One of my favorite fleece jackets zipper slider mechanism has come off.
Since I don't have a clue as to how to sew and don't want to shell out
too many $ on this, I was hoping to fix it myself. I tried removing the
zipper stopper at the end of the jacket and putting the original back
on, but it doesn't seem to want to zip closed as I run the slider up or
down the jacket making me think maybe the zippers themselves are bad.
So, what are some cheap options (other than a new jacket which is next
to impossible to find at decent prices with winter just around the
corner)? I was thinking it might be possible to convert to a button up
and down??

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.