Replace A Coleman Abs Roof

Also be sure and remove the old gasket and residue as you will replace it after resurfacing the roof.

Replace a coleman abs roof. Usually you can just pull it right off the roof. The a c unit is of course heavy so be careful taking it off. Let it sit overnight. Clean the area with abs cleaner to remove all debris sap or anything else on the roof.

The sun really dried them out and there was some severe cracking and delamination on many campers. Abs cleaner is sometimes called pvc abs cleaner solvent. It doesn t have to be a big. The pop up camper division of coleman fleetwood eventually went out of business and now it is impossible to have your roof replaced.

Sometimes you may need to slide a putty knife between the abs roof and the old seal to coax it off. Coleman abs roof 1. Put your trailer roof top up 6 12 inches 15 2 30 5 cm so you can work on it. Abs powder and mek can normally be found in the pvc area at most hardware stores.

Pour equal parts abs powder and mek into a glass jar. Purchased abs pellets from apache replacement parts. Once the cover was off i slowly rocked the unit back and forth to free it from the double sided sticky sealant gasket on the roof. I had to work a bit.

We carry a large selection of original equipment hard to find roof and related hardware. My other thought is i wonder if they would sell the blueprints for the replacement roofs. Making the abs paste. No way would be right as there s no new roof replacement for a failed abs roof since this roof has been out of production since 2003 and the coleman factory itself is now permanently out of business.

Remove the old rubber seal. If someone could make them and sell them reasonable they could properly make a buck or 2. Does anyone know if coleman made thier own replacement roofs for the failed abs roofs or did they sub it out to anouther company. The abs had separated into a liquid slurry and a gel like chunk.

Coleman had to replace quite a few roofs. Stir mixture with screwdriver. Gaskets seals latches trims and more are available from the experts in pop up camping. Rough up the abs around the crack and clean it with abs pvc cleaning solvent.