Hey, Joe. Would you be interested in a functioning Fluke 87 series one, either as a spare or for testing?
It's fully functional, but with a caveat or two. I've been buying "broken" 87's on eBay and fixing them lately, so I have a surplus of series one meters.
I would be happy to ship this one to you at my expense.
This one I call the "Franken-Fluke" because it's been worked over. The LCD is darkened, I guess from sunlight exposure but works with no issues, has the green back-light.
In the course of troubleshooting I removed a surface mount transistor or dual diode (don't remember which) for testing and one of the foil runs got lifted but is still there under the device and not causing problems, but if you were to "torture test" the unit and go to replace the device it might cause you a problem.
The input jack ass'y was replaced with one from an 83, the original was bad.
The "top shield" with the little clippy things is damaged and doesn't properly secure the LCD elastomers to the board.
This is not a problem in normal use because when the case is screwed together, tension is sufficient, and the digits read fine. This was a happy co-incidence because the LCD window in the top case has been replaced, but apparently was a little thicker than the original, so it puts a little tension on the LCD mask as the case screws are tightened.
Rather than have to explain all this in an eBay listing, I think I'd just as soon give it to you. Interested?
Reply here or PM with a shipping address for you and I'll send it.