Hey, man, thanks for blazing a trail. I'm about to start on my CTC-11. Just finished an RCA 630TS and now there's space on the workbench for the first time in months (so I'm a slow worker -- just shoot me :-).
I would normally replace all the electrolytics, but some of those in the parts list have odd values (160uf?), at least from my mostly-old-radio background. Can you recommend a supplier who has everything you need, or did you order whatnots from various people and combine (wiring in parallel, whatever) to come up with the right values? I'm used to fudging upward to some extent in radio projects, but I don't want to go too far afield, since this is my first color TV project.
Re cleaning with DeOxit, my tuner is a tad crunchy, although stable once you settle on a channel. I was planning on giving it a spritz along with everything else.
The inrush limiter on mine must be functional. The set takes a w-h-i-l-e to warm up, just like my pedestal Predicta, which uses a similar component.
If you run across any spares (ha-ha, I know) I am missing the channel selector knobs and one of the little brown knobs in the bottom row. Oh, and the dinky fine tuner knob above the channel selector.
Keep those tips & photos coming, and let me know if you run into any special gotchas.
Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html