We obviously threw that right out the window when this little Coleman Santa Fe came along.īecause our Santa Fe was in such fabulous condition for the price, we jumped on it. I had read horror stories about the Coleman ABS roof situation, but I was confident we could head off any problems. What is an ABS roof? Well, in the mid-90’s, Coleman had this fantastic idea to make a one piece, ABS plastic roof on some of their higher end pop up trailers. The idea was good, no seams for water to leak in, etc., but in reality, the ABS roof didn’t hold up on most trailers. The sun really dried them out, and there was some severe cracking and delamination on many campers. Coleman had to replace quite a few roofs. The pop up camper division of Coleman/Fleetwood eventually went out of business, and now it is impossible to have your roof replaced. After a lot of research, though, I realized that you could still repair that ABS roof, and, in many cases, the owners of the repaired Coleman ABS roofs were happier with the results than had they gone with a traditional pop up camper roof.
#1997 COLEMAN YUKON POP UP SPECS PATCH#
There were a couple of medium sized cracks on one corner, a few small hairline cracks along the lip of the roof, and some spidery cracks under the awning rail.Īfter a lot of research, we decided the best method for repairing the roof, and preventing further cracking in the future, was the ABS MEK patch method, followed by a good coat of UV protectant bedliner. If you have a pop up, and you haven’t checked the Portal yet, you are missing out! So, what is the ABS MEK patch method? The Pop Up Portal was an invaluable resource for all things repair related, and there is a good amount of information there about the MEK repair method. TypeTwoFun started out by drilling a small hole at each end of the crack.
#1997 COLEMAN YUKON POP UP SPECS CRACK#
This is supposed to help keep the crack from spreading. Then he used a cutting wheel to clean out the crack. He wanted a nice clean surface for the patch to adhere to. Now, I don’t have a picture of the next step, because the stuff Mr. TypeTwoFun used to patch the crack is pretty toxic. He had to use a respirator when he was applying the stuff. #1997 COLEMAN YUKON POP UP SPECS PATCH#.
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