[zenithfan1]

I took the socket off the CRT last night. Surprise! More problems! The guy that rigged the socket also squashed the pins flat on the tube. DUMB! So, I took the socket apart by drilling the rivets out of the fiberglass end cap. Then took each contact and squished those back to the right size. {common sense would tell most people to do this before practically destroying a perfectly good CRT} The socket is much easier to replace! Then put the socket back together with screws. Then came the daunting task of CAREFULLY smashing the pins back into shape with needle nose pliers, that turned out well. In the process I noticed the solder was knocked loose from the inside of every pin {from all the abuse} I then soldered up all of the tips so the little wires inside get a good connection. I left the focus lead soldered to the pin for now until I find a new socket, the pin is undamaged and will return to normal. The raster is nice and steady now, shown in the pics. I forgot to put the pics of the socket repairs on my flash drive, so I'll add them later. Here are some screenshots, I couldn't find the remote to pause the DVD so some pics have motion streaks but the set is looking great and I am very happy with it. Also, just to clarify, the mouse crap was not from the home I purchased this from. I really dont' think Tom ever took the back off this set, way too much undisturbed dust and crap in there {no pun intended}






This is after the repairs, flux made the pins look yucky, that cleaned off with de-oxit

You can see the flattened pins in this pic and the melted spot where the focus lead used to go. I had to take the socket apart and squeeze the contacts.