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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
Yes most modern DVM's are high enough impedance, but for myself it's much easier to watch an analog needle or scope trace moving than numbers flying by. Some DVM's even have a analog graph.
Your call if you want to wait until you have appropriate alignment equipment. My gut feeling is you could get your first IF stage visually better, understanding that you keep track of your starting points and you don't mess with any other coils. Generally it's not advised to adjust anything without having the correct alignment tools, although over the years we've been proven wrong when complete newbies pull off almost miraculous visual alignments. If you be patient I'm sure someone wiser than I will provide alternate suggestions. 
Oh, forgot to ask, did you ever get your sound working? |
Yes, sound works, but at this point, I have to choose to tune in for better sound or picture
https://imgur.com/ej7sfiL
https://imgur.com/gbsSKCO
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how it looks with yolk NOT backwards..
the problem is with trying to do the 1st IF visual is, there is on adjustment that you can get to from top and the other only from the bottom...
but in order to hook up the CRT safely I need to lay the chassis down, cutting off access to the adjustments on the bottom...
https://imgur.com/lsyrjzp
I have no easy way to have the chassis on the side and have the CRT supported, mainly cause of the short leads to the yolk