There is no back to that cage, it's just a "canopy" :)

The screw holes that you see actually attach the fiberboard back to the set.

Ok gotcha, thanks!

BTW, I have a nearly complete parts chassis for this set if there's anything you need. I just got done restoring one myself a couple months ago. One of the nicest 40s sets to work on.

After that, I knocked off an 835, and I have an 830 and an 801 here waiting for me to get an Admiral 20X11 off the bench :)

Oh great! It's actually got the wrong speaker with it. When I got it, it had a rectangular speaker instead of the 4" square one it's supposed to have.

Unfortunately I just have the chassis. Send a PM to Ray Sieracki, he got the cabinet which has the speaker. I know he'll end up having one extra :)

I didn't see his name in the members list...

Ok, I checked all of the tubes and they were actually all good. Next I replaced about 6-8 paper caps that I had replacements on hand and a few electrolytics. I slowly brought it up on a variac and was rewarded with a raster. It lacks in vertical, but I've still got 6 more electrolytics and 25 or so paper caps to replace.

Got the brass all polished up and lacquered. Now it's time to make a cap list.

Gotta admit, I'm a little lost on why you guys power up sets of the '40s at all without replacing caps first. A lot of damage can be done by shorted caps.

I was curious if the flyback was functional. It wasn't on more than 30 seconds.

That is all our fears. Recapping a set only to find a bad flyback.

I've yet to find a bad flyback and I've worked on a lot of sets. I have a spare for this 810 if you end up needing one.

I always try to do a slow power up before starting on a set, it can help a lot to know where you are before you start, then when (not if) things go wrong you have some idea if you caused the problem or if it existed before.

Well since you asked. :) I think it's probably an instinctive desire, that some of us prefer to trouble shoot the circuitry, vs taking a shotgun approach to the finish line. I know for myself, I've often lost interest soon after the set becomes reliable in operational, and there goes any hope of completing the cosmetic aspect of a restoration. Dare I suggest that I've parted out sets that I repaired only a few years earlier. :screwy:(nothing historically valuable of course) And I'm not implying any of the above in a derogatory way, I'm simply suggesting that we're not all wired to our hobby by the same intentions. Might I add that this is why so many find it sad that our nation is moving more and more away from a service economy. There just aren't too many creative employment opportunities left for those who enjoy troubleshooting electronic and mechanical devices.