I would pull the chassis and check all caps for high ESR. I have seen the first 2 problems caused by caps. Kevin Wilks Kevin's TV Repair Penticton BC Canada kevintv@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Myers Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:28 AM To: Techassist Subject: [TechAssist] Hitachi CT-2653, need tips or schematic, three problems......... Old Hitachi console Model CT-2653 customer approved est of 250.00. 3 Problems: 1. Vertical deflection problem, top of pix is down 3 or 4 inches and stretched out on bottom. 2. A black bar appears when channel is changed. the bar is about 4 or 5 inches wide comes down from top almost to bottom of picture and is centered on the right side. 3. Channel memory add/erase does not work. Set is in home and customer would like it repaired on site if possible. If no tips then maybe a schematic so I can do it the hard way? Thanks, ******************************** Since 1972 * Jim Myers * Telrad Electronics * Fort Wayne Indiana * ******************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/