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THIS WAS ANOTHER SCORE FROM THE ETF CONVENTION IN 2006. A FELLOW COLLECTOR TOLD ME THIS WAS ONE OF ZENITH'S FIRST RECTANGULAR SCREEN SETS. I SEE MANY ELEMENTS TO THE PORTHOLE (ENTIRE ROUND SCREEN EXPOSED). SINCE IT'S A ZENITH, I KNOW RESTORATION WILL BE EASY. I WILL RECAP IT. IF THE CRT IS GOOD, I KNOW I HAVE A WINNER. TV COLLECTORS CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY ZENITH'S.
ZENITH SETS WERE BUILT LIKE TANKS. THIS ONE SHOULD BE NO EXCEPTION. THE CRT CHECKED GOOD. WE HAVE A WINNER HERE.. |
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HERE IS THE CHASSIS BEFORE RECAPPING. ALL THOSE BLACK BEAUTY CAPS WILL DISAPPEAR. THE ELECTROLYTICS WILL BE REPLACED. THERE ARE SOME CEMENT ENCASED RESISTORS. THEY WILL BE REPLACED. I FOUND SOME HACK REPAIRS. THOSE WILL BE CORRECTED. I WILL BRING THIS SET BACK TO FACTORY SPECS. |
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I SOFT STARTED THIS SET AS I USUALLY DO. THE PICTURE WAS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTANT. THE CRT DID CHECK GOOD, BUT I SUSPECT A PROBLEM INSIDE THE BASE OF THE TUBE. THEN AGAIN, ALL THOSE BAD CAPS COULD BE DOING THEIR THING. I WILL REPLACE ALL SUSPECT COMPONENTS. THE FINE TUNING HAS A DIAL CORD ASSEMBLY. THE CORD WAS DETERIORATED. I RESTRUNG THE ASSEMBLY WITH FISHING LINE. IT WORKS. I'LL ORDER THE LYTICS THEN PROCEED.
I REPLACED ALL PAPER CAPS AND THE SET WORKS NICELY. THE ELECTROLYTICS WILL BE REPLACED SOON. THIS SET FELL VICTIM TO A HACK REPAIRMAN. MANY OF THE CAPS I REPLACED WERE REPLACEMENTS THEMSELVES. THE AUDIO OUTPUT TRAMSFORMER IS NOT ORIGINAL. IT WAS NOT INSTALLED VERY WELL. I SHOULD HAVE AN ACTUAL ZENITH TRANSFORMER SOMEWHERE. I WILL REPLACE IT EVENTUALLY.
10 APR 2007: THE ELECTROLYTICS WERE REPLACED AND THE HUMBAR IS GONE. I DID NOT REPLACE THE AUDIO OUTPUT TRANSFORMER AT THIS TIME. I CORRECTED THE HACK REPAIRS I FOUND. I REPLACED A SERIES OF RESISTORS THAT HAD BEEN GANGED TOGETHER WITH ONE OF THE CORRECT VALUE. WHERE WAS A WIRE THAT HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED WITH A PIECE OF TAPE COVERING IT. IT WAS WRITTEN THAT THE CONNECTION HAD BEEN DONE ELSEWHERE. I LEFT IT ALONE AFTER FINDING THE NEW CONNECTION. BASED ON WHAT I SAW WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT'S A WONDER THE SET EVEN DID ANYTHING. THEN AGAIN, IT'S A ZENITH. |
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