New here and New to TV restoration/repair 1949 Motorola 9L1 w/c TS18A

[bgadow]

This is a very good "first TV" to restore. That chassis isn't much more complicated than some radios. It may bounce back with just new caps. I have a VT-71 I brought back to life and, as you have noticed, there were a lot of variations in those circuits. There are some folks on here who would be better than me to walk you through this-hopefully one of them will chime in real soon.

The worst thing that could be wrong with this would be the picture tube. It would be nice to test it before you got started-I would be happy just to know the filaments aren't burnt out on it, and that is very easy to check with a simple multimeter (or a lantern battery.)

[Charl1em]

BGADOW, thanks for the reply. You said a simple test for the picture tube?? I have a pretty extensive and eclectic back ground in electrical and electronics work and education. But it is just that eclectic. I manage to fumble through things I am not familiar with, but have the background in theory. It has been my ex[experience there is a world of difference between theory and application in real world. Would think that a fast easy simple test of the picture tube would be step one, if that doesnt work, why bother. If you can send the procedure, it would be great. I do have simple test equipment but nothing for audio/radio work specific. No trans testers, sine gens etc.