1950s or '60s vintage Zenith TVs, Need some info

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

What would of caused it to do that? Because it wasn't doing that before, the picture tube was running normally (no purplish glow) up until that capacitor failed.

you need re-check all voltages on the CRT, who knows what that did when the cap let go.

stick it on a CRT tester and see if it still has emissions.

is the HV still good, and not AC somehow.

for you to be seeing purple in the CRT elements, something is VERY wrong, and usually that is a tip off of air have gotten in there somehow.