VISIBILITY

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 21 Dec 2004, 15:51

I remember my dad having a simple sheet of plastic with double sided adhesive foam surround which 'double glazed' the rear screen of his Triumph Herald. I got him a stick on electric jobbie but he never bothered fitting it. Too new fangled.

Robin · Post by **Robin** » 21 Dec 2004, 20:50

Hot water, Triplex toughened screen (remember those?)and bang. Oh such a pleasure hoovering up all those little tiny bits of glass. Just how did they get into the boot, the heater tubes, the engine bay ............

ACTIVE8 · Post by **ACTIVE8** » 21 Dec 2004, 22:02

Posted by vanny <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">What like the Picasso?
They have heated screens <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Are you sure ?
I say this, because checking around I have spoken to several people about this, and although it has heat reflective glass, I am reliabily informed it does not have a heating element in it !

shaunthesheep · Post by **shaunthesheep** » 21 Dec 2004, 23:43

most heated front screens have very fine elements in them, if you look closly you should be able to see them, they look like wavey lines going top to bottom.
dom

vanny · Post by **vanny** » 21 Dec 2004, 23:56

My Dad seems to think so, there are deffinately lines in the screen, connectors on the sides and there is a point at the top where there is no wires and the Fast Tag will work. Apperently loads of cars (Audi's expecially) have heated screens and there a pain for causing problems with the fast tag. I get the impression there pretty common on modern cars, but i know nothing about modern cars and gadgets having a humble BX

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 22 Dec 2004, 00:40

Fast Tag????
Whut?
Go on give us a clue....

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 22 Dec 2004, 00:45

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkwheel

Have to say not sure about the sill, dangerous and Illigal bit.
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Fairly sure its illigal to have a gas appliance lit in a moving veichal - whether this just applies to caravans and motor homes or not I am unsure. This is why you are not supposed to run your fridge on gas whilst towing - I think its more likely down to the risk of ecaping gas in the event of a crash, so a small 250ml gas cannister - whilst big enough to cause some serious grief if exploding in a confined space - is not in the same league as a 9kg propane cylinder.....

shaunthesheep · Post by **shaunthesheep** » 22 Dec 2004, 05:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Fast Tag????
Whut?
Go on give us a clue....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
it enables you to near enough carry on driving without stopping at the toll booth, as its an automated service.
but, then not having one myself, i might be wrong.
dom

uhn113x · Post by **uhn113x** » 22 Dec 2004, 12:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Robin

Hot water, Triplex toughened screen (remember those?)and bang. Oh such a pleasure hoovering up all those little tiny bits of glass. Just how did they get into the boot, the heater tubes, the engine bay ............
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I must have been very lucky over the past-odd winters and as many cars then, Robin! [}:)]

bxbodger · Post by **bxbodger** » 22 Dec 2004, 15:58

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Fairly sure its illigal to have a gas appliance lit in a moving veichal - whether this just applies to caravans and motor homes or not I am unsure<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
In the early eighties I worked for an Asphalting company, and it was normal practice then to light up the propane burners under the pots on the back of the truck before setting out to the job-that way it was nicely melted ready for the lads to start work.
It was not a problem with the police, and there were a lot more traffic cops around then as well, the only places they couldn't go with the pots lit were the tunnels-Blackwall, Rotherhithe, and Dartford ( where you can use a fast-tag...)- Limehouse link wasn't open then.
The firm, General Asphalte, in Kentish Town, is long defunct, but the Directors had a CX Pallas each-chosen instead of Jags or Granadas because they could take loads of roofing felt, blocks of asphalt, etc, if the wagons were all out.

Robin · Post by **Robin** » 22 Dec 2004, 16:43

uhn113x, have to say it was not me wot got caught out!
I just had the job back then as young grease monkey of cleaning up the mess after the embarrased owner drove in, usually frozen to death and unable to understand why it broke!
I seem to recall it was usually the cars with flat screens so there would be no curvature to take up the rapid expansion, Anglia and Cortina come to mind plus a few others. We were an old Ford dealership after all. Had a bay for each area of work, engine, gearbox, brakes etc.
Had a rule here too that you never put the hub caps back on until the car was fully finished. We had to push it from bay to bay. Had one guy jump in a car and drove straight into a steel pillar, no brakes fitted and it was in the engine bay while parts were being delivered !!!! He didn't notice the hub caps in the bag on the passenger seat. 40 years later the same thing still happens - human error or is the law of sod?

Dave Burns · Post by **Dave Burns** » 22 Dec 2004, 16:44

I've allways used hot (not boiling) water for de-icing and never had a problem, the secret is to pour the water on slowly along the top of the screen and let it run down, don't just launch the whole pot full at it, that may well bugger it up.
The only down side to it is you create a mini skating rink outside your back door when the water hits the deck, ouch!!.
Dave

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 22 Dec 2004, 16:55

When I'm fortunate enough to be parked near a house I use a hairdryer (sometimes hot air gun) to clear the screen. Works on frozen doors and locks too.

oilyspanner · Post by **oilyspanner** » 22 Dec 2004, 17:44

I have fitted into numerous boats and a 63 VW camper a device called a propex heater, I used to get them ex BT (Grey vans), its a simple propane burner, heat exchanger and fan with a flue, gas and 12 volts gets you between 1,2 and 2,8 KW of dry heat,at the press of a button, I have a spare somewhere???
Stewart

dnsey · Post by **dnsey** » 22 Dec 2004, 17:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Had a rule here too that you never put the hub caps back on until the car was fully finished.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I do the same thing myself, especially when the job involves steering / suspension etc. It's worked a couple of times too, though I had to scratch my head to remember what I'd fogotten to do...