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Originally Posted by MOSFET
Slim chance you will ever find a good or NOS efficiency coil for this set.
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Thanks for the ray of hope MOSFET. That idea will probably help a lot of people if this is as common a problem as some say it is. However, I have often been surprised at exactly what is still laying around for sale in the N.O.S. realm. A few years ago I restored my 1950 RCA TC-127 and the power transformer was toast. I was able to find an exact replacement for that dinosaur for a reasonable price. Then I keep dreaming that as popular as early 60s color sets have become that I should be able to find someone with a spare chassis or three that would come off of one for a little cash.
My set being a model 5111 may throw some people off, but the chassis should be about as common as the come for that era. The 5111 is the metal cabinet model which are few and far between as people tossed them when they quit or when the upgraded to a nicer looking wood cabinet with a larger rectangular screen just a few years up the road. Anyway, mine is exactly the same as other 1964 (ish) Zenith color models which should be still pretty plentiful. I can't see hobbyists tossing otherwise good working sets to the side, or to scrap over an inductor. I feel like over some time something will come through here.
I just have the itch to see that thing working properly, AND with a new woman wanting to replace my junk with her junk it is easier to justify keeping when it actually works! I'm sure many of us have been down that road!
SHE, not me, is the reason that the Space Command got scrapped! LOL