walkin' in a winter wiper land

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

If you run the defrost as you are driving, (and trust me, you'll figure that 
one out when your windsheild steams up,) your wipers shouldn't stick to the 
glass. The other problem is ice buildup as you are using them, and for this, 
as they are moving, roll down your window (generally some cussing may be 
appropriate) and catch the blade at the high point of its travel, quickly 
picking it up so it can smack down on the glass, this usually will shatter 
the offending ice buildup. Oh, another handy tip? If you have frost buildup, 
an old credit card works great for scraping it off. Even better if you can 
run the defrost for a while to soften it up. Better still if you can 
relocate south... Blech, this talk of winter is making me real depressed.
Cathy, from the land of "Canadian Bacon"


>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>To: treed2@wsu.edu, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: walkin' in a winter wiper land
>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:19:55 +0000
>
>Poor boy. Never faced a NY winter? wow.
>In most dept stores you can buy a spray can of defroster. Just spay and 
>work at the windshield with a new scrapper.
>Magnetic tarps are out there some place (forgot where at this hour) Place 
>over the windshield when parked the night before and (please) remove before 
>driving. Voila! Clean screen!
>
>Good luck and enjoy  :)
>
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>
>Julie Macfarlane
>Menlo Park Research & Development
>Internet Application Developer
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>www.montgomeryweb.org
>Amsterdam NY
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>>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>
>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: walkin' in a winter wiper land
>>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:13:14 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>Okay, so really more drivin' than walkin'.. but I could be stuck walkin'
>>if I can't see out of my windshield!
>>
>>...
>>
>>I put the antifreeze crap in my washer tank just now (and just in time;
>>the temp just dipped to 29 F from 32 F in the last half hour) and I
>>(stupidly) went to test out the jizzers without first chiseling the wiper
>>blades free from the windshield.
>>
>>The passenger side got loose but the driver side did not. I could just
>>*feel* the splines strip as I watched in horror only the passenger blade
>>go up and then back down again. Oops.
>>
>>So in this frigid weather I took the arm off, cleaned the aluminum dust
>>out of the grooves (although there were no grooves left on the wiper arm
>>half), put the arm back on and torqued the shat out of it. Then I realized
>>it wasn't positioned right, so I spent about 10 minutes pulling on it
>>trying to get it to come back off. Got it off and discovered that both
>>pieces had pretty looking splines now, cool! Positioned it right and
>>torqued it again. Problem solved.
>>
>>Now my fear is that this is going to happen again. What can I do to keep
>>my wiper blades from freezing to the windshield, uh, while I'm driving?
>>I guess I could coat the windshield with astronaut-grade sex lube or
>>something. But the neighbors might think I'm a little weird. Oh baby, oh
>>yeah, don't freeze up on meh!
>>
>>...
>>
>>I mean.. what if it's not snowing, but then it starts snowing so I turn my
>>wipers on, but they're frozen to the windshield? That would be bad.
>>
>>I suppose I should just get some of that spray-on deicing fluid.
>>
>>Duh?
>>
>>-Toby
>>
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