I picked up this pristine meter in leather case at the thrift store today. I have checked a few ranges and it seems to work fine.
Opened it up and is in equally good condition except for some leaking batteries which I cleaned up nicely.
Here is the issue.
Standard AA batteries just barely do not fit! I recall in the old days, the negative side of AA batteries had an indent which modern ones do not have. As a result, the newer batteries are ever so slightly longer.
I did find one discussion about this but gave no conclusions.
Question: has anyone else run into this situation for older gear??