You dont have a hammer?


<r2000swler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I live just south of Lexington KY, and the
> last 24 hors have been interesting. Areas
> slightly to our north-west have record
> snows. We had a mild ice storm last night.
> About 1/4" of the clear crud. The local
> power utility does a good job of keeping
> trees cut back so we had no power outage.
> Feb. 2003 saw some areas without power for
> up to 2 weeks. w
> I was dismayed to dicover my 1991 Civic coated
> in a sheath of ice. I could unluck the front
> doors, but couldn't budge to doors. So I got
> the hatch up, crawled in and made it into the
> drivers seat. Since I am 6'1" it was quite
> a sight. The engine started up with no problem.
> I expected to be able to force a door open from
> inside the car. WRONG. Stuck like with epoxy.
> Crawled back out through the rear hatch.
> I couldn't get into my utility building because
> the combination lock was iced over.
> I debated pouring some warm water on the doors,
> but decided that thermal shock might crack the
> glass. So I rumaged through the house looking
> for a solution. I found the Krogar house
> version of "Lysol". 99% alcohol. So I grabbed
> both cans and went out to fight the ice.
> Worked great. As I sprayed it on, the ice
> lifted away from the door frame. I used a small
> peice of flexible plastic, AKA credit card, to
> work the alcohol into the seals. Took about 10
> minutes on each door.
> By that time the engine had heated up enough to
> loosen the ice on the windshield.
> I sprayed the seals and wiped them off then sprayed
> them with silicon. When the temps drop to 0 tonight
> I should be able to get into my car.
> The only downside is the car smells like a doctors
> office.
> Terry
>