Well talk about bad luck! I was aligning the audio and had just finished up the last tweak when I lost the picture! After a few moments, the L2 filter choke started to sizzle and spit out wax. At the same time the 5U4G was pinballing! I quickly shut it down and the choke continued to sizzle for a few seconds.
I remembered reading when Phil restored his 810 he had an almost identical situation. His yoke windings has shorted together. So I checked mine. Same thing.
Looks like I'm in the market for a yoke. I have a junker 806 I'll see if the yoke is the same. EDIT: NOPE THE 806 IS NOT THE SAME.
Below is a link to Phil's experience.
https://antiqueradios.com/forums/vie...31967#p2931967