Did my first tube replacement! Like night and day! 
I know this is probably no big deal for most of you monitor veterans, but I consider myself a restoration guy more than a monitor/electronics guy, so this one was a big victory for me.
I got a dedicated X-Men months ago and the picture was all dim and washed out. After getting advice from a handful of sources, I got everything from "do a cap kit" to "replace the flyback."
Well, fast forward this past weekend, I picked up a replacement WG K7191 monitor to simply swap out rather than try to figure out the problem. Unfortunately, my new monitor got damaged somehow during the move back home. Two of the adjustment pots cracked and at that point, I felt at a lost since I didn't have any replacement pots on hand.
Disappointed and bummed out, I thought I was stuck with two monitors with issues. Then it dawned on me: Isn't there a possibility my old chassis was fine and the tube was the problem? I decided to try putting the old chassis into the new tube. About 20 minutes later, I checked all my points, fired it up, and...
Voila! Bright, sharp and colorful picture! I realized that some things aren't as difficult to do as one may think. You just have to learn by doing.
Before:
After:
I still have another good chassis, just have to replace those pots and I should be good. The old tube however may have weak/dirty guns from what I'm told. But at least I pinpointed that the problem with the old monitor was with the tube. Hopefully, I can have it rejuvenated and improve its picture.

I know this is probably no big deal for most of you monitor veterans, but I consider myself a restoration guy more than a monitor/electronics guy, so this one was a big victory for me.
I got a dedicated X-Men months ago and the picture was all dim and washed out. After getting advice from a handful of sources, I got everything from "do a cap kit" to "replace the flyback."
Well, fast forward this past weekend, I picked up a replacement WG K7191 monitor to simply swap out rather than try to figure out the problem. Unfortunately, my new monitor got damaged somehow during the move back home. Two of the adjustment pots cracked and at that point, I felt at a lost since I didn't have any replacement pots on hand.
Disappointed and bummed out, I thought I was stuck with two monitors with issues. Then it dawned on me: Isn't there a possibility my old chassis was fine and the tube was the problem? I decided to try putting the old chassis into the new tube. About 20 minutes later, I checked all my points, fired it up, and...
Voila! Bright, sharp and colorful picture! I realized that some things aren't as difficult to do as one may think. You just have to learn by doing.
Before:
After:
I still have another good chassis, just have to replace those pots and I should be good. The old tube however may have weak/dirty guns from what I'm told. But at least I pinpointed that the problem with the old monitor was with the tube. Hopefully, I can have it rejuvenated and improve its picture.

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