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I found the correct thermistor and installed it. The one I ordered from Mouser was so tiny, it probably would've vaporized in less than a second! I had a good laugh when I saw it, that made it worth buying.
The tint problem wasn't actually a problem after all, the purity was just way out of whack from the set being on its side, not having a degausser didn't help.
The picture came out pretty good, but something still isn't right. It's like a slight ghost image to the right, it's very noticeable with a crosshatch pattern applied. If I can get rid of that, I think it will be really close to how it's supposed to look.
I took all the tubes to Chester's to test them, minus the sweep ones that I can see are working. 5 of them were weak or had shorts, and they had all in stock except the 6KT8 Sound IF tube. Not sure if I even need to change that, because the sound is fine now. Before, I could turn the volume all the way up and it wasn't all that loud. The 6Z10 was so weak, it barely moved the needle on the tester.
Then there was the 6HA5 RF amp tube on the tuner that I did not replace. The socket on Chester's tester is worn out, so it took some patience to hold it just right to get a reading, and it was showing good emissions, but shorted. The needle still showed shorted when I pulled the tube, so I assume it's something in their tester.
But to be sure that tube wasn't causing that ghost image, I took a gamble and pulled the IF cable from the tuner and plugged it into my BT modulator's IF output. I wouldn't have tried it if the set had a hot chassis, but it doesn't, so I crossed my fingers and did it.
The picture quality improved somewhat, but that ghosting is still there so I think I'm safe to rule out the tuner. I'm stuck again, but hopefully almost there. What do you guys think is making that ghost image?
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