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Originally Posted by Notimetolooz
Tube set production ended approximately in 1970, that's about where I
So if your TV was made in the late 60s some of the tubulars are OK, it depends on the construction.
Electrolytics before 1980 I would replace.
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You're a bit off. 1975 was the year that most of the major brands killed their last tube/SS hybrid chassis. The GE Portacolor (lasting as a production tube product till at least 1978) being the major exception (along with some small/foreign made names). If you are arguing from an ALL tube (no tube SS/hybrids) standpoint then you're probably late...Hybrids depending on how you define them date from the beginning of the category of PN junction you classify as SS to at least the late 70's.
I have some ~1964 Zenith sets still going fine on their original tubular caps...Shotgun recapping tends to be frivolous in sets past 1965...At that point, it is better to troubleshoot the problem.