[QUOTE=Phil Nelson;1253508]Cute set, but finicky to work on. See this page for a case study:
http://antiqueradio.org/rca16.htm
That cleared up some stuff, I have the same differences with the schematic here, I was wondering about that 6CG7 / 6CM7 vertical oscillator tube, I looked them up and saw they couldn't interchange, and figured I would have to try them both, now I know to stay with the 6CM7 that's in the set. I had to clean all that wax out of the HV rectifier socket on mine too.
[QUOTE=Eric H;1253515]Adam, you're aware that the chassis unfolds right?
I've pulled it further apart, but decided not to pull it completely off of the crt, because of the strange way the yoke is held on with just a wire twisted over it rather than some kind of clamp I can loosen, I'd rather not have to mess with undoing it.
Good to know this set has an ion trap, I didn't even see it in there.
Many of the tubes were original, I put them all on the tester, and they all tested good except for the 6AW8 which showed a short.
As for problems I'm expecting to run into, I have yet to try to fit the extra electrolytics replacing the ones from that big can in there, not going to be too much room, I'm also going to swap that selenium rectifier for a diode, it tests ok, but I've seen lots of them go bad, but I'm going to leave it in there because I like the way they look, and that cardboard for adjusting the ion trap is already falling apart on this set.