Frozen Lock

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james
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Post by james » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:37 am

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:
james wrote:What about a battery powered hair dryer, that should do the trick

:)
Only of use if you own an S2 as you'll have one handy! :lol:
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Alan
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Post by Alan » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:15 pm

Michael wrote:or you could use one from the 12v output socket in the car....
Haha I hope you are kidding! :D
24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case ... coincidence?

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Michael
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Post by Michael » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:03 pm

:wink:
S2 Exige - sold
Boggo 911 (997)
1998 VW Passata 1.9TDI - Vroooom...

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Kev
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Post by Kev » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:23 am

Yeah the frozen locks are a pain, especially when you get an early trap from night shift only to be standing by the car trying to get the bloody thing unlocked. I did start looking for one of those de-icer lock thingys, it's a heated thingy-ma-bob that you put in the lock for about 10-15 secs and thaws the lock out.

More annoying than that was my throttle freezing solid, takes about 30mins running to get it to budge. I greased both ends of the cable, but it I haven't driven it since the last cold spell last year.

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