[Ncotham]

Thanks to Kevin K who tipped me off to this jewel, I now have a complete, one owner Admiral model C2226Z. Had to drive to Rochester Minnesota and back this last weekend to pick it up, and the last 200 miles to get there was through blowing snow that started in Des Moines, Iowa and didn't let up until we had nearly arrived. The set belonged to a retired couple who said they bought the TV new. It was working up until a few years ago, at which time a friend of theirs who used to be in the TV repair business fixed it for them. It worked a little while longer before going dark again, but by then their friend had passed on sadly. So, they put it on Craig's list where Kevin saw it and kindly notified me. Good thing he did, because I had very nearly written this project off!

The set has sound but no picture, and no static can be felt from the front of the CRT. Initial inspection without removing the chassis with the set turned on revealed that all the tubes that I can see that are not in cans are lit, and the CRT glows at the rear.

You can see some plastic residue laying on the chassis below the CRT in the pictures, and it looks like it came off a cover from around a copper coil(?) toward the back of the tube that has deteriorated. Forgive me as I'm not versed in the vernacular of all the various parts yet.

Kevin mentioned that all the set may need is to be recapped. I could see a couple of the old paper caps and they don't appear to have been replaced as part of the previous repair.

Would y'all agree that recapping the set should be the first step, or does that plastic residue indicate another problem?

Thanks!!