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My very old, wonderful, still in perfect shape, perfect fit, original Mountain Horse riding jacket has a double zipper that won't work now. I found a zipper website (yep, just zippers) to order a new one. Local dry cleaners suggested me buying a zipper first, then having their alterations folks put it in.

I'm convinced any new zipper won't be as good as the YKK brand that is in there now, but I prefer having a zipper over using the snaps alone. Is this as straightforward as it seems? Anyone have tips for when coat zippers need replacing?

You can get a YKK zipper at Amazon. Putting it in is a breeze for their alterations people. Sewing stores may have good heavy (coat) zippers too.

Thanks for the input!

Removing the old zipper will probably be more time consuming than putting the new one in

Nancy, that is probably true!

This winter I finally put a new zipper in my old Lands' End Squall parka, after years of nursing it along as I described here viewtopic.php?f=9&t=574&p=9432&hilit=zipper#p9432

I didn’t care how pretty it looked, as I only use the coat for barn chores at home. So, I cut the old zipper tapes out next to the seams and stitched the new zipper in, without opening any seams. I also used a one-way zipper about 6” shorter than the old two-way, since the double zipper foot seemed to be problematic.

I got 2 replacement zippers from Mountain Horse directly for free for a pair of winter boots - fixed the bad winter boot and ended up using the other in a pair of MH dress boots.

You could contact MH and see if they can send you a zipper for that specific jacket.

After making inquiries with them, Mtn. Horse says they'll be sending me a new zipper for my winter coat! Yippee, now to find a seamstress who can do the replacement. Thanks for the suggestion!

Canyon wrote:Nancy, that is probably true!

This winter I finally put a new zipper in my old Lands' End Squall parka, after years of nursing it along as I described here viewtopic.php?f=9&t=574&p=9432&hilit=zipper#p9432

I didn’t care how pretty it looked, as I only use the coat for barn chores at home. So, I cut the old zipper tapes out next to the seams and stitched the new zipper in, without opening any seams. I also used a one-way zipper about 6” shorter than the old two-way, since the double zipper foot seemed to be problematic.

Yes! That's the way to do it if you don't care how it looks. I've done this myself a couple of times.