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Thanks for the cataract pics, will be looking them over!
Got the set home and - damn, no picture! Turned out was just a loose focus rectifier tube from the road trip, cleaned the pins and it's back up. Only issue I see is a little bit of a horizontal wriggling/jitter in the picture, but the set is original and was only aligned, I still have to check the tubes etc. Previous guy just did a basic alignment with no tube replacing etc. Slight sound 'buzz' and vertical linearity need to be adjusted too.
some more questions:
1. Would it be standard procedure to reroute the metal electrolytics with new ones sub-chassis on this particular chassis or era of set, if it's working pretty good now? Did it on all my older sets no matter what. Definitely will do the couple of paper ones in there but not sure about the 3 metal canned ones.
2. Is the safety glass laminated, i.e. if broken will it just shatter like regular glass, or stay in place like a windshield? Was it the exact same type of glass as used on the later tubes that just had the glass taped to the tube instead of cemented? Come to think of it - same question on my old CTC-5. Laminated?
3. The chassis has a lug that says "tuner mntg" or something like that. Is this for mounting the tuner while servicing? How should the tuner be oriented/mounted if I'm looking at the back of the chassis?
4. Any weak points on these sets like particular resistors or diodes?
5. Can the cataract removal be done safely with all the tube components being left on like the yoke and magnet assemblies? Any danger of those parts falling off if the neck is inverted for the cataract procedure? Guess I could put some tape on there to prevent it but...
Thanks!....Frenchy
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