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Help! Old broken multimeter!

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'52 Farmall H

02-15-2004 18:07:50

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My grandfather gave me his old analog multimeter a couple years ago. He built it from a kit for school back in the '50s. Of course, a couple of weeks later, I dropped a peanut butter jar on the gauge's glass face plate. Oddly, the glass was not broken, but it was "driven" in. This bent the needle. I would really like to get this fixed, not only because I like old things and the meter worked very well. But also because he is going to help me rewire my Jeep and I will have to tell him why I'm using the other grandfathers digital meter! I have done web searches and haven't found a thing! (I'm usually good at getting results while "surfing".) I need to find someway or someone to fix this!! On the gauge face the meter reads "RCA meter assembly kit, 20,000 Ohms/volts DC and 6,667 Ohms/volts AC, manufactured by RCA institutes, INC. New York, N.Y. U.S.A." On the backside of the gauge/inside the meter case are the numbers "050163" and "Ideal Precision Meter Cc., Inc. Made in U.S.A." ANY help of ANY kind will be most appreciated! Feel free to ask questions.
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T_Bone

02-15-2004 18:37:42

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Re: Help! Old broken multimeter! in reply to '52 Farmall H, 02-15-2004 18:07:50

If it didn't break the staff ( a shaft that sets in the jewel bearings) then it can be repaired easy.

Make a hand remover by taking a piece of 1/8" welding rod and flaten the end with a hammer for about 1/2", then file a "V" in the flat, then bend into a "U" shape, slide the "V" under the dial hand and gently pry upward as this will remove the hand. The hand is tapered shaft press fit. Straigthen the hand and the dial face then gently push the hand back onto the staff at zero.

If the staff is bent/broken then you will need to find a antique clock and watchmaker as he can make you a new staff, replace a jewel, etc.

We make these all the time repairing antique pocket watchs.

T_Bone

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'52 Farmall H

02-16-2004 07:29:31

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Re: Re: Help! Old broken multimeter! in reply to T_Bone, 02-15-2004 18:37:42

Thanks T_Bone, I will try that. I never thought of a clock or watchmaker either!

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