Flaky G2 control on a Hitachi . . .

[zenith2134]

Hey all.

Well, call me crazy but I picked up an 82 Hitachi color set the other night.

Its a 19" tabletop model with pressboard cabinet and semi-electronic tuning. Ive yet to find any REAL TV's around here so I guess I got a little desperate.

Basically I reseated and cleaned the 2nd Anode to get the set running correctly. It had visible corona discharge due to massive amounts of dust (and age, I suppose). Well I set up the grayscale and it made a great picture, until the white level began fluctuating, So I found the screen voltage was erratic, dipping from about 350v to about 400v which I presume is normal for this set.

Turns out the g2 potentiometer is causing this, and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can save this set W/O replacing the fly...If thats plausible ..I also realize I may have internal arcing.

I really like this TV- the cabinet is styled like an early 70s set, not early 80s and the (simulated)woodgrain is very detailed also. [lol]

I have reason to believe this uses an RCA Tube , IIRC I read in one of the TV forums here at AK that they rebadged some RCA crts to read Hitachi.

Anyway, thanks in advance for any help here, and sorry if I have wasted your time