Just picked up a Zenith H2736 with 16H23 chassis

[vortalexfan]

As far as repairing your TV's Cabinet goes, you can still get wood grained "masonite" board (its basically the same as the "wood grained" paneling you put on your walls in your homes and RVs), just go to your local Lowe's or Menard's and pick up a 4' x 8' sheet of wood grained paneling that is the same tone and wood grain pattern as what's on your TV's cabinet currently and carefully remove the old paneling and use it to cut the new piece of paneling out and carefully glue and nail the new piece onto the cabinet and put a coat of poly on it to protect it and you should be good to go.

As for the TV itself, are you sure its color?

I'm asking because I have a TV very similar to yours (except mine a few years newer and is an All channel model with motorized tuning) and mine has almost the exact same tube layout (just a smaller picture tube) and mine is a black and white model, plus the tube count is too low for it to be a color TV, also it doesn't have any of the convergence controls that a color TV normally has on the back.

Just my 2 wheat pennies worth.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

As for the TV itself, are you sure its color?

plus the tube count is too low for it to be a color TV

Of course it's not color, besides the lack of convergence components that you mentioned, not to mention no front panel color controls (Tint, hue, etc), the biggest tipoff is that it's a P4 CRT. As to tube count, let's not forget that Zenith did a color chassis with only 4 tubes, so tube count itself really isn't a good determiner of whether a set is color or not.

The OP made a simple mistake of posting it here in the color section, perhaps the mods can move it to the B&W section if we ask them nicely

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by init4fun

Of course it's not color, besides the lack of convergence components that you mentioned, not to mention no front panel color controls (Tint, hue, etc), the biggest tipoff is that it's a P4 CRT. As to tube count, let's not forget that Zenith did a color chassis with only 4 tubes, so tube count itself really isn't a good determiner of whether a set is color or not.

The OP made a simple mistake of posting it here in the color section, perhaps the mods can move it to the B&W section if we ask them nicely

I wasn't trying to be mean, I was just trying to point out that the TV was in the wrong forum.

I was just pointing out the other stuff just in case for some reason the people he bought the set from had said it was color thinking it was a color TV (or maybe they didn't remember right, if it was an older person.)

And yes I'm aware of the 4 tube Chromacolor Zenith Hybrid Sets, this TV though was all tube (it didn't list any solid state components on the tube layout chart, which is what Zenith did on early hybrid units.)

Anyways I'm just going to butt out now, before things go south.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

I wasn't trying to be mean, I was just trying to point out that the TV was in the wrong forum.

I was just pointing out the other stuff just in case for some reason the people he bought the set from had said it was color thinking it was a color TV (or maybe they didn't remember right, if it was an older person.)

And yes I'm aware of the 4 tube Chromacolor Zenith Hybrid Sets, this TV though was all tube (it didn't list any solid state components on the tube layout chart, which is what Zenith did on early hybrid units.)

Anyways I'm just going to butt out now, before things go south.

Dude don't take my post as accusing you of meanness, I meant no such thing with it. I do tend to speak in a very "matter of fact" style and perhaps that came across as harsh to you, but I was simply listing all of the obvious tipoffs as to it not being a color set with no malice intended toward either you or the OP

[Aperna1985]

I actually didn't realize it was the early color forum. Sorry about that. But I do appreciate the help so far. I threw my back out carrying the set. So once it's better I will try changing the vertical tube. After that I'm going to try replacing all the caps in the vertical section. I was under the impression that the old Zeniths pretty much never die, so I was hoping not to have to recap it.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Aperna1985

I actually didn't realize it was the early color forum. Sorry about that. But I do appreciate the help so far. I threw my back out carrying the set. So once it's better I will try changing the vertical tube. After that I'm going to try replacing all the caps in the vertical section. I was under the impression that the old Zeniths pretty much never die, so I was hoping not to have to recap it.

No problem, hopefully my suggestion of trying out woodgrained paneling from Lowes or Menards would help you repair your TV's Cabinet.

Like I said I have a metal cabinet version of your TV that is quite heavy in of itself, the only difference between mine and yours is that mine is an All-Channel model with a non-remote motorized tuner in it, before the picture tube on mine became gassy (the inside of the neck glowed a dull purple color when turned on) my TV was a nice low hours set that had all of the original tubes in it yet including the picture tube.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by init4fun

Dude don't take my post as accusing you of meanness, I meant no such thing with it. I do tend to speak in a very "matter of fact" style and perhaps that came across as harsh to you, but I was simply listing all of the obvious tipoffs as to it not being a color set with no malice intended toward either you or the OP

OK, sorry, I'm still getting used to your style of writing. I'll try to remember that next time.