I kept poking at the set and fiddling with the knobs but then decided to hang the pattern generator off it. Sure enough an RF signal (at least we know channels 3 and 4 work) and a bit more fiddling resulted in a good image aside form the bottom 1-2 inches not being used.
I'm calling it a night but there was a lot of progress today. Got any pointers where I should start looking next? I know I shouldn't be fine tuning the focus and ion trap until the controls are all working properly.
Oh yeah, one last thing. When I was fiddling with the controls I grabbed part of a metal rack behind me and received a light shock. The chassis seems to have 67V AC coming from somewhere.