I got the picture tube changed out, and that was a pain in the monkey nut.
But, i let it warm up. and...... WE HAVE A RASTER!!!!!! unrestored chassis.
very insufficiant vertical height, and convergence, purity, all that jaz is messed.
the sound doesnt work either, the only thing working is a severly messed up raster. but, it needs a total recap, so thats to be expected. but however, its usually the other way around. got sound no pic, but me, its the opposite. So, that means the most important parts of the TV are still working.
but, i let it run for a bit. and I saw some magic smoke start comming from the tuner.
hmm. still more work to go. I never got to teh restoration of the chassis yet, but its doing good so far.