[Boatanchors] hickok 600A disaster!

[eugene at hertzmail.com]

Hello all,

Bought a hickok 600A on epay and I really epaid! I had been looking for
a tube tester that can do some more modern tubes than my I-177B for
quite some time. Make a long story short, it came and had 2 inch-thick
coating of nicotine on the panel (or so it seemed). I spent the better
part of today trying to clean it up.  

Well, I did something stupid. One of the cleaners I was using must have
attacked the plastic meter cover and now it's almost completely fogged.
At first I thought it was just humidity and I removed the cover hoping
to wipe it away. Well, although the fog didn't wipe away, I was able to
use the rag to wipe away the tears hi, hi! At least the meter itself
looks very good.

So here goes another long shot.  I am looking for one of the following: 
1. A nice plastic meter cover
2. Someone who may be willing to try to polish my cover (I cannot do it,
and I'm not sure it can even be done)
3. A replacement meter. Hopefully something off a donor. Not a shiny new
expensive one.

I know of one tube tester calibration place that will sell meters for
$125-$180. But that is just an incredible sum of money and could never
spend that in good conscience (the xyl would sooner divorce me!).

Well, thanks to anyone who can help.
Eugene w2hx