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Next I changed that 4pf capacitor (C127), and all I got afterwards was a b/w (not white/green like before) picture. After a while, I found a 4pf cap to ground rather than an 8pf cap would bring the color back. I was curious what would happen with the old crystal (which I don't think was the original one either), so I swapped them back. With the old crystal, I got either a white/green picture (never just b/w like with the new crystal) without 4pf to ground, or good color with it.
Last night I went through the color allignment procedure that was in the sams, first time I ever tried that so I was worried I would make it worse, but it worked, and I managed to get it to work without the extra cap. It still works today, so I think this might be a permanent fix. I also went through the part of the allignment which centers the tint control, which is nice, because before it had to be all the way over to one side. However, after the allignment, shaking the 6GH8 does cause the color to loose sync, but if I just let it be it works. I might still resolder all the pins on that tube socket though. Thanks for all the suggestions... And what is generally used to adjust these coils?, I couldn't use regular tools I had because they were all made of metal, and was looking around for something non-conductive to stick down there, and finally managed to cut some chop sticks so they would work, but I would like to get something a little better.
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