Operation Fixit!

[marshall]

Im in Nottingham.

[grantspain]

bit far for me to help out,i am down in kent-not sure where you should take this,you could end up spending alot on this

[marshall]

 There is a video game place near here so I will give him a ring in the morning.

It was working perfectly before it got cold, dont think its as damp as first thought. On the high score screen, white writing is still displayed where the screen has gone dark. The mainboard looks in good condition, if a little dusty, I keep reading a lot about cap kits, is this not likely to be something along those lines? It depends what you mean by a lot, I really like this machine and would like to get it working again.

[grantspain]

the trouble is with not being in front of the cab its difficult to tell,you have symptons of flyback failure/crt guns weak/no colour gain
if you went along the lines of a cap kit and new flyback and did the work yourself then you are looking at around £30 but if you did all that and it turns out to be the crt you will be well stressed
also important to note that you have an odd crt neck on that tube so it would be difficult to get another type of chassis to fit

[marshall]

So basically you dont think the unit is worth the cost of repair?

Is the deformed picture the HT flyback?

[grantspain]

the pincushion you are seeing could be down to a bad solder joint/east-west correction diode or possibly the flyback.
the worrying thing is the noise you heard,its either a bad solder joint or the flyback shorting out

this really needs me to be infront of it to help more as i am only guessing

as for rapair costs,well 30 quid is nothing

check for bad solder joints first

[marshall]

Its going to be another week before I can look at it again, if the flyback has got damp with being in the garage, would it pay to wait for drier weather and hope it gets better?

If I could get it repaired for £30 I would be well happy, it would cost me about £40 in fuel to get to you, and then whatever you would charge to fix it. What would you charge to fix it?

[grantspain]

i reckon the most important thing is to get this cab dry,damp around the anode can cause no end of problems-when the crt is cold it can also display various issues you have

[marshall]

Thanks you Grantspain, youre a star.

Im going to wait for some good weather now, let it warm up and see what happens. Pity I cant take it on holiday with me next week