[Charlie]

Guys,

Thanks for the pointers and tips. I'll see what I can find. So far, it seems the lines are stable and don't move with any normal adjustments.

I had changed the flyback over the weekend. Several months ago, something in the cage started doing some serious frying pretty loudly and causing major picture distortion. I assumed it was the flyback and changed it. In fact, I've changed the entire cage and all components... tube sockets, HV leads, caps and resistors... they came from a CM chassis I had that was reworked by CM in 1974. Since then, the frying has stopped... for the most part. Since replacing everything, the same frying sound from the cage has occurred 3 or 4 times in the past two days... but only for an instant... then everything is fine. So, this makes me wonder if the original flyback was actually the problem or not.

I've been watching the set for several hours for the past two days. I've been keeping a constant watch on the HO tube current... cruising fine at 208 ma and the replacement flyback is running pretty cool. The only constant problem right now is the verticle lines at the left. They're not exactly annoying or anything... it's just that they weren't there before.

I had tried a few different tubes in the beginning. At one point, I installed a new damper tube and the plates got really hot really fast... so I put the old tube back in. I'll see if I have some more and swap around to see if the lines go away.

Been watching it tonight for several hours... lines are still there. Everything else in the picture seems good. The convergence could use a slight touch up... but I'll do that once the back is ready to go back on.

Here's a shot from watching my favorite '69 Charger in their recent movie.