7JP4 Picture Tube

[carlpete50]

Hi I found a spare 7JP4 picture tube for my Motorola VT-71 television. I tried it with my VT-71 television. It produces a good picture, but every now and then there's some arcing around the high voltage capacitors at various locations. When the arcing happens the screen will go to a straight line until the arcing stops, then the picture will be fine. The connector of the picture is a little loose and some of the pins are a little loose. I tried resoldering the pins on the picture tube and this did not correct the problem. Is this picture tube bad? Would this help if I removed the connector from the picture tube, clean wires, re-install connector and resolder pins? Thanks, any info would be greatly appreciated.