Thanks! I'll see if I can replicate this repair to my original. Meanwhile, I received the el-cheapo substitute. It appears acceptable, but, ...

Thanks. I ordered the Chinese El-Cheapo with an eye towards swapping the guts as you suggested. This one has red back-lighting, which I don't want, bu...

Thanks for the info. I'll see what I can find. It's the numerals that are white; the hands on mine are orange. Regardless, I'll take a reasonably pric...

I just checked my shipping confirmation from Radio Shack: The diode order won't be here until Saturday 🙁 Oh, well. The transmission is still out b...

Again, my thanks. Being electronically challenged, (my so-called "friends" like to say "if you can run wire to it, Dave can set fire to it") I th...

Thanks for your help. Not knowing about the "1004" , I ordered about a half dozen different values from Radio Shack. BUT, while testing with my V...

Thanks! I also found that Radio Shack has parts available online.

Thanks. I'll see what's out there... maybe Amazon.