First Time Predicta Owner

[.Mark Steven]

I just purchased my 1st Predicta. The Debutante model with the 11L43 chassis. It was just down the road, so I couldn't pass it up. I'm excited to have a project to play with although I fully understand these tvs aren't recommended for a rookie. I want to give it a go.
Got it home and immediately removed the chassis. Hoping the set wasn't tampered with too much, the first thing that caught my eye was the modification that a previous owner had done to it. See photo below. It's supposedly been in storage for 20 years and the replacement electrolytics seem to be larger than currently available.
Let me know your thoughts on this beast, and thanks in advance for any help you provide as I start to dig into this set. The pics may be difficult to see what was done. Basically it looks like he snipped one end of the ceramic resistor added his electrolytics and another ceramic that runs down to ground. Ugh. I don't like bodged repairs.


Can anyone tell me what this modification is and what would make someone update the electrolytics like this. I'm still familiarize myself with the boards, but it appears only the largest value electrolytic caps were updated, but the cans haven't been touched. Except for repacing C1 with a 200v 470 electrolytic. 20241026_132238-1.jpg

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20241027_200624-1.jpgThank you.