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Ice building on windshield removal tip

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here is a tip about removing ice from your windshield --- which constantly forms even with the defroster blowing on hightest setting:

 

Do not use a kitchen knife to scrape it off, because it will scratch the windshield.

wisecracker answer first-----move further south.

 

Seriously,it sounds like you've got something blocking the defroster vent.The air coming out is warm right?You may hear air blowing but the flap to shift it to defroster instead of lower or bi-level may be shut.THere's cheapy dash mounted defrosters that might help.Better than having to take the dash out.They go for like $20 if I remember right.Check the vacuum hoses all around for pressure.Good luck

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No, it is working right. The way I seat I look through the top part of the windsheld, where the blower does not seem to make it.

It does defrost it in the middle. Which made me drive like an old man, bending my head down, looking through the opening.

yeah i had the same prob the last few days.. windshield ices over while driving, but melts off it you sit at a light long enough..

 

also get some winter blades that don't freeze.. will help.

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>>> Tip your seat back and drive like a pimp.

 

 

Lat time I tried that, I broke the seat

(although it was a Tempo)

Buy a good set of ski goggles and stick your head out of the window while driving.

bust it out! No windshield, no problem.:banana:

Originally posted by northguy

Buy a good set of ski goggles and stick your head out of the window while driving.

 

that's funny. i used tohave to dothe same type of thing with y wagn. i had no wiper mtor so i had to use a squeegee when it rained or snowed. let me tell ya, it's a sight to see when i come flying sideways around a corner with one arm flailing about the windshield. got some weird looks from people. i definitely recommend the goggles.

they sell a product in a spray bottle that called ice blocker it keeps ice and snow from building up on your windshield for 48 hours i think they sell it at advanced auto

use rain-X... I've been using it for welll over a decade and enjoy its easy removal of ice on the windshields.

Rip out the glovebox and install a RV size woodstove in it's place. Chimney runs up the outside like a snorkle. Co-driver tends the fire.

Sorry to be a wise-rump roast, but this concept actually crossed my mind last time I had a leaky heater core.

I second the Rain X.. I recently got back from a Montana-Michigan trip and it helped a great deal. The moisture just runs off the windshield and doesnt have a chance to ice up. Just make sure your windshield is PERFECTLY clean before applying, or you may get a few small scratches.

Question....... Will the Rain X work on the inside also??? My bus freezes up when I have the kids on and the guys at the shop are backed up with buses down to get to my defroster.... Vicky

Last time I was down at Wal-Mart, they had some stuff called Fog-X... supposed to work on the inside of the car, to keep the windows from fogging up **. It was sitting right next to the Rain-X, on the same end cap display.

 

** - Remind me to pick this stuff up in twenty or thirty years when I have teenagers...

I put FogX on my inside windshield every now and then, seems to work pretty well for a few weeks. Just be careful not to put too much on or it makes the inside of the glass look funny...

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