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Advice on stripping down a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx?

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Advice on stripping down a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx?
on: April 12, 2012, 12:27:31 AM
I've just picked up a broken Garmin eTrex Vista HCx.  I've found a you tube vid of a dismantle but as is so often the case, its done a bit quick and a bit blurry :)

Anyone ever taken one apart, any hints or tips before I rip into it?

Its had batteries left in it that have leaked and eaten away one of the battery terminals so I'm hoping this will turn out to be a pretty easy fix.
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Advice on stripping down a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx?
Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 01:34:43 AM
If I remember correctly, wait, what was I saying?


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Re: Advice on stripping down a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx?
Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 12:54:17 PM
Thanks Steve that was a useful link.  I found another one off from it in case anyone else in the future stumbles across this.

Many years back I stripped an old model Garmin (think it was an emap :think: ) and found its rubber strip to be problematic in that it stretched on removal making reattachment problematic.

Well I'm better versed now, time to rip into it.
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