[Adam]

Tried resoldering this stuff, wasn't it ----bad solder connections on the horizontal output transistor and the five legged voltage regulator STR mounted next to it on the right side heatsink

I have the sams now, got the whole folder, but there's no way to test for anything, to check voltages, to narrow down where the problem might be -- because the TV shuts itself off after a few seconds. And because everything's mounted on a board - I can't just disconnect wires to test capacitors, I actually have to remove capacitors to test them - and at that point you might as well replace them even if they are still good.

Start by replacing e-caps in the power supply? Or is there a better strategy? I'm looking at the power supply schematic - I really don't even see what it uses to shut itself off. I've always kind of wanted one of these, but this reminds me why I've always preferred tube stuff...

Everything worked fine the first time I turned it on. After that it always shut itself off after a few seconds -- never stays on long enough for me to hear it developing HV, no raster, but if I let it sit long enough in-between times trying to turn it on (hours not minutes) it will stay on for a second or two, long enough for me to hear static -- If I try to turn it on several times in a row, the time it stays on shortens to the point where it shuts it self off immediately - this might point to the behavior of a leaky cap in the power supply?