Motorola VT71MB-A restoration

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I decided to spend my day off from work working on one of the 7" Motorolas I won recently at the Elli Buk auction.
I really thought I would just be parting the mahogany set out but upon closer inspection, it was actually in pretty darn good condition.

Sure, it's missing the plastic front, metal bottom and all the knobs, but otherwise looks fine.

A couple weeks ago, I attempted a slow power up of this set and actually got some sound but no raster.


Here's a closer look up on the workbench.


Why do they always use those darn stickers that leave residue on the old finish






It's dirty, but no corrosion.


HV coil looks OK.


I only see a couple replaced HV capacitors.