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Well the good news is that if the CRT is good, and you get some color or brightness on the screen at least we know that you have some high voltage, meaning that the flyback is at least working, producing some high voltage. (RCA type flybacks are known to go out, short, arc, and smoke). Finding a replacement flyback is almost impossible, and you could get everything working, then some time later the flyback goes up in smoke. Unfortunately that's always a possibility. Did you get a picture at all, with the color going out, or did you mean that there was some color light on the screen and then it clicks off. Could be so many different things. Some possibilities are that the HV disappears, or a problem in the video circuit, focus circuit, high voltage circuits, bad solder joints and connections, loose tube sockets, and of course don't forget the power supply. Usually they need to be re-capped, especially the filter electrolytic's. There might be a tube in which the filament lights up for a moment then due to a bad solder joint that heats up, the filament of the tube goes out. I'm sure the speaker grill comes off somehow, but it does take some time to figure out how to get it off. It might just be glued on the front panel or maybe you would have to change out the entire panel top to bottom. If it's glued on, prying it off will just bend it up more. Then also, I'm sure the convergence, purity, and grey scale will have to be set. Transporting the set can knock the convergence and purity off again, as ideally it should be set up where the TV is to be used and run. If one makes sure the yoke, convergence yoke are screwed down tight, and everything is plugged in tight, including the tubes, it should stand the trip ok, but things do happen. I won't even get into the price it would cost, as to me it would be a project that would take me possibly several months. All I can say that to restore it right it will probably be several hundred dollars total. Call or e-mail me is you want to chat about it or have any more questions. It's quite rewarding when one gets a color set going again thats over 55 years old. (But the set is younger the me, I'm 65, born in 1950). I sent you a PM on this site with my phone number, address and e-mail.
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