[Charlie]

Mike,

Why is your only choice of channel C-SPAN? That sucks!

While you're waiting to get a 6KT8, you need to do some house keeping in there. I'm seeing lots of dust. That yoke is looking pretty nasty. In some cases, many problems are fixed by cleaning the chassis. I usually get old make-up brushes from girl friends. They work great for gently getting the dust out in conjunction with a vaccuum cleaner hose. I wouldnt recommend a shop vac... that could suck up something you might want to keep. An old Electrolux or something of the sort is good.

When I first got my Curtis Mathes, it was really dusty in there. Wouldn't put a picture on the screen to save it's life. After dusting everything off, it started working. Have had the same experiences with old radio chassis. Considering that Zenith chassis have all of those test points and terminal solder points on the top side of the chassis, lots of dust can effect your picture.

I realize this doesn't fix your color or convergence issues, but, a good cleaning job would be a good idea.

Here's another idea for your convergence... if you're not getting enough movement on the screen as you slide the magnets back and forth on the neck, slide the little magnet stick out all the way, turn it around 180 degrees, and put it back in. That might make a difference for you. I've had to do that before with good results.

By the way... what's the front of the set look like? I don't recall you posting a pic of it yet.