Amazing how much damage one bad cap can do

[ChrisW6ATV]

Very nice find, and it is good to hear that the transformers are not bad after all.

That CRT is from only a few blocks away from the rebuilder my employer used to use in the early 1980s, which was also on 47th Street in Chicago.

[decojoe67]

Nice job Bob! I agree, those Admirals are very cool with their "chunky" looking cabinets. The next best thing to the bakelite version! One day I will find a good one of those!

[dieseljeep]

Admiral must've had a factory service agency like RCA service company.
The original owner always had the set serviced by them.
Admiral had their own distribution and parts division. They didn't use privately owned distributors like the other major manufacturers did.
Magnavox and Curtis Mathis did as well. No middle-man, meant more profit for the dealer and the manufacturer.

[kvflyer]

A little late Bob, but from me too, "Nice Job!". Good to see that vintage set working. The 26R12 that I bought several years ago was working too. But it got the same things done that you do, caps, caps and more caps. All of the major components were good except the CRT. But I got an NOS one for it.

Cheers!