yeah, I wished I had bought some of the tv equipment I could have had for cheap right out of high school but alas, I did other things with my life back then.
I double and triple checked my recap. I only replaced 6 electrolytics and 6 coupling caps. All the rest are original as they are the disc type. I have a few more that might need to be replaced but according to a sticker on the back panel, they were replaced by a shop back in 1995.
Anyway, here's a couple of pics - one with it turned off and one with it turned on:
Its hard to troubleshoot in the cabinet with the picture tube connected. I can easily remove the chassis but I believe that I would need to remove the 6BQ6 horizontal tube plus it needs the speaker w/transformer plugged in when testing and I have not yet removed it from the cabinet. With such a nice bright raster, I am not giving up just yet!
Anyone in WA state between Olympia and Portland that has one or could possibly help?