WTB: K7000 (or other 19") monitor (NorCal)

Is yours past rebuilding? K7000s are super easy to repair and cheaper than finding a new one. I just did a cap, flyback and tube swap on mine in my Super Hang-on.
 
Hey @SillyB - Others have been saying the same thing, but for me a tube swap is uncharted territory. However, that's probably a good thing in this hobby! I'm currently either A) hoping to stumble across a tube donor and see if I can hack my way through it or B) find another good 19" to buy and set aside the current one for a swap when I can find another tube.
 
Hey @SillyB - Others have been saying the same thing, but for me a tube swap is uncharted territory. However, that's probably a good thing in this hobby! I'm currently either A) hoping to stumble across a tube donor and see if I can hack my way through it or B) find another good 19" to buy and set aside the current one for a swap when I can find another tube.
You can usually find one at any thrift store, hospice, habitat for humanity or even an electronic recycling center. There should be several in your area. I typically pay no more than $5 for a tv. 90% of the 19 inch tv's will work. Worst case you may need a,10 pin neck board (your current tube is 8 pin) which should be easy to aquire here on klov. Save the yoke off of you broken tube, you may need the connector from it. I'm sure we could walk you through the swap in a repair thread. Hopefully you at least have a multi meter to check the yoke.
 
Yep, since it's come up I've been googling and learning more about it. I've done just about everything else with games - full rewiring, etc but this feels like a good next step given I have some games with monitors that need love - so getting new tubes, recapping boards, etc seems like a good skill to acquire. I may need to do a quick look around the local shops this weekend :)
 
this feels like a good next step given I have some games with monitors that need love

Are you sure you even need a tube swap? You probably just need a cap kit and maybe a rejuvenation. I swapped the tube in mine to get rid of the Sega logo burned in.

If you're not ready to do monitor repair you can pull the chassis and send it out to one of the 10 guys on here that rebuild k7000s, but you're exactly right - in this hobby all roads lead to the CRT. If you want your vintage games to run you'll have to learn to do some light work, at least cap kits and they are really easy on the 7000.
 
Are you sure you even need a tube swap? You probably just need a cap kit and maybe a rejuvenation. I swapped the tube in mine to get rid of the Sega logo burned in.

If you're not ready to do monitor repair you can pull the chassis and send it out to one of the 10 guys on here that rebuild k7000s, but you're exactly right - in this hobby all roads lead to the CRT. If you want your vintage games to run you'll have to learn to do some light work, at least cap kits and they are really easy on the 7000.
He accidently necked his tube
 
So, speaking of which, been looking around OfferUp, and found the following listings. Appreciate if anyone that's more knowledgeable than me can chime in. I have referred to some of the arcade monitor compatibility lists, but not 100% sure exactly what I'm doing...

Zenith : https://offerup.com/item/detail/51380036/?_branch_match_id=436705847774673915

RCA : https://offerup.com/item/detail/13530095/?_branch_match_id=436705847774673915

Philips Magnavox : https://offerup.com/item/detail/420138757/?_branch_match_id=436705847774673915

thoughts?
 
Any of those should be usable. Double check the model numbers to be sure they are 19's, people are wrong sometimes. The model number should have "19" in it. I've used some of those magnavox's before, did an ewaste pickup at a motel 6 and ended up with 80 of them.
 
Yep, sure did.

Pic attached - just to confirm :)

Man, just barely! Usually I think of necking up near the heaters, you've just popped off the little nub at the end.

Oh well, at least it's an easily swappable tube. K7000 is pretty much the most forgiving chassis and will play nice with plenty of TVs. Good luck!
 
Hey guys - quick one on this if anyone is picking it up - I managed to pick up 6 (!) cheap 19" Tvs (PS 1964 C125 ( Philips )) and I took everything apart, removed the old tube, installed the new, and as I was getting into the wiring noticed the neck socket size isn't the same. The neck board from the original has a smaller socket size.

Does this mean it's not compatible? I have dug around of course on the forums, etc and I see that people are swapping out sockets, etc. What's the best way forward? Find a better tv that's a direct swap or ?

Thanks in advance!
 
Ah, and I just noted that an old burned in ms pac screen i have laying around (K4000) has the right type of neck socket, so I'm going to give that a go.

Is there any go-to online reference for what the ohm readout should be?

thx
 
Did you check the yoke readings on your broken K7000 yoke? Not sure what a K4000 is, hope it was a typo. None of those tv's you got have the thinner 8 pin neck?
 
Ah, ok - here are a few pics. The picture chassis and board is from my old ms pacman, and the tube shown is the new one I'm swapping in.

The tube neck/pins and neck board socket match up. Any concern here?

thx!
 

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