Bgadow and Radiotvnut-- Thanks for the quick replies. I'll have some time tomorrow AM to open 'er up and do everything you suggested. Luckily I recently bought some great plastic tools for tweaking my Pioneer SX-1050's tuner section.
Thought I'd snap a few quick shots of the tv in operation (when working properly) to convince you guys it's worth the fix,
As usual, pix don't do the set justice. In fact, my crappy laptop webcamera tends to wash out all colors, like the blue in Marge Simpsons hair and the blue of my cable's guide system. The last pic was an accident, as the station switched to commercial the second the camera went off. Kinda cool.