Well, after an entire weekend of letting the TV run 8+ hours a day, it is safe to say that the very loud HV snapping completely quit.

This new old stock CRT is really looking amazing. TV is working excellent.

And now, the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5JkryHdA4
Setting the TV up with new CRT and a talk about what happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avkV4seKtZs
And the demo of the TV along with the 1984 Sanyo Betacord VCR after restoration.



My next project is one of those futuristic Zenith corner console TVs. Mine is an '81 with the System 3 chassis and Space Zoom. It currently isn't working. Just blows the B+ fuse. May be a shorted HOT or diode.

What is odd is both that corner Zenith and that 1980 Sears both had casters mounted on the bottom of them (scored them both out of this appliance recycling place).