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In a Sony of that vintage, I replaced the damper diode and the GCS, with ECG replacements. The repair lasted about an hour.
The only parts that would last were genuine Sony replacements.
Yup the old top-hat dampers used to open intermitantly. Change them
all even if I was working on another stage. OEM only of course.