What do you do up in Alaska to keep you windows on your car/truck from freezing up? Anything??

It got down to about 10 degrees here last night after receiving about 5 inches of snow. Seems no matter how much I scraped along the edges it still would not go down until it set in the direct Sun for about an hour or two.

Any tricks from up North???

Thanks.

I know what your talking about,

I think the only trick is to move south for the winter.:lol:

Have your wife/girl friend/mother make a you winshield cover with magnets on the ends. Something water proof is prefered.

Have your wife/girl friend/mother make a you winshield cover with magnets on the ends. Something water proof is prefered.

I have a windshield cover but it does not go down the side windows.


I would sure like to see someone make a lightweight, cab cover, one that only covers from the door handles up on the crew cab or ANY cab. Oh and also covers the mirrors.

Not much that could be done. We just live with it, the heater usually melts it free after a few hours. I park mine in a garage....

I know the feeling it really sucks when I want to go to the drive through for my D&D coffee in the morning:mad:

I clean and wipe all the channels and felts with silicone. This seems to help but whatever you do don't force the crank handle or button. Read this to see what may happen.http://dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23642

I have not had that problem with the ice freezing the windows so that I can role them down. Usually it is still to cold to want to roll them down.

This may be a little more involved than what you want to do, but they do make wiper blades that are heated to keep them from freezing. You could look into installing some heat trace that is 12v and routing it under the window seal to help prevent this. Or maybe putting some heat trace like what is on your rear window defoger and putting it on your side windows so that it is about 6 inches up from the bottom.
Other than that I am not sure what to do other than scraping it off.

One of my neighbors shuts a blanket in their door, covering their windows. I assume that it's so they don't have to scrape, and they are able to roll their windows down. Never tried it, but it's worth a try.

I pretty much just live with it although, I don't find it much of a problem. The only time mine won't roll down is when it is like -25 to -40. At this time there isn't any snow on it. The only time my side windows freeze from the snow is when I drive into work and it is snowing. Your window seals may be going bad. Even at this point I scrape the windows. I guess the water freezes here before it can get down the window. Although, I do park inside at home.

Mine get stuck all winter long, and it drives me crazy too. I usually just beat on the window untill they break loose....obviously this probably isn't the smart thing to do, but it works..kinda.:) Mine freeze even with those window rain guard things..you know the ones that let you roll down your window a little with out getting soaked...anyway, let me know if you figure out a way to keep them from freezing. They might be like windshield wipers...they'll freeze no matter what, haha.

J-HEFF

I bet a rain-x type of product applied to the windows could help. The stuff makes your window smoother and I bet it would be less likely to stick. Maybe not the perfect answer but worth a try. This in combination with silicone on the rubbers might help. I have a bottle on the shelf and will try tomorrow. Of course you know we wont have conditions for them to freeze tell next year after I apply the product:) .

The part that I find interesting is that windows on my 1999 1/2 ton pickup never did this, only this one....

The best thing is to have it sleep in a garage at night. My windows are never froze up unless it snows while the truck is outside and then one night in the garage fixes that.

The part that I find interesting is that windows on my 1999 1/2 ton pickup never did this, only this one....
In 1999 GM changed to the cable type of window regulator. In anticipation of many failures they ordered 10's of thousands extra. To their surprise they only had a few break. So in later years they had to make changes so that the windows would freeze and you would break the regulator. This fixed the overstock of regulators,and a nice profit to boot, they are now depleated. So you should see less frozen windows in future models.:)
:joke:

The best thing is to have it sleep in a garage at night. My windows are never froze up unless it snows while the truck is outside and then one night in the garage fixes that.
Max
:exactly: Why didn't I think of that? I think I will start building one tomorrow. Man I can be dense at times.:)

:funnypost duh

no if you don't mind this idea i know it works....take some table salt and sprinkle a little on the window down by the glass rubber piece. just a light sprinkle.

DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible if your truck rusts out do to this. if you aren't smart enough to know that. then you are too stupid to read this post.

duh it works on the road and on a samuri ;) why wouldn't it work on your truck?

btw you could just be cheap and get some extra off the road before it gets plowed off and kills your grass.

The best thing is to have it sleep in a garage at night. My windows are never froze up unless it snows while the truck is outside and then one night in the garage fixes that.
This helps yes but, and this is a huge but, mine freeze up at work every frickin' day during the winter!!! :mad: I have a ten minute ride home and if I would like to stop and get something to eat on the way home I'm f Censored d!!! It's the only real pain in my ass that this truck has given me. My raggedy old 98 only does it when it's been sleeting or through an ice storm. Even then in twenty to thirty minutes they'd break free. No matter how well I scrape these windows it takes a good hour with the heat on so high that I'm boiling for them to free up.:rant:

The best thing is to have it sleep in a garage at night. My windows are never froze up unless it snows while the truck is outside and then one night in the garage fixes that.

TRUE but then I wouldnt have a need for my ASTRO START.

I have a raised ranch home, garages under the bedrooms. My truck will not fit in the garage height wise, length and width is no problem.

My Z71 with 285 Revos fit real nice in the garage. This is the first truck I have owned that did not fit :(

Someone else said something about the RainX on the windows. They said to pull the outer felt back and wipe it as far down as you can go with a sponge type paint brush then leave it, dont wipe off what does not show.

I might try that AND silicone the outer seal.

I like the 12 volt heater tape idea, might be something to look into.

Any other thougths?

Great ideas guys:grd: