Adding to my ever long list of projects is a rather interesting one, a 1968 Admiral Color tube tv which is very rusty, with a hideous looking cataract, and the back cover of the tv is long gone...
Granted I bought this tv in person from a hoarder, they left this poor thing in a filthy barn so it likely was in better shape before that point. This tv was recently working and in service until it decided to blow the thermistor inside the set while the fellow who I bought it from was watching the tv. Since then I suspect is when the humidity got to it and made the cataract become so ugly. The CRT itself has perfectly good healthy emissions though so the CRT is worth keeping and eventually having the cataract dealt with when I am not afraid of attempting the intimidating procedure I have heard many warnings about. I have already begun replacing the numerous wax paper safety caps, old electrolytic inside, full recap starting with power supply circuit first.
Flyback was replaced and current one inside is almost like NOS. Horizontal output tube metal tip at top of tube ripped off and stuck in the horizontal output cap that was on top of the tube. Also someone named Wilbur I guess worked on this in the 70s? Wilbur the pig perhaps? Given the barn storage conditions this thing has had to endure.
Color tabletop tube tvs are a personal favorite of mine though, so I am more inclined and motivated to work on this tv despite how ugly it looks lol.
https://imgur.com/a/kis52aq