Zenith Porthole, whats a good price to pay?

[mr_fixer]

Hi all, there is a Zenith 16" porthole in a Lexington cabinet model G2441R, its up here in my neck of the woods. I was wondering what would the expense be to replace or rebuild the metal coned CRT. The chassis is a 24G24. They want $150 for it and I was thinking worst case cost scenario. The cabinet looks pretty good.

[John Marinello]

Originally Posted by mr_fixer

Hi all, there is a Zenith 16" porthole in a Lexington cabinet model G2441R, its up here in my neck of the woods. I was wondering what would the expense be to replace or rebuild the metal coned CRT. The chassis is a 24G24. They want $150 for it and I was thinking worst case cost scenario. The cabinet looks pretty good.

I have one of those sets, and it has a bad 16EP4 CRT. That is an exceptionally rare CRT. Scotty at Hawkeye used to attempt rebuilds on metal
CRTs, but ~60+% would implode while in the oven. If ruining the tube wasn't bad enough, you would still owe the $250 fee for the attempt. So he quit doing them for now until he finds a soluion.