Do I have bad flyback or Sams Photofact is wrong (Emerson 611 TV)

[soliman15]

Thanks guys, I do have the ion trap and just removed it to take a picture but as the TV has lots of work done on it in the past and the CRT is dated from 1959 (yes not 49) I'm not sure of anything.

Anyways just found that the screen is showing some light, can't say raster as it is supper dim that I have to have total darkness to see it and I can't see lines, looks like I have both vertical and horizontal deflections but the brightens is so low and blurry that I could not say I have picture. I checked all the controls and all are working and none could make it brighter.

To check for weak CRT I added brightener and ran the TV for some time but it did not make any difference so I removed it (hope that was not a bad idea)

I'm still suspecting low High Voltage and not sure what to do next as I checked all the components (tubes, resistors, pots, capacitors, coils....) in the horizontal and HV sections and they all seem to me good.

All troubleshooting suggestions are appreciated.