It may have been suffering low HV before, but no longer. The new focus rectifier, and the shuffling of tubes... And I also cleaned up some dust build up inside the HV cup on top of the flyback box since there was some arcing in there, and I also changed out the anode lead to the CRT with a 50kV rated wire from an old computer monitor, which took care of all the arcing, and makes a nice connection to the CRT, as well.
(and a minor adjustment to my meter so the needle would stop sticking)
25kV! Now, the Hi-Volt adjust is cranked open all the way, so that could be something else, time will tell once it gets more issues, and caps changed.
Now for everything else. One step at a time. This was a big step for me, very excited to see color, 25kV on the meter, and a bright stable image. This will be a nice set again soon!