I picked up this radio in a yard sale for $5.00 because I figured the after-market Cobra mic. was worth that much. It had no power cord or bracket but I have extras. I put it on the bench and fired it up to see what problems it had and everything worked fine and it sounded good but found the meter light wouldn't light and the meter needle was stuck half way. I took it to my garage and removed both covers and sprayed it with contact cleaner and blew it out with gentle air which made the meter needle drop back where it should be. Cleaned a little grub from the circuit board with alcohol & Qtip then put it back together. Back to the bench for testing. Found everything working except the meter light still not lighting ( which popped on later ) and the meter needle got stuck half way again. So is there any tricks to UN-sticking the meter needles because I don't want to spend $20.00 for a new meter which looks like a pain to change anyway. I'm only going to Flip the radio anyway in another yard sale because I already have 2 more Cobra 29s. It would make someone a great basic radio if they weren't a meter reading freak. It dead-keys at 4 on the lower channels and 5 on the upper channels with not great swing but the modulation is 100%. And like always has that great Cobra receive and sound. Plus all segments of the channel display are working fine. Thanks in advance ! Mike