Simpson 269, should I be pissed or excited?

[gdnichols31]

I purchased a Simpson 269 series 2 meter from Ebay. It came in the mail yesterday and I unpacked it, put on the bench, selected the DC volts scale, applied 1V DC and of course nothing happened.

No problem, just a fuse I thought. Somewhere I read the fuse is an in-line type and mounted on the PCB. So I removed the cover and below is what I saw,





The PCB has never had any components installed on it! It looks brand new!!

The meter face looks new also,



I have a schematic with a parts list, but no PCB drawing with part locations.

So 3 options come to mind;

 1. Use it as a paper weight as it is,

 2. Purchase a second meter in rough shape and transfer the insides to this meter,

 3. Buy new parts and do a complete 'restoration' and end up with a NEW Simpson 269!!

I am leaning towards option 3, but I have 2 concerns;

 a. The meter doesn't work, If I can't repair it, it kind of kills the project.

 b. I not sure if I could find the selector switch and the riser card with the calibration pots on it.

So I'm not sure what I should do. Should I be pissed that I got ripped off? or excited about the possibility of having a NEW Simpson 269?

Was it maybe a display model??

Let me know what you think.

If you know of any resources also let me know.

Gary

[wn1fju]

I have attached two pictures of a spare Simpson 269 series 2 board that I have lying around.  Something isn't quite right, however.  Your pictures show four round holes in the board - my board does not have these.  Moreover, upon closer examination, it looks like the marking at the edge of your board says Simpson 267-268, whereas my board says 269-2.

Anyway, if you would like me to send you my board, I would be willing to do so for the cost of postage.  I also have the meter, but it is completely dead and it looks like a long time ago I tried to fix it to no avail and pretty much destroyed it. 

Let me know via the eevBlog message system.

[gdnichols31]

Thank you  very much for the reply!

I'll PM you

Gary

[ArtFromNY]

Very long shot but if you have this board I would love to have it, will be glad to send you $10 PLUS a prepaid shipping label, and arrange pickup at your door.  I have a 269 with a mess of inaccuracies and someone tried to repair it - I think using Primitive Pete's Hammer and Torch method.

Thanks
Art

PS - I couldn't figure out where the PM link is 

[p.larner]

how strange is it to find that!,wierd to say the least.

[Haenk]

To me it looks like a prototype, maybe a demonstrator for an exhibition.

[Mike De]

I know this post is old but looking for the small 15 tooth sprocket for the selector chain. Anyone know where to find this sprocket?

Thanks for your help

[coromonadalix]

the board from @OP  seems blank, non operational ?? missing parts ....   ie: voltage dividers etc ....