat of the key should thaw the lock. Just don't burn your fingers!
Get a 55 gallon drum of boiling oil (with large percentage of ZDDP) a large Kevlar bag and a pair of Hercules Heavy Duty Cut Puncture Needle Stick Resistant Work Safety Gloves. Then when that furry devil, Punxsutawney Phil, pokes his head out of his hidy hole, grab him, bag him and fry his furry butt... Enough is enough. Then, get a 55 gallon drum of boiling oil...
Did that lots of times to the wife's 79 Z28, those locks would freeze if they predicted cold temps. And yes, burnt my fingers a few times, but it works.
"Hot key"-ing does work. My Dad used to have to do it to our Ford Aerostar vans that had the floor shift all the time. The column shift vans always seemed fine. Dunno why.....And yes, you can temporarily lose some finger prints.
