Aww man, I really feel for you guys, I do. But what fun would it be if you didn't have to work on it? I bet you get tremendous satisfaction once it is fixed and working. I get a euphoric pride when I fix something, which makes me happy. I really think those old TV's are cool and I admire you guys hard work and efforts to give us fellow AKers the clips you do of them beautiful units. The closest thing I have to your TV's is a 1983 Quasar 25" CRT "dynacolor". It was in my parents basement from new. I used it as my primary TV until 2004. It has been in storage ever since. I absolutely love the picture it has. I did have to take it apart one time to replace a pinched power cord, and I was astounded as to how much circuitry is in a TV