You're soooo lucky to still have a local electronics store.

I can no longer function without viewing Crepe Erase ads at least once a day.

24:21 🤣"Oh yeah if it's carrying a big load like you of course it's going to break down" 😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🥰

Shango troubleshooting the tv while the lady talks about dick troubleshooting was just great :D

I stopped the tape. I need to confess that my man crush made me hopeful and giddy that SHANGO was reaching out to me. The chromacolor logo was convincing. I rehearsed polite ways to avoid political topics and bro mance the Zenith era. Then truth hit me, like a pina colada hangover. Thank you for clarifying. I'm grateful to be here with a CRT, even while my heart is mending.

I wonder if 50 years from now, will someone like Shango be resurrecting a flat screen.... LOL Not likely I suppose. But this Zenith is a watchable piece of history and design 50 years later. Truly amazing yes! Cheers! 🍻 Great Video and Television! -Al

I worked on a handful of these in vocational Radio & TV in my junior and senior year in High school in the early 70's. That was back when you could still learn the beginnings of a real trade you could use in life. This brought back a lot of memories.👍

It is amazing how one little wire can have such an effect on these old sets. Congrats on finding it and making it work once more! I do envy your knowledge, and thanks for sharing, I never fail to learn more about electronics with every video of yours that I view. I have always said, "to stay young, one must continue to learn!" Your channel keeps me young and at 72, I can use all the youth I can recover!

The Jim Kramer reference had me laughing.

I've always wondered what those "metal spikes" on top were next to the tubes. Now I know. Thanks for the education.

When it comes to capacitor values, Shango's motto is clear; "you can't lose with 22's".😇

I recognize that model, my folks had the same one when I was little. When we got our Commodore 64 computer in 1983, we were using that old timer as the monitor.

man you roasted that guy on that car shield commercial 😂😂😂

The Jim Cramer comment made me almost spit my drink on my phone.

Really enjoyed this video. Great find on that broken wire. And I agree that comparing notes with other people is smart and can save an ass load of time. Keep making them and I’ll keep watching them.

What a beautiful old television, there really was quality put into those things. It's obviously lived a hard and long-hour life.

Thanks!

I enjoy working on the Zenith Transoceanic transistor radios and they use the solder pot construction as well. Along with them being easy to solder and desolder they make a good test point when the components are in a tough place to access like the RF stage. I would avoid playing, 'The View' on the set. The components in the set will likely rebel left and right popping, exploding, committing hari kari. Taking a page from the SMT repair guys I use some good liquid flux for working on old solder joints. A drop or two gets the old solder flowing nicely. A small bottle with a good dispenser tip lasts for years. I also add new solder. Low melt solder can be very helpful if trying to heat two solder joints at once, or larger solder joint where a lot of heat needs to be dissipated.

Wow it looks and sounds great! Nice to see something a few years older than I am work that well without blue pills.

Just amazing a wire with a diameter smaller than a hair could bring down a TV’s performance that much. When I think of what goes into diagnosing, targeting, finding and repairing a fault that you need a microscope to find…my skills and knowledge will NEVER advance to that level. That’s an Easter season worthy resurrection!

What a great little set. The picture appears to be about 70% there. Just needs that last 30% with replacement components. The sound from this set is surprisingly rich.

beautiful little tv . we never had these in the UK . nice to see different brands

LOVE your sarcastic comments on a stupid commercials 😃😃😃

i have that same tv ,,got for my grandma ..an she is gone now tv still works like new ,,well its a zenith

Service bulletins are perfectly acceptable, saves a lot of time and parts cannoning!

the audio clarity is awesome..

No importa cuanto se transforme la electrónica, siempre nos sorprenderá el ingenio Humano.

100% of viewers agree... Another crepe-tastic repair!

