Hitachi 27CX7B Set came in late today with the complant that it had gone dead but started working again but would develop lines an an akrid odor. On bench testing at first turn on had a sllight trapizoid picture (smaller on top) for a moment with a severe divergance of the beam convergance, running did not show lines and the convergance recovered but the odor appears to be comming from the yoke so essentially a fatal situation (85% cetanity on yoke fault). The only apparent options would be try to cut off the yoke and find a replacement or replace the CRT assembly. Both options will probabbly be too expensive for the customer (haven't checked yet as am evaluating options) which may present the possibilty of getting left with the set. (did collect the estimate fee in advance) the yoke is a thompson yoke with the number 2G27012-03B. The CRT end suffix is X02, I have junkers with the X01 suffix but most of the time the X01 suffix shows too wide of a picture for the X02 chassis. so the question is on equivants for the yoke (or insitu repair options) of how to modify the chassis to accept an X01 tube? Peter Oliver Tucson Radio TV _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/