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Originally Posted by old_coot88
Maybe consider transplanting the whole IF board from an unmolested donor chassis(?).
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Unlikely scenario, due to the following.
The chances of ever coming across another CTC16-XL chassis with a viable IF board to use as host astronomically small, and where as the CTC16 is very close to the XL, it's not the same, so it's not viable, furthermore, from what I understand, the IF section is RF tuned to the given characteristics of the tuner installed in the set, so in the very off chance one was ever found, if you tried to use it, it would no longer be matched to the tuner.
My only hope is, if I ever want to get IF working again, is there is a shop within 40 miles that does antique / vintage TV work, and they inform me that they do have a working sweep marker generator, and once I am done with all my repairs, if I really wanted to, they can do the IF alignment.