Replaced the Dag spring with solder wick and a spring from lowes
Replaced the Dag Spring with 2 pieces of thicker solder wick a with a spring soldered in between them. Turned out pretty well. Got a spare HV pcb working with it. Unfortunately, I think the problem lies with the original HV pcb. Seems like its got a runaway high voltage that is going into HV shut down. The heater was coming and going, and would come back when I checked the high voltage. Don't even know where to start with this thing at this point. I have a spare flyback, but I have high voltage. Too much of it in fact. I suspect a loose wire. Maybe a ground, or a bad connection between the dag spring. This was on a different tube mind you that had no problem with the dag spring. Sometimes you get the vectors.....sometimes the vectors get you. I'll have to post when I figure out what to ask. But thanks for the help with the Dag spring. Better do some research first.