I don't smoke but come winter my winter coats get a lighter in the pocket.
My VW's Audi, and Mercedes all seem to winter door issues. Either the lock
doesn't turn or my favorite is the lever getting stuck in after the door
opens. Then there is peeling the gasket off the door followed by the ice on
window messing up the scraper.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: vanagon winter maladies - frozen door locks

Frozen door locks.. anyone use a lighter to heat the key a little and
get the lock moving?
WD40 good for getting the moisture out of a lock?

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  11/24/2010 06:14 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>with winter finally here, I'm betting the usual list of suspects will
>come up. Already  we have been discussing frozen doors and heaters,
>but I bet before long there will be failing clutch master and slave
>cylinders. Anyone else have bets on other items?
>
>alistair