Well, video via RF input is now pretty stable and OK, but I have not been able to get sound to work, still very quiet.
It is NOT the tubes, and I have been through the whole area and replaced every resistor that was less than 10% what should be, but it still is very weak sounding, tried tweaking the sound IF, that was no help.
https://i.imgur.com/c1mGoQR.png
been all over it , voltages are OK, but poor sound.
i suspect the cap hidden in L24 may be causing a problem.
a new coil can be gotten but at this point I feel it's not worth the trouble, esp since there is a easy way to feed audio into this set via an RCA input and would only take re-wiring a switch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6puItmZnQsk
this is with RF input and direct audio, ( faulty audio IF bypassed ) and a decent speaker! sounds great!
keep in mind, I have not put on the centering magnets yet, so the final screen adjustments are not done.