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I did some cleaning tonight. Murphy oil soap did a great job of cleaning up the cabinet. It's still not great, but at least it doesn't have mildew and nasty dirt all over it anymore. The finish is pretty bad in spots, it's a lot worse than the pictures show. But it's still much, much better than it was when I first got it. Attached are some before and after pictures of the side of the cabinet. It was amazing to see just how much grime came off that set, and just how filthy the bucket of soapy water was afterwards.
The mildew on the safety glass was on the outside, and cleaned off with Windex. I attempted to remove the safety glass - it's held on by a gold colored frame, and the frame is held in from inside with some little metal clips. Simple - remove the clips, pop out the frame and glass, clean, reinsert. Not so. The glass is very much glued into the frame with some sort of black gunk. Potentially a rubber gasket that deteriorated, possibly even black RTV added to stop the glass from rattleing. It's hard to say. But I was not able to get the glass out. I didn't try using too much force, because I didn't want to break it. I'll have to figure out some way to get it out, but for now, it stays, I just put the trim back in. Behind the glass, the bezel has a lot of brown spots on it. It kinda looks like rust, but I don't believe that the bezel is metal - it looks more like plastic. Could be mold. But I can't get the glass out. Any ideas? I've attached a picture of the problem.
This set has a lot more wear and damage than is easily seen in the pictures. Lots of scuffs, can rings on the top, dings and missing finish. But at least now it's cleaner.
I took a closer look at the chassis, and flipped open the HV cage. The flyback doesn't look too good. The wax has cracked and started to droop down off the coil. The coil itself looks fine, and there are no signs of arcing or burning. And since the previous owner said that it was working until AGC started acting up, I'm hoping that it still works. I know people have done a lot of different things to help re-insulate dripping flybacks. Any suggestions on what I should do with this one? Also, is there a sub for a CTC4 flyback? I wonder what the chances are that Moyer's might have one.
-Ian
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