Air conditioner problem and FIX!
Hello, all. I just fixed a problem with my air conditioner that I thought would be a good thing to post about. My air conditioner worked when we first got the coach, but on our second outing, it s...
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Hey, folks. I did some plastic welding to repair the cover.
As stated earlier this cover is made from THIN material. I also couldn't identify exactly what kind of plastic it is. It's not ABS for sure as my ABS rod wouldn't weld into the substrate. I melted in the reinforcing mesh on the back side and bonded it with polyethelene rod. It worked really well.
The mounting bolts had completely rotted and snapped off when I took off the acorn nuts. I fixed that with some 3/8" bolts and fender washers. I put the bolt in from the bottom of the sheet metal and put on a fender washer and nut. Then I opened up the holes on the cover so they would go around the nuts and finished by making some thick top washers out of U-SEAL roofing sheet. They compress and seal the bolts to the cover, so hopefully water won't get down in there and cause more rust.
Jose
As stated earlier this cover is made from THIN material. I also couldn't identify exactly what kind of plastic it is. It's not ABS for sure as my ABS rod wouldn't weld into the substrate. I melted in the reinforcing mesh on the back side and bonded it with polyethelene rod. It worked really well.
The mounting bolts had completely rotted and snapped off when I took off the acorn nuts. I fixed that with some 3/8" bolts and fender washers. I put the bolt in from the bottom of the sheet metal and put on a fender washer and nut. Then I opened up the holes on the cover so they would go around the nuts and finished by making some thick top washers out of U-SEAL roofing sheet. They compress and seal the bolts to the cover, so hopefully water won't get down in there and cause more rust.
Jose
