As we have discussed here before, the On/Off button on the Garmin Montana usually breaks after a few years of use. Well, mine was in perfect shape until my GPS jammed against a metal box I was carrying and it ripped a portion of the rubber button off. I could still use it by pushing a pen or similar item into the hole, but I wanted/needed to fix it as I did not want to buy another GPS. So I purchased what appears to be a 3D printed button for $16 online, and using a video on YouTube I cut the old rubber button off and glued the new one on today as they showed.
As I expected I did not do as good a job as the video shows, but I was able to get the button glued on solidly and tomorrow I am going to run a bead of glue around the edges to fill in the gaps and make the unit waterproof again if it isn't already. I don't care how it looks, I just want it to work.
Here is what it looks like now and it turns on and off just fine. The glue I used was a boot glue I have that is indestructible. I used it on Jessica's boots and a few years later the rest of the boot was torn apart and the boot glue was still holding up. I am also going to fill in the gaps tomorrow with the same glue.
Without the battery cover
With the cover on
As I expected I did not do as good a job as the video shows, but I was able to get the button glued on solidly and tomorrow I am going to run a bead of glue around the edges to fill in the gaps and make the unit waterproof again if it isn't already. I don't care how it looks, I just want it to work.
Here is what it looks like now and it turns on and off just fine. The glue I used was a boot glue I have that is indestructible. I used it on Jessica's boots and a few years later the rest of the boot was torn apart and the boot glue was still holding up. I am also going to fill in the gaps tomorrow with the same glue.
Without the battery cover
With the cover on