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Originally Posted by TUD1
Interesting that a Zenith of this era would be so unreliable. I like the look of that Zenith, I first saw one in another thread on here where somebody was trying to find one and they used your picture of your old garage, Electronic M.
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I had the very same Zenith set 30 years ago as my daily driver and it was also very intermittent. It improved some after I worked on it, but just like Electronic M, I left the back off mine so I could get to it and fix it when something else went wrong and it was quite often. The only things I don't remember being intermittent were the tuner and high voltage sections.
I always said it was a TV meant for a repair man. I kept it going for years that way and finally decided to get a 32" Toshiba with a remote control and never looked back. It's in my basement now along with another couple of parts TVs I got to keep it going. I was always impressed with the design of that chassis and how everything fit together.
Even small transistors were socketed on that thing. I soldered them all in. I think the set had been in a smoker's house originally and it was gummed up and a little tarnished from that. It always had a beautiful picture, though, when it worked, and I left the instant-on turned on and was always amazed how quickly it came to life with that crackling sound.