Just bought a Simpson 260 Series 3 for $8 but it had the same exact issue you had with yours. You saved me a lot of time trying to figure out why my Resistance Function was faulty... Thank you for your post.....3 years after.

Thank you so much Rick, I love your repair videos!

Great video. Thanks, it caused me to get out my old Simpson 260-6 that had similar problems, (but not exactly the same), in the Ohms ranges. I noticed you said 1109 K for R-17, but I could tell you meant to say 1.109 K. Very informative, and I thank you again for getting me off my butt to put "Ole' faithful" back in service. Best wishes..................Dick

I have seen a resistor lose ohms once. It was on a cb radio I repaired back in the 1980's. It is a rare thing to find for sure. Thanks for sharing. I hope you're doing well. Take care

I love those 260s. I am a proud owner of a working series 3

Thank you Rick. Outstanding explanation.

Great job on the repair of the classic Simpson 260

Thanks Rick. Always a treasure of knowledge. Carl

Just bought a 260-4 at an estate sale $5. I put in new batteries after cleaning and removing the corroded batteries, and the needle moved! Next step is to find out why the reading is not correct. It may be a damaged movement. Thanks for the tutorial!

Outstanding video - short and to the point. thankyou

Thanks for the video. Picked up what looks to be a slightly newer version of the 260, but the DC voltage doesn't seem to switch, Haven't even looked into the other stuff. I'm sure the PDF provided will come quite in handy. Thanks!

Very interesting ! I have a 260 set from Simpson too. The image resolution the schematic and explain, fantastic.

Picked one one these up for £4 at a local ham fest. The meter movement had a bit of dust in it as was sticking but all ok now. It's a bit rough looking with the wrong knobs, so looking for original knobs to replace them.

I just ordered one.these meters ,which I hope is in good working order,but your looks nicer ,and if it isn't up to snuff ,I probably have to go through it ,thanks for your video of should be helpful .I been wanting one for a while ,I bought a Simpson 260 and two heath kit vtvm ,so I probably have my work cut out for me.,

I have a pile of Simpson meters needing repair (mostly series 6) and was looking for the component layout. That Sears/Simpson file did the trick! Now I see why my own attempted layout was wrong- failed parts.

Question. I have a Simpson series 6 like the one in the video. What can I replace the 123.57 ohms 1% resistor. It is listed a R18

Great video - thanks for sharing this!

InTeReStInG and well done. Thank you. p.s. A 260 is still a sweet meter :)

Hi, I have a 7 series and it gives me zero horizontally and on 2 sides, but in the other potions it does not give zero, as well as no measurement works, I want to know if the galvanometer is fine? .Thank you

Excellent! Thank you...

I have a differnt problem i have my meter over reading on all settings and when you go To max there is zero adjustment for calibration .you just get full defelction .I jave perfect volts and amps .Right on the money .Thak you for the video .Now i will have to find replacement resistors .

Great vid, liked the way you walked through your logic. I admit I am very new to this, does simpson offer replacement parts that are to spec? If not them, can you find the spec parts elsewhere? Since it is a piece of test gear, I am assuming you want the values as close as possible to the original ones to maintain the specs. 73 Scott

I am going through a hickok 456 meter and it had a bolt for one fuse and cigarette foil around the other. Can't find a manual for that meter though.

How did you repair the broken battery terminal?

Rick, was this the meter you found at the Columbia, SC swap met back in 2014? Sure am glad you were able to fix it again!

Thanks for video!

Hello, Great video. I realize this might be a long shot, but here goes. I have a Simpson 360-2 multimeter, it's a beauty! BUT, its analog needle [which sits beneath the main digital display, and which is used for trending] does not zero. It moves just fine, when measuring volts and etc, moving left and right without a hitch, but it never returns to zero proper, it always stops at 'round 3mm to the right, of zero. This multimeter is in great shape, so I figure, it's probably not broken. There is a zero adjust screw on this device but it's only for zeroing the main digital display, there is no visible way [that I could find] to zero the analog display's needle. Am I missing something? Any insight will be greatly appreciated. Keep making videos. Thank you kindly

Did you crack R16 open and examine it ?

Very interesting and great repair! It would have been less cost to them to use a penny instead of the 30 amp fuse!

I have one of these meters (newer version).... I didn't know it was possible to break it :-)

Great vid Rick! 30A vs 1A??? Close enough!! LOL tsk, tsk!

Please l need the pdf diagrams of the simpson 260 thanks.

Hi I'm looking for Function Switch knob for Simpson 260 AMM Thank you in Advance Best Regards

Rick, just take a broom and hold up the circuit breaker BHWAHAHAHAHA!! ;)

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