Hey gang. Thanks for chiming in to try and help get this porthole functioning better. I did a basic recap and replaced the flyback, yoke and any out of tolerance resistors. Old fly tested bad on two coils. New fly that was put in was a Merit HVO-11. Listed my chassis number (23G22) for an exact replacement. The yoke did not have any of the caps or resistors inside replaced (is an RCA yoke I believe), so any guidance and fix regarding this being a potential issue would be appreciated by Tim and I.
Now some info about the set. It is a 1950 Zenith Model G2346R (Graemere). Chassis number 23G22. The Zenith manual can be found on the ETF page here (page 37 of the PDF file is the correct schematic):
http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/Z...anual_TV-5.pdf
The SAMS that has this model number on it (G2346R) is NOT EVEN CLOSE. So I only used this original manual. This set has the 12LP4A all glass CRT too. Not the metal 12UP4. It is a part transformer / part series string set. The top plate of the chassis is hot. The top plate is riveted to the chassis sides with an insulator between the two. So sides of the chassis are not hot. Dial light runs off the B+ (red neon bulb). Some cooky stuff that I encountered for the first time. I was able to get a raster out of it, but it was weak, shrunken, with significant neck shadow, and had weak sound. Another member found a bad IF coil and when that was replaced, sound improved greatly and raster got way better. It seems to be compressed on the right side and has jailbars on the left side now, as someone mentioned.
Would be great if we could be pointed in the correct direction to try a few things that might yield results.
Thanks guys!!