" This is a Test " lady for President 2024

I havent watched this yet, but have instantly clicked "like" i love portable colour sets

Love your channel and all your comments during the filming 😀 I wanted to let you know I worked on one of those Zenith 19" "Portable" sets years ago. One of the things I found was the transistor sockets in the video/if circuits were oxidized and making bad connection, which caused weak or no video and extremely low contrast. Just a suggestion for something to check. Love your videos and keep up the good work!

Remember Jim Cramer was bully on Nortel. He made a giant mistake on that one. He damn near destroyed his credibility on thst.

It's AMAZING that one little tiny wire can stop color, isn't it? Good find!!!!! @shango066

Say hello to top notch TV guy Shango 066 👍😎💯

Nichicon capacitors are always my go to when ordering off digikey. Not the cheapest, but reasonably priced. and knowing they’re gonna last a lot longer than the cheap Chinese no name crap, I think it’s worth the extra $0.15 per capacitor

Good going there Mr Shango. A small word of caution: The voltage rating of these modern electrolytic caps tightly seam stitched, they have no reserve which older caps did have. It may be advisable to measure the peak volts before the tubes warm up and raise the voltage rating accordingly (say to 385 / 400v ) just to be on the safe side. Cheers from Germany

Thanks for what is 'must watch TV' in my world, Mr Shango!

Terrific greens ! Best I have seen on a CRT.

Really good job on that Zenith, it looks great!

I really love this set. A Zenith, late all-tube, clean styling. And the all metal case....

WOW did you save my day by posting a video! I was going nuts! Thanks and take care!

Wow! Nice to c your perfect work again!!! Good luck!

Wow. you really know your way around these old TVs. I wouldn't have found that break in a million years there's so many components to look at.

Well I for one, enjoyed this repair, if only for the little blue pills advert. Keep up the great work shango066.

Nice save... Cool looking set 👍

I love this little set, Its adorable!

That was an epic fix. Watched it twice now.

I have loved this channel for years excellent content, keep it up buddy! 😊

Another Excellent Video. Thank You for that. Cant believe you found & repaired that broken coil. I do remember cutting and breaking those coils to get them out of those solder pots. BUT the new ones were still available at that time. Great Job Buddy !

Excellent job! Enjoy your videos.

A friend of mine asked me what I should refer to him for binge-watching and so I suggested your channel.

Nice fix, Shango! And also to Crépe Erase for fixing that crépey skin with 12 super hydrators plus peptides.......

One of these days we are going to see one of these infomercials giving a shout out to Shango. LOL

I was given an early 25" Zenith console TV that had been thru a flood. I was planning to use it for parts, but I decided to try turning it on and it came up with a raster. So I took it out in the yard and flushed out all the mud. You could see where it had floated up and onto its side. After drying it thoroughly I got it working really well. I was even able to refinish the wooden cabinet. I remember those "solder pot" terminal strips. As I recall, there were 27 steps to set the convergence.

I get those special offer messages all the time, I just delete them. That's one hell of a picture. Great fix, Shango.

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Nice fix, well done spotting that coil wire break. I thought the solder pots were known as turret tags, but that might just have been what the guy who told me about them called 'em. Great video as always.

Great find, that’s like microsurgery! Very nice little TV.

Some of the best troubleshooting videos!

Yay! Crepe Erase! Your tv is looking good. Once you get the rest of the caps, it'll look almost new. Nice catch with that small wire on the coil!

Amazing repair

you improved the picture dramatically. nice job

I love your videos. I learn a lot and laugh a lot! I love your commentary! lol

Funny that I see the fantastic color of this set on my flat screen and think it looks better than anything else I watch on this same flat screen. I grew up on 60s and 70s color Zeniths. I also love Jane Seymour. That is one Classy and Gorgeous woman. Thanks for both Shango.

Looks good. I'm envious

I have two zeniths from 1970 one 15"portable plastic, and one table top 19" space command 100 with a metal cabinet, both of which have minor problems like this, the 19 in has a fantastic picture even though the red and the green are slightly weak, the 15 " has other issues between contrast and brightness but still very watchable.

