What's Wrong With This Set?

[Penthode]

On Ebay is a late 50's set which the owner curiously claims works. But it has a problem.

What is it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RCA-...item19ccd0a36a

[Dave A]

Put that yoke back to where it is supposed to be and you have a start. Now you have about $200 to go before you get to the price and I am being generous.

[miniman82]

Looks like neck shadows. Agree with ^, probably needs at least $150 worth of caps to be repliable but at least you know the CRT is good.

[Eric H]

That one's less than 20 miles from me but I probably wouldn't go after it if it was free, just because I have no place for it, and it really doesn't ring my bell much.
I bet the Yoke cover has rotted away, causing it to slip back and create the problem seen.

Is that an all metal cabinet on that one?

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Is that an all metal cabinet on that one?

That was my first thought when I saw it...Phony woodgrain metal... IMHO, Yuck!

jr

[DavGoodlin]

If that is what these WILL bring....I'm rich!

Those were the same knobs that my grandma had on her RCA color set, a 1957 CTC5 "special". Traded for a zenith in 1971.

[Kamakiri]

It's a pressboard cabinet with a wooden stick frame inside. I have the identical set in the bedroom.

I saved it from the trash about 3 years ago. It's in pristine shape, but a huge puzzler. The chassis transformer is missing, so I assume that someone wanted it for scrap value, but the job was done so neatly that it makes me guess that it was a parts set that someone had in their basement for a long long time.

I've just been waiting for a chassis to come along

[peverett]

That raster is definitely due to the yoke being pulled back. I have an Admiral portable on the bench right now and the yoke is pulled back for servicing(and the raster(and picture) looks like that.

It is probably pulled back as the plastic that held the yoke in place has fallen to pieces with age. RCA's, Zeniths, and many other models are notorious for the yoke plastic falling apart. Their have been blogs on VideoKarma on how to make new ones. (I will need to do this for my Admiral also-the yoke plastic is a shrunken shell of what it originally was).