Just when I thought the supply of trash-night tube TVs had dried up, I am proven wrong...
Swear to God, my wife and I were headed to her parents house, and I noticed it was trash night. (The neighborhood is prime for trash picking... Large, late 50s ranch homes in the Detroit suburbs.) I jokingly said to her "Ohhh, maybe we'll spot an old TV." Less than 30 seconds later, I see the outline of a console, mixed-in with a whole bunch of other stuff.
The number of ventilation holes say "tubes!" A glance in my side mirror says "Zenith!" Long story short, you CAN fit some console sets in the trunk of a Chrysler Fifth Avenue. (Why didn't I drive my truck?)
Last night, I was anxious to try it out, so I plugged it in. TA-DA! It worked. Pretty good even! I'll bet those heartless SOBs who cleaned the house out never even tried it!
In the darkness of my garage, I noticed the Horz. Output was a little gassy (blue). So today I swapped it with one from my tube-box.
Everything was good, and I got ready to to some basic adjustments. Suddenly, I hear a quick ZZEEEEZZZEEE noise and the picture disappears! I quickly shut the thing off.
So I calm down, and power it back up. All the tubes light, no smoke/noise
but no HV or sound either!
I dug through my tube box, and replaced the dampner. No change. No change from re-installing the old Horiz Output either. I couldn't immediately find a Volt Reg. (6HS5) so this was the end of my trouble shooting (for tonight).
Am I on the right track here???
Here's a pic, Chassis number 20Y1C48