CLOSED-WTB [EU]: Keithley 2001 or 2002 FRONT PANEL, could trade 2701 front panel - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 04:15:12 pm
content: Hello,my Keithley 2002 has a cosmetic flaw:and I would like to fix that. Do any of you have a spare front panel of a 2001 or 2002 you could sell to me?Otherwise I would try to remove the print from this 2701 panel.As an alternative, we could trade the 2001/2 panel for the 2701 panel.I'm located in Germany and am looking forward to offers.

author: voltsandjolts
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 05:45:36 pm
content: I wonder what Keithley would charge for new front panel, decals and window?Probably something mad like $600.Maybe some careful prodding with a soldering iron and a bit of filing could improve the existing front panel.

author: gamalot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 05:55:11 pm
content: My poor Keithley 2001 showed up without the front panel window. I cut a piece of acrylic to fit and printed a red Keithley logo sticker to put on it. Of course, it’s missing the model number print in the lower right corner.

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 06:08:01 pm
content: Some plastics recover nicely to its initial state after proper temperature from hot air station. Sometimes some light mechanical help is needed. This helps a lot to recover shape of laptop's PSU case edges after opening/vandaling.Correct temperature must be chosen. Overheating may lead to worse result. Too much mechanical help may lead to bad result too. Of course this may NOT work with THAT plastic, or that OLD plastic. Anyway patience is necessary. And do not do that if you do not like to risk. You are warned

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 08:14:14 pm
content: Quote from: voltsandjolts on October 07, 2025, 05:45:36 pmI gave up asking. Typically, you cant buy single parts any more, but only assemblies including buttons, display and display board and then even $600 may not be enough. One of the last things I requsted a quote for is the power push rod. It's about $36 plus $15 for shipping.

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 08:21:30 pm
content: Quote from: Finderbinder on October 07, 2025, 06:08:01 pmI've seen surprisingly good results on this. But I think removing the print from the 2701 might be the easier way. But so far I was rather afraid how NOT to remove the print when "retro brighting" such a panel. Here, the question would be how to remove the print while preserving the texture.But if some time, I go into the softened plastic-reshaping, I'll report on that in the "Keitley 2001 Restoration Glory" thread, which finally brought me into registering for this platform.

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 08:32:40 pm
content: Quote from: gamalot on October 07, 2025, 05:55:11 pmThat's a nice result!

author: d-el
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2025, 12:35:47 pm
content: I have a 2001 panel with a window. But she is much worse than yours. Two top corners wrinkled.

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2025, 03:31:46 pm
content: Quote from: d-el on October 10, 2025, 12:35:47 pmI've a quite promising offer by pm for a member in Germany. The transaction is not started yet, but if everything works well, I'm confident with that solution.

author: derZockerMP
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 08:08:46 am
content: Send you a pm and I think we can find a nice deal

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 08:17:21 pm
content: Panel from derZockerMP arrived today and fits to the description and the photos.So it think this thread can be closed.

author: d-el
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 12:25:17 am
content: Show it, everyone is interested

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 08:23:51 pm
content: Quote from: d-el on October 16, 2025, 12:25:17 amFor sure, I don't want to disappoint everyone...

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 08:36:50 pm
content: It shows -as announced and shown in the pictures before- some yellowing. I've bleached the panel of my K2001 before, so I'm confident it will work again. Here are the former results:beforeafter

author: w.v.s.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 08:42:46 pm
content: By the way, I don't like that message when the front-panel is disabled. I don't want anything to burn into the VFD, when running long term measurements. I think the best would be to turn off the display completely (incl. heating). But the first step would be to try to patch the firmware and replace those letters by "spaces". This will probably also involve adjusting the CRC in order to avoid error messages on the ROM.

author: d-el
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 09:11:59 pm
content: You managed to buy a beautiful panel. I think I'll look for something similar too.