I assume you don't mean the evacuation tip is broken. If it's intact there's still a chance the 12LP4 is good.
Elves probably started to repair the base for you and got chased away by your Dachshund. Actually, if he did knock it off he did you a favor because it couldn't have been soldered on very well.
One method I've read on this forum is to attach small gauge wire to the leads to make it easier to thread the socket back on.
John
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Originally Posted by benman94
I am currently in the process of (attempting) to restore a 1949 RCA T-100. When I got the set home, pulled out the chassis, and started testing and marking off weak tubes, I noticed that the black plastic base of the CRT (the part with all the pins) was coming loose. I went to bed, and woke up this morning to find the black base sitting on the chassis and what I presume to be the evacuation tip where the base was late last night. I have an inkling my Dachshund is to blame . . . Anyway, the 5 leads from the tube (Numbers 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12) are still intact. In fact, I have about a solid 1 to 1.5 inches to work with. If I were to rewire the leads to the base, and then reattach the base with RTV silicone or something similar, is there a chance that the tube could be salvaged? 
Thanks,
Benny |