Update: G430 mem batt

[RV7Guy]

A week or so ago I posted on the memory battery in my Garmin 430 gone dead. I found information here on a DIY project. I thought I could get it done and ordered the battery.

Last week I transported a company helicopter from Redding CA to PHX and one of company mechanics rode along. I asked him about the battery situation in the 430. He said he had a contact at an avionics shop in PHX.

He contacted me this week and said the the shop would do it for $93 plus the battery. (They couldn't use the battery I provided because it wasn't on the paperwork). So, out the door, $110. Not bad.

Glad I didn't have to dig into the unit. I'm happy

[turbo]

I will be searching down here in Florida for the same thing. It took about a year for the battery to go dead after the first message that warned me about the battery getting weak. Now it's brain has gone dead, no memory of anything.