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Originally Posted by zenithfan1
WOW! Looks like it's gonna be an easy one. It seems the caps hold up well in CTC9s, I've seen a few now that still work with no smoke.
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K, I lied- can't sleep just yet.
I didn't pull the chassis obviously, but the only thing I saw from the tops of the boards was poly caps (brown drops?). I assume there's at least a few nasty (PIO) ones lurking 'under the hood'? Other than that, all I could see was the can caps. They were not showing any signs of distress, but they will be replaced as a safety precaution.
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How do the the boards look?
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Clean! The whole set, actually. Only nasty thing in the entire set is some wires that have some sort of sticky film on them, and I can definitely deal with that. I think you were right on the money BTW, this set could not have been owned by a smoker- it's too clean inside.
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BTW, you are very welcome for the heads up  . I'm just glad it went to a good home, not a fishtanker 
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hehe, me too.
Now for the bad news: the volume control is shot, stuck at slightly less than mid level. Pulled the audio output (6AQ5), to save sanity in the meantime. I hooked it up to the cable box to try and get a picture, but nothing- tuner appears to be dead, but it may just be a dud tube somewhere in the strip or whatever. Vertical control is a bit wonkey too, one direction intermittently causes a loss of vertical deflection about 2/3rds of the way into rotation. Other than that and some jacked up plastic knobs, which I'm sure I'll come across at some point, it appears I have a winnah!
Thanks, jr and jp. It's been a long time coming.
And now, I SLEEP.
