Got the Sylvania!

[veg-o-matic]

Well! Could have knocked me over with a feather, as they say.

After checking all my new solder joints (which never look nice and shiny) and double checking all the tubes I put back in (I had one in the wrong place), I reinstalled the chassis and decided it was time to fire up Woody.

No smoke this time!

There are still a couple little problems, not bad: I need to touch up the convergence. Guess I'll have to get one of those new DVDs from ETF. The cabinet could use a little work on the top, but it's not too bad. And I need to find one more knob. That's the third picture. Anyone got one?

The color doesn't seem to sync really well unless I change the channel from 3 to 2 and then back again.

In summary, this is what I did to get Woody back on line again:

Clean chassis of dust.
Replace 4 tube sockets.
Replace light in tuner.
Reattach channel numbers on VHF tuner.
Probably some other stuff I forgot...

Anyway, here's a Before and After. Plus a picture of the knob I need. Can't wait to get the convergence fixed--I got the first season of The Doris Day Show, and I think it'll look really good on this set!

Thanks for all your support. Once again, I couldn't have done it without my AK buddies!