WG6100 donor tube.

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So I just picked up an old tv from this guy on a gamble. Had to pay $20, the guy wouldn't budge on the price. I couldn't see the neck inside but though WTF. So I finially tear it apart this morning and was happy to see the fat neck. I discharge the tube and try to take off the neck board which was giving me grief. I finally get it off hoping to see a neck that would work on a 4900 and it's different with a longer plastic shield. My shoulders slump and I think of other sh!^ I can do with it. Then the llight bulb goes off above my head...this neck looks like a 6100 neck! So I run down stairs, take off the neck board on my spare 6100, and they were the same. Holy shit! So I try the neck board on the donor tube and it slides right on. Sweet baby jesus!

So my question to you is, if I swap the yoke and rings, could this work as a replacement tube on a vector monitor? I attached some pics.
 

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The 6100 is a 100° tube. I would say 99% of all 19" color tubes you run into are 90° tubes. I'd need a profile picture to tell for sure. If it is only a 90° tube, you could still maybe use it.....but convergence could be a nightmare.

Edward
 
Yeah, I figured it wouldn't be that easy. I'll dismantle it after work and take some pics. Wouldn't know how to tell the difference. I guess I could set it next to my spare and see if I can tell the difference. Kinda lame I know, but it's all I got right now.
 
Yeah, that tube has the CR24 neck, but its a 90 degree tube.

You can use it as a CR23 after sliding that plastic piece off the socket of the tube. You would also have to swap two of the colors by re-routing traces on the neckboard or the inputs on the chassis.
 
Are you sure thats a 90 deg tube? Whats the number embossed on the left side of that one pic..almost looks like 19v100 to me but I can't see the 1.

PS if it IS a 100 degree tube (hell even if not) please send me the make/model # of the TV, the number off the tube and if you can, resistance readings off the yoke.
 
If this works, be sure and post the make, model and year of the TV on this thread. It would be awesome to know what to look for!
 
I could not find a model # anywhere,but I have a 1979 Curtis Mathes tv with a 100 degree tube.The neckboard adapter is the correct one also.It is a woodgrain metal cased type with handles built into the sides.Tube number 19vkfp22,Hope this helps someone.
 
TV model.

I took some pics of the tv id tags. I'm guessing it's a 90 degree from the 90 imprinted on the glass tube.

It's a RCA T-100, Model# FLR458W, manufactured Sept. 1985.

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Use the tv neckboard to make a cr-24 adapter. If you don't need it, you can sell it to get your $20 back plus some...
 
Found a nice Curtis Mathis on CL
A G-385
The info in tubular didn't tell me anything about the neck pinout so I was wary of picking up another boat anchor . So glad I found this thread which made me look closer at the sellers picture of the tube number (he was nice enough to look for me).
And wow! Saw the 100 degree stamp and rushed right out to pick it up only 20 minutes away .
 
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