Snow quirks
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Snow quirks
Hey all,
I finally got some snow in my area , and the H3 handles like a dream in the bad snow conditions.
What I hate is my impulsiveness to allways have a clean vehicle..impossible in these conditions.
I find myself rinsing 'er off at least every other day , if not daily...just wondering whats your
cleaning habits are during winter.
P.s. anyone know anything about garage door openers ? It seems once my temperture in my area drops below 30 degrees , my automatic garage door opener wont work.It'll open a couple of feet and stop.
Sometimes if I can hit close , than the open button really quick it will open a little further than stop again ?
It seems the colder it is the more it acts up.Thanks for any advise...............shawnnlivier
I finally got some snow in my area , and the H3 handles like a dream in the bad snow conditions.
What I hate is my impulsiveness to allways have a clean vehicle..impossible in these conditions.
I find myself rinsing 'er off at least every other day , if not daily...just wondering whats your
cleaning habits are during winter.
P.s. anyone know anything about garage door openers ? It seems once my temperture in my area drops below 30 degrees , my automatic garage door opener wont work.It'll open a couple of feet and stop.
Sometimes if I can hit close , than the open button really quick it will open a little further than stop again ?
It seems the colder it is the more it acts up.Thanks for any advise...............shawnnlivier
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If it's a Craftsman...It has aDOWN force and an UP force adjustment...In the winter, your door hinges all need lubricated with something simple, like 3-n-1 oil..So the force needed to open or close the cold door needs increasing a little..1/8 turn adjustemnt CW will increase the forceuntil it opens all the way or closes all the way without stopping...These adjustment pots are located on the rear of the unit associated with UP and Down arrows for direction of travel you wish to adjust.
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Yeah.. What Dennis said.. Just give the hinges a shot of WD40.. Wouldn't hurt to open up the opener case and make sure the gears are well lubed.. Wouldn't use WD40 in there though.. Not sure about the rest of 'em in the world, but a little dollop of grease does mine a world of good...
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ORIGINAL: Crash
Yeah.. What Dennis said.. Just give the hinges a shot of WD40.. Wouldn't hurt to open up the opener case and make sure the gears are well lubed.. Wouldn't use WD40 in there though.. Not sure about the rest of 'em in the world, but a little dollop of grease does mine a world of good...
Yeah.. What Dennis said.. Just give the hinges a shot of WD40.. Wouldn't hurt to open up the opener case and make sure the gears are well lubed.. Wouldn't use WD40 in there though.. Not sure about the rest of 'em in the world, but a little dollop of grease does mine a world of good...
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ORIGINAL: shawnnlivier
Hey all,
I finally got some snow in my area , and the H3 handles like a dream in the bad snow conditions.
What I hate is my impulsiveness to allways have a clean vehicle..impossible in these conditions.
I find myself rinsing 'er off at least every other day , if not daily...just wondering whats your
cleaning habits are during winter.
P.s. anyone know anything about garage door openers ? It seems once my temperture in my area drops below 30 degrees , my automatic garage door opener wont work.It'll open a couple of feet and stop.
Sometimes if I can hit close , than the open button really quick it will open a little further than stop again ?
It seems the colder it is the more it acts up.Thanks for any advise...............shawnnlivier
Hey all,
I finally got some snow in my area , and the H3 handles like a dream in the bad snow conditions.
What I hate is my impulsiveness to allways have a clean vehicle..impossible in these conditions.
I find myself rinsing 'er off at least every other day , if not daily...just wondering whats your
cleaning habits are during winter.
P.s. anyone know anything about garage door openers ? It seems once my temperture in my area drops below 30 degrees , my automatic garage door opener wont work.It'll open a couple of feet and stop.
Sometimes if I can hit close , than the open button really quick it will open a little further than stop again ?
It seems the colder it is the more it acts up.Thanks for any advise...............shawnnlivier
Joined: Apr 2006
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RE: Snow quirks
I just clean the wheels and let the rest of the truck stay dirty
as far as the garage door opener, I don't have one but my brother had a similiar problem with his and it turned out that the electric safety eye thing had frosted over and was sending a doorway blocked signal so it wouldn't close.
as far as the garage door opener, I don't have one but my brother had a similiar problem with his and it turned out that the electric safety eye thing had frosted over and was sending a doorway blocked signal so it wouldn't close.
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