Door handles freezing up. Tips to prevent??

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rog535

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• Feb 3, 2009

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Hi All

Not been a discovery owner too long, but such luxury going about the farm in it compared to the series III, but finding in this freezing weather the door handles really freeze up and takes a good dose of de-icer to get them to open. When trying to free, can see the door panel flexing, while trying to get it to budge.

Any tips as to how to prevent this, as almost had to resort to getting the old man out and weeing over it, when i had been dropped off to pick it up in morning!

Regards

 

Trewey

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• Feb 3, 2009

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A thin coating of vaseline around the door rubbers and leave it unlocked.

 

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rog535

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• Feb 3, 2009

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Thanks for the reTreworgey 90ply. Did wonder if som Vas may help. Will try and get it between were the handle splits to open, as that seems to be were ices up. Another use for the vasaline aswell as battery terminals!

Cheers.

 

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• Feb 3, 2009

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But don't use KY Jelly cos it's water based and freezes.

 

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• Feb 3, 2009

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rog535 said:

. Another use for the vasaline aswell as battery terminals!

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It can stop your sunroofs leaking too! (Well it worked on mine. For a while).

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• Feb 4, 2009

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WD40 in the locks and over the door catch will disperse the water from them, then silicone spray round the door rubber, do this oncce a week and jobs a good un:crazy_driver:

 

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• Feb 4, 2009

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rog535 said:

Hi All

Not been a discovery owner too long, but such luxury going about the farm in it compared to the series III, but finding in this freezing weather the door handles really freeze up and takes a good dose of de-icer to get them to open. When trying to free, can see the door panel flexing, while trying to get it to budge.

Any tips as to how to prevent this, as almost had to resort to getting the old man out and weeing over it, when i had been dropped off to pick it up in morning!

Regards

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I wouldn't wee on it as this will then make it freeze up worse the next night. I had the same problem yesterday, the only door that would open was the back door, then had to climb over both sets of seats. doors would then open from inside but the handles were still frozen.

 

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rog535

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• Feb 4, 2009

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Thanks for the tips everyone. Will be getting the door locks and rubber all lubed up and then bring on the bid freeze to test it out. Lets hope ok as do not want to be going to buy too much vasiline from local chemist as they may start to wonder.....