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Originally Posted by RadRacer203
I had been looking for a Philco Predicta off and on for about 10 years and I found a pretty nice one earlier this year. It does turn on and seem to work although it needs work as the bottom 3 inches or so on the screen is black and there's a lot more noise on the screen than is normal. I'm almost 100% certain the issue is just capacitors and I'm sure this set needs a partial if not a full recap for it to work. I'm really not set up for electronics repairs like this and I've never done anything like this before. I was wondering if there was anyone in the New England area that has experience and can help me repair this tv.
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Hmmm. Well I am in New England and have restored a Siesta, but I am unlikely to be able to physically help, though if you are reasonably close I am happy to visit for a chat and lend equipment. It is also worth saying that I am no expert.
Basically all I had to do was recap, replace a bunch of resistors and adjust the yoke. There are couplates in there that I also replaced - several people sell sets of them.
The best advice I was given was that it is just like restoring a radio, there's just more of it.
Another piece of advice - just replace as much as you can because you don't want to be taking that PCB in and out. You just want to do it once.
Another: Take
everything out of the case and take the CRT off the case so you can connect it to the chassis while the chassis is also out of the case.
I found this web site to be invaluable:
https://www.antiqueradio.org/PhilcoH...Television.htm