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I agree with Sandy. You need to go through it. It's not time to "repair" it, but restore it. I dont mean to be a wet blanket, and I wish you all the best in your quest to get this fixed, but I think the chances of a regular TV shop working on a Predicta are between slim and none. From what I have seen, if a TV repairman thinks a set wont stay fixed, he probably wont work on it.
If this is beyond your own capabilities, you need a Predicta expert or at least someone who likes to work on older sets. I'll bet if you asked around, you could find someone capable and willing right here on AK. I would find someone that it is feasible to drive to and take it there, even if the trip is fairly long.
As you probably already know, this has a circuit board that has to be *removed* to get to the bottom. Taking this apart is probably most of the work. Old circuit boards are fragile, and the traces lift easily when soldering. You only want to do this part once, if possible. Someone needs to take this apart and replace all the paper and electrolytic caps (and any others that are likely to be bad), before putting the board back on. They also have "couplates" which are little early integrated circuits. These are often bad too, but can be built up out of parts.
Best of luck,
John
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