My Brand New CTC-7!

[DaveWM]

when you are testing caps with that tester make sure you have them out of the circuit. I generally unwrap the wire wrap connectors and then unsolder any else like resistors. you dont have to worry about the little disc caps that may be soldered, they are too small to worry about and will not be bad.

if you are going to restuff in place, no need to test just do it, leave the wiring alone (which is the main benefit of stuffing in place).

[SwizzyMan]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

when you are testing caps with that tester make sure you have them out of the circuit.

Ah ok don't think I hurt anything thankfully.

[SwizzyMan]

Alright just bought em' will report back when I get them in.

[DaveWM]

just take your time, take a lot of pics, go slow and be gentle when moving around the chassis. The wires are very old and quite brittle, esp all the connections to the tuner and pots located near the tuner. Its easy to break one. Note the strain reliefs with lots of pics so you can get them back where they belong. I assume you know about how the tuner mounts to the back of the chassis (if its the hard wired in kind) for servicing out of the set.

becare hooking and unhooking up the speaker, its easy to break off the little term connectors on the speaker, same goes for the wires that attach to the transformer.

Just remember there is not rush, better to go slow and easy, respect your elders that set has been around a long time.

[SwizzyMan]

I forgot to mention this. When I turn the fine tuning all the way to the max to get color I just get barberpolling on my color bars. What causes this and how could I fix it in the future?

[DaveWM]

video pls demonstrate.

[SwizzyMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AWG61TAIHg go to 13:24 looks identical to what I have.