Re: Dakotas on ice

From: Preacher (preacher@carolina.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 06:23:33 EST


There are commercial De-Iceing sprays you can get that are designed for your
door locks etc. These melt the ice and diplace the water so it doesn't
freeze again. - OR - I guess you could always do the long extension
cord/hairdryer thing ;-p

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----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:46 PM
Subject: DML: Dakotas on ice

> No, it's not what you think. We haven't seen 32 degrees in close to 2
> weeks now, with no end in sight really. I seem to have gotten a lot of
> water (windshield runoff) collected at the bottom front corner of my
> left door. It's "inside" the door, where the sheetmetal curls in to
> meet the body, and actually continues all the way along the door almost
> to the back edge, tapering. I also have ice frozen all the way down the
> inside of the inge area (not in the hinges but on the frame).
>
> What's the best way to get rid of it? I can't get the truck into a
> heated garage to thaw and dry. I've considered pouring hot (near
> boiling) water on the block that's collected (and wipe up as much as
> possible with a towel) but I'm afraid of a similar effect to pouring
> icewater on a hot engine block. I managed to break the block loose with
> a few hard slams of the door but I'd like something a little more
> elegant.
> --
> -andy
>
> http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com
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