Oh boy 😊 Another great Vid for weekend enjoyment Thank You Y

Great find with that coil!

On the color lock coil, WOW! 😊

I can see the appeal in you fixing these old works of art. I mean, I'd even love to see a film (and I say film) about how some of these sets were hand soldered together, because I can't even fathom a time were all those components were hand soldered together to produce thousands of these sets. I'm from that time too, but... the set itself is so deceptive, it looks semi modern on the outside, like it was from the mid 80s or something, but then when you show us the undercarriage it's like something right out of the 50s with all the intricate components literally overlapping each other in the most intricate soldering network of components.

Another Crepetastic video! Great picture, easy to see the crepey skin!

Another successful result from the crepe erase channel, well done

I've been watching your videos one after the other lately, so interesting seeing the investigation you go through to get these back in working order. I've also bought 3 retro black and white Philips sets and I'm planning to try to fix them as well. One is already working, two more to go!Thanks for all the informative videos! Ps: wow tv in Amerika is even worse than in Europe.. Already can't stand all the crap they spew here, but this is on another level. Good that you're having a laugh about it with your comments 😆

Nice! I would have bought that at the time it came out.

Another brilliant video as always. Also: Crepe erase!

I have a vague recollection of electronic stores, Maplin was one of the biggest in the UK...cheers

Good work sir ji bittu electronic tv engineer

nice fix it looks great for a 69 tv. add some flux and new solder to the corroded joints to make it flow better.

Very cool set.

That's what I like about your channel... Your honest and upfront about everything. Great video

Hi Dan, thanks for the great videos mate, they are appreciated and enjoyed. I never cared for high-voltage too much so I stuck to solid state, but i always enjoyed the old reel to reel and other thermionic gear my parents left at my grandparents when they left I like the smell of the old warm hollow state gear, I have an old Yaesu FT101ZD which I, er, enjoy the smell of too, after a good chat on the thing, yes it's a fetish and No, I'm not proud of myself. Cheers Shango, making learning fun 👍

love the video's I've already learned a lot from it

The beautifying paste commercial lists several products, they are all probably the same stuff in each bottle, with a different label. They remind me of E6000, Shoe Goo, Amazing Goop, the same stuff in each tube, they just label it differently.

Color looks clean sharp.

It's hilarious that these scammers pick THE one guy that all his followers know, absolutely, that he would never have anything like this. Now, if it were promoting a new crepe erasing technology (you see what I did there?), then...

your videos are awesome

Heard you talk about it a lot, but this is the first time I've seen the Crap Erase ad 😂

That "find" was so great I was saying "WOW" out loud and over and over. My family thinks I'm crazy........and I don't care!

"French tickler looking construction" made me almost pee laughing.

Capacitor reforming is an actual thing that capacitor companies document, it's normal for any electrolytic capacitor to have to be reformed after being sat unused. The problem with the old ones is that they have had their seal break, let the electrolyte dry out and then let in moisture, ruining the capacitor even if it does reform at first.

Good work...

Shango the new way to repair all of your electronic stuff is with crepe erase ultra.

Troubleshooting burst amp with little blue pill sales pitch in background. Priceless.

Incredable effort that restorates this old TV.. Would put cooling fan like the which is used in the computers?

Damn our first color TV made in Czechoslovakia was in 1973

I like these tabletop vintage TVs also yes Shango telegram tryed sending me a message telling me you had a gift to send me thought that was kind of odd

Gee, when you were talking about the greens, I thought "Shango doesn't need any Blue Pills!" Ha ha just joking, great video. I remember how good these sets looked when new. Best picture in the business.

It looked like a cracked solder joint on the coil too, right above the resistor you mentioned.

I ordered the skin cream. TNX for the lead.

Listen to the sound, that portable tv has sound and a bigger sound than any 65 inch flat tv today. That is great sound, what size of speaker does that TV have? You are right, the greens look good. I look to have good greens and good blues. Favorite colors.