GRS may not be able to help you......I read recently somewhere (here?) that GRS is no longer offering the valve upgrade, at least in-house; apparently they were having warranty problems. You may still be able to get the kit for your own use, however. Can't hurt to try.
Is all this concern over powered equipment a sign of the "I want it now" mindset? At least a rudimentary understanding of the hand process would be an asset in understanding the art........which I doubt you would get by jumping in with power tools.......
I use a Zeiss OPMI, which uses a fixed final objective and an interior magnification changer. Given my current setup, those magnifications are: 4,8,12,20 and 32x. Most of the time, I am using the 8 and 12x settings, although for really close work, the 20 and, occasionally, the 32x get called...
If there is a McMaster nearer to you, check their listings for hand files, and you will fine Swiss pattern files as well.
https://www.mcmaster.com/files/cut-pattern~swiss/
If you need something larger, here is a link to the single cut files at Grobet USA:
https://www.grobetusa.com/search.php?search_query=single+cut+files&x=0&y=0
I believe that Brownell's used to carry them, but no longer. Nor have I found them on any industrial supplier's site I've checked, at least not as a "draw file"....... As a possible substitute, you can look at the chain saw sharpening file you can find at Lowes or Home Depot. The "brand name"...
10w is the recommended oil unless it's low temperatures, then go to 20w. It's in the manual, you can get it from the GRS site, in the support section. There is also a note about using Dexron ATF if oil sludge is a problem. I use ATF in mine, without any issues. You might also need to either...
Here is a link to a Zeiss brochure on cleaning procedures you may find helpful.......
https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/Microscopy/us/download/pdf/the-clean-microscope-carl-zeiss.pdf
Look into photographic lens filter adaptors.....they are made in a variety of sizes to convert threads to different sizes.....you may have to use more than one to get it to work.
Here is a very old (seems to be dated 3/87) 4 page document from Gast, listing parts and a very brief bit of maintenance information. If you contact Gast, you can at least give them the part numbers, and, just maybe, they may have some in a box on the back shelf in the warehouse. By a process...
Offhand, I don't know the direction of rotation, but, since it's an A/C motor, the polarity shouldn't matter. My gut sense is it rotates CCW, but don't take that as gospel. If you can do motor rebuilds, you will have no problem whatsoever with the Meister. It's simple, super rugged and...
If your Meister has been sitting that long, you might want to look at the vanes in the pump end. If it originally used oil, then the vanes may be stuck. The giveaway is the sound; if the vanes are stuck, you don't hear the pulsing sound, just the motor running. To get at the vanes, you need...
There are/were made adaptors that mounted on the lens barrel via a set of 3 radial screws, allowing you to clamp the adaptor to the lens barrel without using the front threads (if there were any). If you can't find an adaptor setup that works, you might look into those. I used them to put...
There are several Starrett 83-A 3" dividers on E Bay right now. Here's one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154536053379?hash=item23fb110a83:g:KfcAAOSwU0Rg8jSU