[matspar]

A free afternoon so time for an update!

The lopt and the crt are both good!!!!!!

I've replaced all the missing valves and fitted a new EHT rectifier, and replaced 2 sections of the mains dropper which were o/c. One 100R and one 87R which form part of the heater chain.
Gently ran the old girl up on the variac. Plenty of dust soon started to burn off but the HT only got up to a dismal 67v. This was due to the metal rectifier which had reached retirement age.
I hung a new 1N4007 diode in its place and tried again, and after a while the lopt started to whistle and a raster appeared!! the tube is quite bright so it looks like fate was on my side.
Lots of nasty treacle toffee caps oozing everywhere so I didn't leave it on for long. These will all be replaced and I'll probably restuff them as Andy recommends. Should be fun!