Fostex A4 A8 VU meter 8248003000 grab these with a pair

grab these with a pair of pliers

so your unit should match this photo

and good for fault finding to see if you

in principle on some of the machines there was a steel pin on which was a bottom metal bush that locked onto the pin

Fostex A4 A8 VU meter 8248003000 grab these with a pairLovely little Vu meter from the Fostex A4 and A8 machines thats becoming popular again. This meter is not backlit and relied on small lamps on a PCB inside the machine size approx 41mm high width same depth max 30mm allowing for the pins which could be bent if in a tight spot unit does not contain a bulb as was external on the A range