RE: Trunk Lid Seperating

[6Quigs]

 
While cleaning out the front storage trunk on my Coleman today,
 I noticed the underside of the trunk lid has an additional section of ABS attached to give it some rigidity.
 It is attached every 6 inches or so, in what lookes like heat fusion, where they just melted the lower section, in spots, just to get it to stick.
 All the top welds have come loose, or seperated !
 
 Anyone else have this problem?
 
 Anyone have a solution?

[Red neff Barchetta]

 6Quigs
Kevin -
 Just simply close the lid and walk away saying " I m sure that was an illusion because there is absolutely no way that Coleman, the largest PU manufacturer in the world, would put something together so shoddily like that" .
 
 Like;
 plastic water lines
 faux corners to the rear bumper
 poorly designed awning
 etc...
 
 Sorry I don t have a better answer for you buddy.
 Speaking of the trunk lid, I had to do a mod. to the flimsy piece of foam they think will push down the button to shut off the trunk light.
 As always, glad I could help!
 Want another beer?

[LKaskel]

 6Quigs
Ok,
 So I may agree strongly with Jeff about Coleman (Fleetwood).  Strangely enough I was cleaning out the trunk in my Mesa the other day and I noticed those melt spots they use to fuse the two pieces together and I thought (if only briefly) what if.......?  Anyway are all the spots broken loose or a few?  I would try a good adhesive like goop or maybe even liquid nails. These can be found at Lowes or Home Depot.  They even sell a two part epoxy that I ve used and once dry it was incredible!  If you feel the lid is too far gone you may try a friendly dealer and ask for a used lid if they come upon one from a camper that was totaled in an accident.  Anyone know of a " junk or salvage"  yard that has campers?
 That would be nice too!
 
 
 Larry

[rccs]

 6Quigs
The lid pieces were probably plastic welded together. You could check with a car body shop to see if they have a plastic welder and they would most likely be able to weld it together for you. I would think that most body shops would have a plastic welder now days with all the plastic they stick in cars now.  Good luck.

[aw738]

 6Quigs
A employee of mine and his brother-in-law used a two part epoxy to fix a cracked trolling motor cover. It was actually labeled as " plastic weld" , and sold in a sirenge that despenses equal parts. They said it was so good that it was stronger than the plastic they were tring to fix. It may have been the quick set type but cruring time is depending upon how fast you need the repair. Many diffenerent drying times are available.