d2240r Zenith B&W TV

[willy3486]

I have a Zenith d2240r B&W TV from the late 50s. This is in a wooden case and its in sams 449. I have had it in storage in my workshop and pulled it out to look at it. I did take the back off and it looks clean inside for that era, its been stored in a dry place since it was no longer used.

I am a little worried and have a question on it. My TV repair skills are rusty, I was a novice at that years ago. I am more familiar with radios and amps. The one thing I did notice is the Yolk on the back of the tube. I noticed it had got hot and was charred. So it looks like it overheated and burned the varnish off the windings.

With that said are these yolks from the late 50s Zenith hard to find and is this a symptom of something that would make it not worth fixing? I would really like to get this set going and such but I don't want to put a lot of time and money in it to find out its not fixable. I have some dealership signs I picked up and I think they are from the same era so that is one reason I would like to fix it. Another reason is I had one of the old Zenith B&W tvs when I was a kid and I have been looking for one for years.