1964 Zenith 5111 comes to life!

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Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Thanks! What model/year do you have? I NEVER would have thought that this set would be any type of attention getter; especially with the metal cabinet, which I have been told makes it MORE special. Have you checked any tubes yet? Since your set is restored, I tend to think of tubes going as opposed to caps, but one never knows for sure I guess. The tubes I replaced to get my set working were not absolutely bad on a tester, but more marginal or weak. Maybe color sets like fresher tubes! LOL!

My set is a 1965 model with the 25MC33 chassis. It has the UHF tuner as an outer knob around the pull-on volume knob. I have tried replacing tubes in mine to fix the vertical to no avail. I suspect a resistor or cap has gone bad. I am going to replace the electrolytics and troubleshoot the vertical problem. It has nothing else wrong with it. Of course I will redo the convergence and setup as I am never completely satisfied with it. I am rather fussy when it comes to my vintage electronics. I hope you get that color problem sorted out. That set is well worth the effort.