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[QUOTE=Adam]This set was really the exception to the rule of these 60s Zeniths being nearly problem free, that one I just worked on with the broken crt mask had been sitting out in a barn for decades and used so much prior to that that the crt is a bit weak worked as is, this one that was packed in it's original box and hardly saw any use during its life, has had loads of problems. QUOTE]
This has been aninteresting read for me since I have a similar set, a 1959 Zenith Space Command that left me frustrated a couple of years ago and I have shoved it to the side. I posted at least on thread on the set but came up with nothing. Like your set my set looked as if it had VERY little use. I thought it would be no trouble at all to bring back to life. The set had a hum for sound with no evidence of picking up a signal. It also had no vertical sweep. I recapped the set and replaced a bunch of resistors and ended up with the same exact performance. I was disapointed to say the least.
I guess some time I will have to investigate further by checking every connection against a schematic as I did see evidence of at least one older repair. Yes! In the vertical section. Perhaps that is where everything went wrong with this set, a botched repair and the set was put to storage. Like me the old owner may have thought it was too beautiful to trash. Also the added attraction of being a 24" remote set makes it hard to trash.
I feel like ONE crazy thing will bring my set to like new condition. I hope I can find what that ONE thing is.
Anyone know whare to find a remote??
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