EICO 368 Sweep Gen (1959)

[Findm-Keepm]

Ditto on Steve's comments - get yourself a VA48 or VA62 and never look back. No manual? no problem - the VA48 PDF manuals are available for free from Wiscojim, and others have the VA62 PDF manuals, online, for free. Cabling is simple as well, with maybe a pad or two to build. My VA48 from 1976 is still using it's original caps, so no recapping necessary.

You'll still need a 20MHz scope or better. Have one?

I worked in my Dad's TV shop for nearly 25 years, and we only aligned the IFs on TWO TVs, among the 10,000 or so he serviced. One (a Sanyo) had an IFT open, and the other was a Heathkit that someone bodged the pre-aligned IFs on.

There are only three reasons to align - if something (other than the paper/film caps)has been replaced, if someone has been tweaking the cans, or if a massive shift in tolerances has pushed the response curve off. My 1964/5 CTC16 is spot on, original factory alignment. So unless it needs alignment, I'd stay away - most alignments are painful, with lots of oscope interpretation needed, perhaps a bias supply, and a set of decent probes for the aforementioned oscope. Just my 2 cents.