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04-24-2012 | 02:48 PM

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Naughty Kitty

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From: Crystal Lake, IL

The repair is pretty straight forward, just make sure you pay attention to polarity when removing the original. The thread below includes a photo tutorial from when I did mine:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...problem-2.html

04-24-2012 | 10:41 PM

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Carguy08

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From: Lake George NY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave M

Why not just wire the gauge up to your gps? Throw the antenna in the garbage.

Can this be done?

04-25-2012 | 05:42 AM

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Dave M

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From: Hollywood, MD, USA

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Originally Posted by Carguy08

Can this be done?

Yes, very easily. Look at the documentation from you GPS. Find out what wire is the NMEA output and connect that to the gauge. I did this with my previous boat in a matter of minutes.