Please count me in! I have two 2465B's that need U800.

None of any sales tax $ goes to the Feds, so they would have no incentive to play politics. Sales tax $ goes to the states (& some cities). HankC, Boston WA1HOS

Hey, that has happened to me before. The worst case is to get a parts scope made up of all bad parts. I think I have one of those now. :(. Tom

I recently bought an X-Tronic 9020-XTS rework station and that is what I have been using. I generally like it. When I got it, I experimented on an old scrap board (not a Tek though) with the

Ditto my comments One of the most useful de-solder devices ever made and oneheck uv a big iron if you ever need one for serious heavy soldering I've had mine for several years. Love it! Paul K0UYA

Thank You very much, Mr Tom. I will try the same today. snandu

bought in '90... my bet is a "low serial"....

Easy fix: remove the IC altogether, pics come back :-) http://www.electronicspoint.com/tektronix-2465-dim-traces-and-no-vertical-movement-t60080.html just kidding....

It is difficult to beat the performance of a Hakko 808 De-Soldering Gun, available even on Amazon. With the vacuum pump located in the gun, there is no air flow restriction within a long hose to a

Now THAT is very cool. DaveD

Hi, Leonard. Did you still want to come over to Lyons? 73, Dave

No pictures on the screen.

I completely cleaned it inside and out (I do that before every major job), replaced the o-ring and use silicone grease. I'll look into the Hakko stuff. Thanks.

In the maintenance section, table 6-4. A limit error and a checksum error.Sounds like a dead battery in the NVRAM. What is the serial number?If greater than B050000, it is a Dallas memory module. You

Hi Tom, What are the usual symptoms of such event (U950 fail)? Thanks, Valentin

Phil, You say you refurbished the 'sucker. Did you clean the chamber, the metal rod, "piston", and spring? How about replacing the rubber compression ring? Did you lube the piston/compression ring?

I knew there was a reason that is my favorite scope. Now that is some fancy tinkering. Cool stuff Rob

I totally agree. We had already agreed to meet again because he has more test equipment for sale in storage. He said he used to own a fiber optics backbone manufacturing company that he sold. He

Hi I have been into servicing of an old Tekscope 2465B purchased in 1990. I had power supply problem in both inverter section and Low voltage power supply problem. With the help of varous websites I

Maybe it is time to refurbish the vacuum source or the heating capacity is low. I have been using a Weller DS227 vacuum desoldering head to great effect. It takes 3 to 4 seconds per pin on any size