Old Muntz TV for sale Locally to me, Should I pick it up?

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Tube TV

Most likely the smoke around the IF can was caused by bad wax paper cap that's drawing excessive current. All of those wax paper caps are leaking and it they are leaking enough they will smoke, or cook something in the circuit they are connected to.
My own guess is the choke is fine, but if you are putting in a parts order it might be nice to have a spare on hand. I would be looking ahead of the the choke.

What did the smoke smell like? Burnt wax, hot bakelite ?

The weird thing is that when whatever smoked smoked it didn't have any sort of burnt smell or any other smell for that matter, it was odorless.

There are some paper caps tied into the power supply on the AC side both of which are tied to ground on one end. Could those be the cause of the issues I'm having?

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

There are some paper caps tied into the power supply on the AC side both of which are tied to ground on one end. Could those be the cause of the issues I'm having?

Not the cause of your problems. But they are subject to blowing up if not replaced with some specified for across the AC line or line to neutral, such as these. https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...5SnxDEDw%3D%3D