ctc-5 hv problem

[frenchy]

Set was totally recapped about 5 years ago by me and haven't had any big problems since then but today I turned it on and sound/tuning is ok but no picture, then 2 or 3 loud pops and I turned it off quickly. I tested all the tubes and look ok. Tried it again and popping did not reoccur but still no pic, I was still getting hv though (pulled the anode connection off the hv rectifier and getting sparking) Now I get zip hv and the hv rectifier doesn't even look like it's lighting up. Any suggestions on where to start? Guess I gotta pull the chassis, arghhhhh. I have to first try to see if can get the hv back before worrying about anything else, I might have screwed something else up while messing with testing the tubes to make it go away, or something croaked later like the flyback but it looks ok visually. Both fuses on top of chassis check ok. Oh well now I have a new project.
One more thing, while I still had some hv there I noticed the hv rectifier had little microscopic sparks visible at the bottom, I thought that was kinda strange. But when it originally acted up today I had a solid state replacement instead of a 3a3 in there anyway so that tube didn't cause the problem. The 3a3 I put in on the second turn-on was doing that sparkly thing (barely visible). thanks
Frenchy