Problem with Little Admiral

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Every time I see "Little Admiral" I wonder if it's the same as "Little Elvis."

[Eric H]

Max,

are you absolutely sure it goes through to the coil?
If it does you should be able to turn it continously for quite a few turns in each direction. There may be a stop inside that metal bracket. not suggesting you should force it or anything

If you could turn it more than 3/4 of a turn you might be able to lock it in on frequency.

chances are something like a cap or resistor has drifted off spec to mess it up in the first place but you might be able to compensate with the control.

Originally posted by maxm
Hello,

The Horizontal hold is actually a coil, it looks like a pot because is is mounted along two other pots, but it goes through that piece and into a coil. The problem with this set is that there seems to be no other hozizontal contorl coil on the chassis, perhaps something that was eliminated on a small set like this to save cost??

Thanks for the help,
Max M.

[maxm]

Well, I took the advice and fiddled with the horozontal hold coil some more, it turns out is was jammed and would not turn more, but I "forced" it a little, and the picture snapped right in!!

I would like to thank everybody who helped me on this TV, and now I will be looking into my other broken TVs!
About to start restoring my little 8" 1956 RCA Portable (I seem to be attracted to small TVs, I also have a little working Emerson 8" from 1956) (Model 1232)

Thanks,
Max M.