[timogleason]

If anyone is interested for future reference, I got plug to go on and unit is operational. On 5th half hour attempt, I had a little epiphany and looked at another alignment reference. I never took into account the vertical relationship of the pins. Pushed some up and some down a bit and it slid in (barely). That sucker isn't getting taken off any time soon. Only word of advice is to use the female plug as your reference point to create your pin alignment. Use as many relationships as you can conger up. Work slow and deliberately and don't force anything. Best tool I found for bending and aligning pins was jewelers screwdrivers.

Happy I got it running again. Didn't feel like throwing a stack of money at another shitty GPS unit with crappy maps and couldn't justify the dollars for a bigger unit with FMT.

 

[Egrets Landing]

EVO3 will be coming down in price a lot in about 10 days when the new one is released.

 

[ifsteve]

I never take my units off anymore for that very reason. The pins are very finicky about being perfectly aligned.

 

[timogleason]

I try not to. The mangrove branch sticking out into a tight creek had others ideas...

 

[Snookicide]

Glad you are back in business. If you need to remove it for some reason, maybe put a dot of the wife’s nail polish on each piece to assist with the alignment when you put it back.