On Tue, 24 Jan 95 08:27:44 CST Stephen M. Hunts said: >Perhaps someone on this list can help me out with this. Whenever, >the weather turns colder after a warm spell or the cold is combined >with high humidity, the sliding door on the van seals itself shut. >No amount of coaxing with free it. The rear portion of the latch >releases but that is it. I think that the rubber seals may be >adhereing (sp?) together and was thinking of maybe putting on a thin >film of vaseline. Any ideas or solutions would be appreciated. armorall can help a bit on the rubber gasket, but you might also want to spray a bunch of wd-40 (or similar product) on the rear door mechanism ... the grease back there can become cold and thick ... my 88 used to do that until i used up about a half can of wd-40 on the little mutha. :) joel (and i still have the dent in my door to prove how hard i was pushing on it!)
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