Date:         Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:42:18 -0900
Reply-To:     Will Taygan <lists@ALASKABIODIESEL.ORG>
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From:         Will Taygan <lists@ALASKABIODIESEL.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Keeping things from freezing shut
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Funny, I do park outside - but got lazy and didn't brush off the snow
for a few days - so I DID end up driving down the highway with one hand
holding the door closed.  Couple minutes with a heat gun usually fixes
things for a bit..

Will in Alaska
>
> One more thing - Alaskans for the most part leave their vehicles outside
> in winter. The constant going in and out of garages makes for a daily
> freeze-thaw cycle and by the time you get out of the garage in the
> morning when the locks and doors work in the warm garage air - and park
> outside for the day - the vehicle is totally frozen by time to go home.
> Windows won't work, door locks won't work - heck, you can't even get
> your door to catch, much less lock - so chechakos (Alaskan sourdough
> term  for newbies, greenhorns, and tinhorns) will ride home holding the
> door closed with one hand, and a blast of frigid air blowing in around
> the unclosed door. Such unpleasantness is un-necessary.
>
> Airlines de-ice with hot glycol,  you can get ANTI icing just using
> denatured alcohol from the hardware store - or in a pinch - the alcohol
> from your medicine cabinet at home.
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com