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Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« on: May 19, 2015, 02:45:40 pm »
I need one of these:



Preferably UK to keep shipping costs to a minimum...
 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2015, 03:03:21 pm »
I have the same meter, but it works fine.  I did manage to find this for you:

http://shop.flukerepairkit.com/Fluke-Input-Receptacle-Connector-83-85-86-87-88-and-787-80-Series-Input.htm

It says "backordered", but it may be worth contacting them to find out the details. That is if you don't mind paying $32 plus ship for ir when you can buy an 8- series for nearly that on ebay.  That may actually be your best bet.

There are also new input connectors on ebay for about the same with free shipping, but definitely available.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=fluke+input&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&LH_CAds=&rmvSB=true

and Newark has them for nearly half the price of the others, but not sure on shipping:
http://www.newark.com/fluke/fluke-89-4-8002/input-receptacle-assembly-replacement/dp/06H3110


You wouldn't happen to have the calibration instructions, would you?
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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2015, 03:29:07 pm »
They all seem to be US (= ludicrous shipping fees). Which is why I said preferably UK.

Service manual here:
http://assets.fluke.com/manuals/83_85_87smeng0500.pdf
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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2015, 04:34:17 pm »
I have a Fluke 87 spares unit and I am in Ireland. I'll take a look at it.
 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2015, 04:47:18 pm »
Fluke UK are fundamentally useless. The ice cream man would probably have been more helpful than they were to me.

However, I did have a very good experience with SJ Electronics. I only needed some little contacts for the range switch in my Fluke 189 (£6), but they were very helpful none the less. They didn't have stock of them, but I still got the parts within a week.

http://www.sjelectronics.co.uk/


 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2015, 04:54:07 pm »
Here is my 87 spares unit. I bought this one as faulty to get the LCD out for one of working meters that had a cracked LCD. It had a few components removed when I got it (some of the input protection, fuses, some capacitors) but the input module looks good. My 2 meters are working fine now so I would like to sell the whole thing.

http://imgur.com/a/JGNQC
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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2015, 06:59:58 pm »
Huh, i thought that assembly isn't available anymore? At least that was what Fluke told me some years ago when I tried to order one.

Maybe you can "hack" yourself some kind of replacement
http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/fluke-80-series-jack-assembly-rebuild/
 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2015, 08:59:02 pm »
Huh, i thought that assembly isn't available anymore?
For the 80 series III, it was replaceable with MP2, part number 831933 (see pics), but the 80 series V user manual only shows the o-ring as replaceable.

PS. Modemhead has repaired several of the input receptacles (probably 5 or 6) now with the method outlined in his blog.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2015, 09:00:41 pm by retiredcaps »
 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2015, 04:02:50 pm »
I've just ordered one a few weeks ago. It was about 20 euro, and it's easy to install (I did this on multiple units). Just mail fluke for the part number and source. Normally Fluke has multiple parts sources in your country.
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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2015, 01:40:21 am »
Maybe you can "hack" yourself some kind of replacement
http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/fluke-80-series-jack-assembly-rebuild/

That's more my style. Thanks for the link  :-+
 

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Re: Anyone got a broken Fluke 87, parting out for spares?
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2015, 10:08:55 pm »
That's more my style. Thanks for the link  :-+
I know modemhead would love to see pictures of your repair (as would I).
 


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