Flyback is leaky and smells like <bleep!>

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LOL, know this seems funny...

I picked up this Nintendo Unisystem today. Guy said monitor had been recapped, but when he turned it on, there was some MagicSmoke(tm) that emanated from somewhere. He turned it off, then listed it for sale.

I figured it was worth spending 100$ on. I was right! I get it home, remove the corroded to hell AA alkaline batteries, turn it on, everything powers up, and it's Tengen Tetris. Monitor looks fantastic. SCORE!!!

Fidlle around with the cab a bit, leaving it running...some buttons on CP aren't working..okay..that should be an easy fix. What's that smell? Walk around to the back of the cabinet. Cover for the flyback is on the cabinet floor, fly is exposed. It's leaking out the "top", or did so recently, and smells pretty dang bad....but the monitor is working and looks great.

Oooookay.....

I'm lost. I figured this entire chassis was going to be a lost cause from what he told me, but I'm guessing I need to replace this flyback. I'm about 99% sure this is a Sanyo EZ-20 but I can't find the ID label on the chassis. Any other place I can verify which model it is, and is a flyback replacement something a total soldering noob should even contemplate doing, or do I get someone else to do it? : P
 
Your "leaking out the top" is most likely epoxy or glue put there during manufacture. If it was really oozing goo, then you'd have sparks flying everywhere and your picture would look like shit.

The smell you get is probably from dust and crap heating up on a long unused chassis. Depending on how it was stored, you may be smelling rat urine, too.

It could be a cab leaking (they stink), but I'd think your monitor would have issues were that the case...
 
Well, that's good to know. It does have some issues, but I already know what to replace thanks to that oh-so-handy flowchart. It's got the slow wave going on, so I'm pretty sure it's the filter cap.

Other monitor has more complicated issues but I haven't had time to pull any video of it so I can show what's going on.

Did use that site just to verify, it's a 20EZ. It just looked funny compared to my other one because I've never had the flyback cover off of it. It was in the bottom of the cab. :p
 
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