My First antique tele restoration!!!1

[josephdaniel]

We'll there are splices everywhere and a few wires that are clipped off all of these are getting replaced according to the schamatic. Also does anyone in the Austin area have a tube tester and a crt tester that wouldnt mind me using for a moment?

[vts1134]

Definitely get all of the tubes checked in the set. This was one of biggest of many mistakes I made on my first TV. Now testing every tube in the set it the second thing I do behind general cleaning of the chassis. I load up a shoebox with all the tubes and head to my local vintage radio shop where he can test all of them and replace any that are bad or questionable. Maybe there is a shop in your area that works on vintage stuff that can do likewise.
Oh and have fun with your set, don't get discouraged, ask many questions. The people here are an amazing wealth of information and always ready to help.

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by vts1134

... I load up a shoebox with all the tubes and head to my local vintage radio shop where he can test all of them and replace any that are bad or questionable. Maybe there is a shop in your area that works on vintage stuff that can do likewise...

You lucky dog. Nary a one in my area.

Carl