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I found a Crack on the base of the housing, this surely can cause an issue. Not sure if it was there from the start or when I took a tumble with the bike. I used my soldering iron to melt the plastic close again.

No haven't tried that. I did use rubbing alcohol and ear buds to clean the surface before applying the glue

A bit of a mad scientist vibe here, but the Garmin is alive. Cleaned the circuit board with rubbing alcohol. The battery that was in it is completely dead. It might be the battery circuitry that took a knock. Luckily I have a spare battery. I just need to button everything up, properly clean the old glue from the base and test.

Well my first try with the battery replacement was kinda a big fail...... Let me explain. I did a 3day cycle stage event in Cape Town this week and I was '"buddy bragging" how I saved alot of money by replacing my own GPS battery. I was frowned upon till I showed them how easy it was with the help of this thread. Well needless to say on the first day of the race it started to rain and it was raining and raining the whole day. Even with the odd hail on some sections. I had a big fall about 2hours into the race as the single tracks were slippery as hell. Long story short..... I was on the bike for about 8 hours. I did notice at some stage my elevation were doing some funny ****. When going uphill it showed elevation @ minus 12% but then it sorted itself out. GPS was fine when I finish the stage. Charging that evening were fine. The next day I did not ride due to mechanicals and a bruised ego. Then on day 3 my GPS stared to reboot on the starting line..... I mean on the starting line while the countdown was going. Quickly pulled out my phone and starting to log my ride. Well fast forward to today I pulled the 130 apart and found some "evidence" Now I need to get some 90% alcohol and clean the circuit board. Hopefully once everything is cleaned it will fire right up.... Let's hope. I will use Crc 2-26 and spray all the internals as this stuff is really good. Then I will have to relook how to seal / glue the the screen back on, as this is what failed on the the first try. Will keep you guys updated

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Some pics, forgot to take pics at the end

Finally did the replacement, been on the back burner for quite a while. Did a ride the weekend. Battery holding up really well. Didn't even drop a bar after a 2hour ride and 1hour pause.

@The Ouzo Great thanks, ETA for Battery is today. Hopefully I can get some shoe glue locally.

@MTB MIKEY What glue did you use to secure the screen again?

Just ordered a battery, hopefully next week I can start the battery swop.

@The OuzoGreat news that you found the problem. I am sure it holds up just fine. I must give this a go as my original battery only lasts about 45min. But on the other hand my winter fitness level corrosponds to the Garmin's battery life and cycling around the block might be a viable option.... for now 😄

Reviving this thread again as I would like to do the same on my Edge130. @The Ouzothe battery still holding up?

Cannot wait for my first W2W!!! Will be riding Chardonnay weekend. Hopefully my hard tail bike and my tail will survive. See you guys there