[bgadow]

Not a totally unfamiliar pile of issues! What can I offer? I actually think HV is pretty easy to measure on these, at least with the probe I have, since the whole metal base of the HV rectifier socket is at second anode voltage. Just stab it in there somewhere close.

I've had trouble with some convergence controls not seeming to make much difference. I haven't dug that far.

I haven't had width problems; I have the control set at the highest of the 3 settings. Before I buttoned everything up last time I adjusted the vert & horiz lin for a very nice circle in the middle of the screen but now it's all distorted again. That didn't last long. Things on these sets seem to vary a lot with voltage, time or ??? I have also noticed, clearly, the difference in color & brightness from station to station. I know this was a selling point in later color sets, so I guess this was seen as a major shortcoming to some folks. You can wear that tint control out while channel surfing! This is proof that not all the improvements in color tv were in consistency at the station. Even today these sets struggle. That's okay...gives them "character"!

For the grounding strap, can you do something with a long, thin spring? Lots of sets used something like that. Hardware store should have a selection.