This is on overdue follow-up to a previous blog posting where I managed to flood my GPS by swimming with it.

After I got out of the water the display briefly had color distortions before the unit turned off completely. I unwisely tried to power it on again with out success.

After I got home I pondered taking the unit in for warranty repair. I'd bought it in Iceland but was presently in Germany, after contacting my dealer I found that Garmin had global warranty which I could use in Germany, but I might have to provide a receipt which was in Iceland. Instead of dealing with all that I decided to try to repair it myself.

So here's the unit after disassembly:

When I opened it a bit of water flooded out, probably equivalent to at least 1-2 tablespoons.

I dried off the water I could see with a cloth and then dried all the components for 12 days at room temperature. After that I assembled it again:

Today the unit works perfectly. The only problem is that to disassemble it I had to take off the rubber cap at the top shielding the antenna which entailed ripping off the glue that held it in place. I could attach it again if I find some more glue like that.

I also don't consider the unit to be waterproof down to 1 meter as advertised.

Too see more pictures view my set on flickr.