GTE-Philco E32 chassis 19" color TV

[radiotvnut]

Today, I picked up this April, 1981 vintage GTE-Philco (Sylvania) 19" color TV (E32 chassis) from an elderly lady that I've been fixing TV's for since I was a teenager. She said she bought it used around 20 years ago for $75 and it just now died. I'd say she got her money's worth! The CRT was weak but rejuvenated well and I still need to clean the tuner and controls. Notice the makeshift tuner repair by the owner. But first, I've got to track down an elusive intermittent shut down problem. At first, I thought it was going to be easy because I saw a power resistor that was just barely making contact with the PC board and I also found many other bad looking connections. Every time I think it's fixed, I can tap the underside of the chassis and off it goes! I think I'll pull the Sams Photofact and check some things. At least that should tell me what circuit is causing the shutdown. I think this must have been one of the very last GTE sets before the Philips buyout. In fact, I've seen this same chassis in some NAP (Magnavox, Sylvania, and Philco)TV's. Looking at this set from the outside, I figured it was from the '70's until I found the date. I know I've seen some '70's GTE sets in this exact same cabinet; but, with a different chassis. I think this TV will make a good picture once I get all of it's problems solved!