Help! Doors stuck shut
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Help! Doors stuck shut
Every time it snows or rains and freezes my doors are a real b---- to get open!
Is there a weatherstrip dressing that will keep this from being an every day occurrence.
Is there a weatherstrip dressing that will keep this from being an every day occurrence.
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Yeah, happened to me a day or so ago. I was able to open one of the passenger doors pretty easy got the thing started and let it warm up a bit.
A co-worker of mine broke a door handle pulling too hard.
A co-worker of mine broke a door handle pulling too hard.
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Its not the locks that are freezing, the whole weatherstrip around the top of the doors freezes from the water laying up there.
I just called Ford and the parts man said they don't sell any product for that but silicone spray will fix it. I did a Google search and GM makes a silicone grease stick that you rub on. Looks pretty good but the article said its expensive and didn't give the price.
I just called Ford and the parts man said they don't sell any product for that but silicone spray will fix it. I did a Google search and GM makes a silicone grease stick that you rub on. Looks pretty good but the article said its expensive and didn't give the price.
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I suggest using silicone spray or wipe on the rubber and the door itself.
Also, a little tip. On my '99, while I work the latch I reach down to the bottom of the door and pull on the lip that's there. That gets it open every time.
Don't know about other years having that lip. Anybody?
Also, a little tip. On my '99, while I work the latch I reach down to the bottom of the door and pull on the lip that's there. That gets it open every time.
Don't know about other years having that lip. Anybody?
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When I used to live in the Frozen wasteland, I used a silicone grease that was made for weatherstripping. It came in a "toothpaste tube". Worked pretty good. Most parts stores will know what you want. Now that I live in sunny SoCal I have no clue what I will do with the silicone grease, sure ain't gonna freeze up on me here.
Won't help if ice seals over the seam of the sheet metal.
Good Luck,
Jim Henderson
Won't help if ice seals over the seam of the sheet metal.
Good Luck,
Jim Henderson
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Originally Posted by jim henderson
....Now that I live in sunny SoCal I have no clue what I will do with the silicone grease, sure ain't gonna freeze up on me here......
Jim Henderson
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It's 12 to 16F here. We leave the door on the first latch. It ain't raining or snowing. Just clear and getting colder. What you guy up around Anchorage and Fairbanks doing about it.
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Update: Well we had another 2" of snow last evening and then a hard freeze down to 20 degrees.
Yesterday afternoon I applied some silicone spray to the weather strips and door locks. It sorta worked. I got one out of four doors to open freely.
The main problem is that water lays on the top area of the door and then freezes. I did find a easy way to open them, I used a mini pry bar, screwdriver sized, wrapped in cloth and stuck it in right by the top corner of the door while pulling on the door latch and they opened with hardly using any pressure. Not enough pressure to chip the paint.
Conclusion: I think the silicone grease is probably the best way to go.
Yesterday afternoon I applied some silicone spray to the weather strips and door locks. It sorta worked. I got one out of four doors to open freely.
The main problem is that water lays on the top area of the door and then freezes. I did find a easy way to open them, I used a mini pry bar, screwdriver sized, wrapped in cloth and stuck it in right by the top corner of the door while pulling on the door latch and they opened with hardly using any pressure. Not enough pressure to chip the paint.
Conclusion: I think the silicone grease is probably the best way to go.
I use Vaseline. Rub it into the weather strip just as you would rub hand cream into your hand. Has always worked for me!
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Powermoon, I'm 200 west of you in Silverdale. Its near Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula. I got a tube of Silicone grease from our local parts house today for a little over $10 and applied that to the stripping. Should be good to go now, the parts guy said he uses that stuff and it works well for him.
I thought about using petroleum jelly on it but that stuff isn't good for rubber based products, and as long as I keep my stuff I didn't want to chance it.
I thought about using petroleum jelly on it but that stuff isn't good for rubber based products, and as long as I keep my stuff I didn't want to chance it.