Jut felt like updating this thread with a happy ending. I hate when I'm searching for something online and the person never says whether whatever fixed the issue.
I ended up doing a number of things.
A. I think I mentioned before infinikey worked like a charm, board is fine and dandy.
B. The tube needs a rejuvenation so I replaced it with a sharp 25" until I get a rejuventor.
C. The wei-yu chassis died while I working on something else. Thats disappointing it turned out to be largely fine post capkit, it was the tube that needed rejuv. I swapped the chassis and we're all good. Will revive it later.
D. Sadly the new crt had stands closer to the back so I had to build a new wood mount so it would fit in the cabinet, that worked out surprising well.
Aesthetics
E. I realize this a personal choice and some people get offended by mods, but the CPS A board sounded like a jet engine. I found that the 60mm fan had taken a hit when the battery died and splattered acid everywhere. I ended up modding the A board case to fit a 60mm Noctua and the first time I lit it up I thought the system died because the dang fan was so quiet I couldn't hear it. awesome.
F. I'm installing new speakers and an amp. The system sounds to tingy for my ears.
I'm installing new joysticks and locks and then that'll be it for this bad boy. I feel like a kid on christmas morning
- video of the cabinet
*The video doesnt do it justice, the picture is good. this one a little better but its just very difficult to get good pictures of CRT
https://imgur.com/a/FD8AgkN