My Ultimate Estate Sale Find!!

[drh4683]

Hi Jeff,

The 4 tube hybrids always seem to have a nice deep color picture. Ive always been pleased with their picture after repairing them. However, for some reason, the TV actually worked!
I was shocked that this TV was still in the bedroom of the home I got it from. The space command chassis was in the auto mode, but the filter cap in the remote chassis was open making the remote inoperative, so the TV wouldnt turn on no matter what unless you knew there was that switch back there.
Yes, all original tubes, even the CRT. I dont know why they would have bought this set and never have used it. It was a from a chicago bungalow, so Its not like there was tons of space to "forget" about this set, it was only a 2 bedroom home. Anyway, its probably the only one I will ever find, and thankfully, a couple zenith remote table sets fell into my hands out of pure luck.

As for cleaning the chassis, I use my elecrolux G vacuum and a 3/4" paintbrush to free up the dust while the vac sucks it up. After I get the majority out, I can simply hook the hose of the vac upto the discharge air side and use it as a blower and blow out the rest of the smaller dust. They always clean up really nice this way.

[SX-980]

Hi Doug, nice job on that Zenith set. I'm a new comer to this part of the AK section and was just droping by. How would you rate though today's TV versa yesterday sets in terms of their resolution, crispness in the picture and color. I think we all came a long way in television technology. But it's nice to see vintage sets come back to life when
handled by a pro.
SX-980

Originally posted by drh4683
Hi Jeff,

The 4 tube hybrids always seem to have a nice deep color picture. Ive always been pleased with their picture after repairing them. However, for some reason, the TV actually worked!
I was shocked that this TV was still in the bedroom of the home I got it from. The space command chassis was in the auto mode, but the filter cap in the remote chassis was open making the remote inoperative, so the TV wouldnt turn on no matter what unless you knew there was that switch back there.
Yes, all original tubes, even the CRT. I dont know why they would have bought this set and never have used it. It was a from a chicago bungalow, so Its not like there was tons of space to "forget" about this set, it was only a 2 bedroom home. Anyway, its probably the only one I will ever find, and thankfully, a couple zenith remote table sets fell into my hands out of pure luck.

As for cleaning the chassis, I use my elecrolux G vacuum and a 3/4" paintbrush to free up the dust while the vac sucks it up. After I get the majority out, I can simply hook the hose of the vac upto the discharge air side and use it as a blower and blow out the rest of the smaller dust. They always clean up really nice this way.