Some of those old RCAs had a bad electrolytic mounted on the convergence board.Either a 50 or 100 mfd. GOMDWIL@xxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello Jeff, I am an ol' timer and I can tell you QUIT while you are ahead , > unless you have a lots of old parts on hand. That is Ch# CTC68A ,year 1977, > Sams#1703.And if you got it going the picture quality may not be exceptable. > Good Luck ---GOW TV Service In a message dated Sat, 10 Nov 2001 8:40:32 > PM Eastern Standard Time, "Jeff Dougherty" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > I saw this unit when I was at the customers house for another repair. I > > didn't really want to take the back cover off and go through that, but the > > set is an older RCA model said GB688S, no chassis or year on the back. This > > one has the uhf/VHF tuner > > Slight pincushion down from the top and picture badly converged. Placing in > > service mode, Blue line is curved to the top of center line, green down from > > center line. > > Is this thing worth repairing? > > > > Jeff > > mailto:Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.9-11-2001tragedy.com > > FAX 1-413-280-0677 > > Intrepid Video & Electronics > > Harrisburg, PA 17111 > > 717-909-8844 > > www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net www.thetoolcaddy.com > > > > ***************************************** > > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > > database better! Submit your fixes here: > > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > ***************************************** > > To UNSUBSCRIBE write to: > > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ***************************************** > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > database better! Submit your fixes here: > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ***************************************** > To UNSUBSCRIBE write to: > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with unsubscribe in the subject line. ***************************************** Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ***************************************** To UNSUBSCRIBE write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.