Phil, I have found those sets to have many bad joints on the 9-160 board. Also if it has the two connectors side by side on the tuner, check for bad joints. I also have found several of the caps to have high esr on the 9-160 board, especially the 1uf and the 10uf caps. Hope this helps. Daryl Daryl's TV 3310 Dyer St. El Paso, TX 79930 915-565-9184 915-564-1024 Fax dthunhurst@xxxxxxx http://dynacomp.freeyellow.com -----Original Message----- From: Philip Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, June 05, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Zenith oldie SY2577P console "hard to start" >This old console has a 9-160 main board,9-149 space command,9-222 tuner >control (has relay). >I pushed and pushed the power button to no avail.After probiing all the >interconnected cables I retried and it came on with a vertically >stretched picture. >Removed the vert board 9-152-01. ESR'd caps, replaced C2164 910mf/100v) >and C2131 (47mf/35v). this cured the linearity. >Reinstalled it and all is working. >Question to the ol timers! >Is there any known issues with a "hard to turn" on symptom? Start up >cap? >I know this is vague but an old set with a possible intermittant.Ugh. >Phil Bader >-- >Philip Bader >Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) >3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 >Fax (863) 299-8821 >email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >*************************************************************************** ** >The Tech Address Book: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.html >Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ***************************************************************************** The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.html Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/