Gripe of the day - What is yours? - Page 698 - SV650.org

Seeker · 31-01-19, 04:54 PM

back in the day when I used to commute, I would extend my windshield washer tubing and wrap it around one of the radiator hoses. If the nozzles were in the airflow and it was sufficiently cold they would still freeze but in slow moving traffic they would thaw out again.

Bibio · 31-01-19, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Funnily enough the jets were the one thing that wasn't frozen on my van this morning. Getting in the doors was the problem though. All frozen solid and the locks too. My friend used to work for Nissan and said this time of year they were constantly replacing door handles where people had pulled them off trying to open frozen doors.

I usually have to climb in through the back of my van and kick the doors open from the inside.

Had the heaters on full all day today and was still cold driving. Usually it gets too hot pretty quickly. It has nothing fancy at all, no turbo, manual windows etc, but the one things that's always been great on it is the heat you get out of the engine fairly fast after start up.

put some silicone curtain glide spray on the seals.. no more frozen doors

SV650rules · 31-01-19, 07:28 PM

Spray furniture polish, GT85 and armor all plastic treatment all stop doors sticking in icy weather.

I also use rainex on side windows ( don't use it on windscreen as it causes smearing when wipers used ) and ice comes off a lot easier ( like Teflon coating the Windows ).

Bibio · 31-01-19, 08:24 PM

life.. thought i was actually getting somewhere but WHAM curveball....

shiftin_gear98 · 31-01-19, 08:30 PM

I hope your OK Lance.

garynortheast · 31-01-19, 08:37 PM

What's happened Lance?

maviczap · 31-01-19, 08:40 PM

Yes, what's going on

Bibio · 31-01-19, 08:46 PM

i'm fine.. well still feked but thats not the problem. OT and council stuff... its court time.

littleoldman2 · 31-01-19, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bibio

i'm fine.. well still feked but thats not the problem. OT and council stuff... its court time.

Chin up mate. Good luck.

andrewsmith · 01-02-19, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bibio

i'm fine.. well still feked but thats not the problem. OT and council stuff... its court time.

Good luck. Hope you get someone on a spike

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31-01-19, 04:54 PM	#6971
Seeker Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: NE Lincs Posts: 1,111	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? back in the day when I used to commute, I would extend my windshield washer tubing and wrap it around one of the radiator hoses. If the nozzles were in the airflow and it was sufficiently cold they would still freeze but in slow moving traffic they would thaw out again.

31-01-19, 07:28 PM	#6973
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Spray furniture polish, GT85 and armor all plastic treatment all stop doors sticking in icy weather. I also use rainex on side windows ( don't use it on windscreen as it causes smearing when wipers used ) and ice comes off a lot easier ( like Teflon coating the Windows ). __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain

31-01-19, 08:24 PM	#6974
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31-01-19, 08:30 PM	#6975
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31-01-19, 08:37 PM	#6976
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31-01-19, 08:40 PM	#6977
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31-01-19, 08:46 PM	#6978
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,552	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? i'm fine.. well still feked but thats not the problem. OT and council stuff... its court time.

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