Motorola 21CT2B restoration

[Electronic M]

Some time ago I made a deal on one of Motorola's rarest color TV models. After spending more than I paid for the set to ship it here from California (putting my total investment at the going rate for one of these sets) it arrived unscathed.



Radio63, the member here I bought this set from believes he may have purchased it from the original owners (CRT was already necked at the time) in the Fort Worth area. Which would make me the third owner, and make this the second early color originally from the region that I've purchased.

It arrived safely late Thursday the 24th. Over the course of that weekend, I managed to change nearly all the capacitors. I decided not to restuff the paper caps since most were tubular ceramics. Even if I restuffed other paper shells it would not look right, plus the chassis was a bit cramped around some caps. Most of the peaking coils were defective too. I've replaced most with close approximations, but need to order better ones for some places (that will be on my next bulk parts order).



More chassis pics can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/137849...h/40425548112/