Question about Rangers

[CHKNFKR]

I avoid hot water at the risk of breaking the glass. Luke warm or even cold water on the other hand can be safely used without the risk of breaking glass. What you have to remember is that liquid water, at any temperature is hotter than ice and will therefore melt it. Also for use in locks steaming hot water will actually get into the lock and refreeze very quickly and sometimes violently, cold will not. I've seen door locks completely destroyed by steaming hot water, the slightly lucky end up with their keys stuck in the lock, sometimes permanently. I have personally wound up with a door that refroze with the latch open, preventing me from closing my door. Again, that's using STEAMING hot water, no ill effects so far using cold water.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

i usually body-check the door, cracks the ice, door pops open.

Amen to that. I keep thankin how has this guy not experinced frozen doors, I was just chiping at inch thick ice off the car last week took me a hour and half to clean car off, just to find it was frozen to the ground. took me and my wifes cousin to push while she went into reverse to brake it free. I kept a piece of the ice I took off the hood it just outside our door i'll get a pic. I was going to measure it but i've seemed to have miss placed my tape measure.

Here ya go:

 

[--weezl--]

i hate winter... but i love snowboarding! got the bypass module for my remote start bought off ebay last night!

 

[LearjetMinako]

Says right in your owners manual to lubricate the door seals regularly with silicone grease. Frozen doors are very preventable.

Some of us don't get owner's manual. Wasn't offered when I bought the Ranger. But thinks for the tip.

 

[Surrey]

Amen to that. I keep thankin how has this guy not experinced frozen doors, I was just chiping at inch thick ice off the car last week took me a hour and half to clean car off, just to find it was frozen to the ground. took me and my wifes cousin to push while she went into reverse to brake it free. I kept a piece of the ice I took off the hood it just outside our door i'll get a pic. I was going to measure it but i've seemed to have miss placed my tape measure.

Here ya go:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I live in Canada and I dont deal with crap like that...

 

[ranger_mclaren]

except you ge feet upon feet of snow which we don't get. We get heavy Ice storms and lose our power for weeks on end. Yea we went 2 weeks with no power at all in -15F degree weather, 5 years ago.

 

[--weezl--]

no, he lives in the vancouver area... vancouver gets maybe 1 foot of snow total per year... and it's not usually all at once... and when it does fall, it only lasts like 2-3 days before it melts...

vancouver is roughly the same weather as bellingham washington