Starting on a 1961 Zenith SC B&W

[Eric H]

I've had this set for a few years now, got it at Goodwill and stashed it in the garage till now, it's a 1960 or 61 model, nice condition, and a Limed Oak finish.

I tested the CRT when I got it and it was excellent, the set had no vertical sweep however.

I got it in the house and started taking the chassis out (checked the Vert Osc/Sweep tube first-OK) holy cow, what a PITA this is to take apart!

There are cables running everywhere that have to be unplugged, some of them don't unplug and you have to unbolt the controls from the bezel and unhook the cables from all the various wire clips and take it out with the chassis.

The CRT bolts to the chassis but it also bolts to the front bezel, not difficult to do but an extra step. After I got he chassis out I removed the CRT and stashed it inside the cabinet for safekeeping, I hope the 8" test CRT can handle the HV for a 23" tube!

I took a look underneath the chassis after I got it out, the trouble was easy to spot, it uses Bumblebee Caps all over the place, particularly around the Vert tube.

This is one set I want to get right before I put the chassis back in, Repairmen must have hated doing a service call on these back in the day!

Last picture is my assistant checking it out.