Motorola Black And White Television Repair ReCap Testing 1958

A test pattern is better than most TV shows.

Great video! I ran an A.V. repair shop until 1999 and haven't worked on much tube stuff since I was a kid. Your videos make me yearn for the old days. As far as non polarized capacitors being installed backwards, my first experience was with an old 1940's A.M./S.W. Packard Bell table radio. The radio had what I called "curious oscillations" that just about drove me crazy. I had replaced the filter capacitor and a bypass capacitor, the hum was gone but there were screeching noises at different points of the dial. I wound up reversing the connections to the cap. as it also acted up when my finger got near it. I only ran into this one time that I knew of but in some circuits it does have credence.

For those of us who remember the pre-color days and the "color in the living room - everybody else get's B&W" era, that is a fantastic picture!

That is flipping hot ! about 75 °C. That will age the components quickly. a small fan is essential to extend it's lifetime. Thanks for posting the video.

Pretty amusing seeing smartphones on a TV from 1958! That signal is probably going through more transistors in the chips and whatnot to get to the TV than even existed in 1958.

The band on the old capacitors will be the outer foil which is hooked to the lower impedance side or ground to reduce noise or interference, the new ones will have an outer foil too, it is just not marked. Mr Carlsons lab has a video to find out which side is the outer foil

Awesome video, interesting old ads in those vintage magazines. The smell of burning electronics is something special especially when you can't find it straight away. Good picture.

CRT and vacuum tube and the old solid state sets were the best sets picture looked good at the end of the video...good job

I am glad you showed your mistakes and corrections. Good video!

Keep the repair videos coming Shango. You're the best thing that's happened to U-Tube. Thanks for all the great videos buddy.

Hey Shango, I really enjoy your videos. Keep in mind that many of the vintage consumer items you enjoy repairing had a longer life cycle than the current China made junk we have today. I say that in regard to your comments about the old less reliable US made components being junk. They were not made to last for 100 years. Consumer, not mil-spec! You are fortunate to be able to roll back the years on these old sets because they did last a little longer than most consumer grade "garbage"

I really enjoy your video's on vintage TV's I'm learning a lot - I like when you post the vintage video's more i like all your video's a job well done📺📺📻📻 I like the technical Service bulletin it's teaching me a lot

Brings back memories: Bonanza, High Chaparral... Those were the day. God knows how much I miss my mother, she was young in the sixties.

The capacitor marking (outside foil) on bipolar/film capacitors is for lowest noise. As in the end with the outside foil goes to the lowest impedance point and provides shielding for the high(er) impedance side foil.

The PC crowd would burn that magazine, lol. Great video!! I like those old TV's and radios.

I noticed an American Radionic capacitor in that chassis and I think that was the same brand of HV safety capacitor that liked to blow open in some 1970's Zenith color TV's, causing the HV to skyrocket and blow the neck off the tube.

Love your videos, going to make some of my own soon! been watching your videos for awhile, very informative! Helped me with some of my repairs!

I inherited a large bag of sprague "quickettes', and I often use those gizmos to replace wire lead parts instead of jhooking.

FWIW.. Marbelite is that resin-cement that's used for pool decking. I swapped out a bunch of Good All, Marbelite encased caps from a hoffman a few months ago.. no leakage and on value.. I thought about sending them to you to EOL.. I figured the marbelite would make some great shrapnel.

Please don't get a strike by playing all of those crappy TV shows and commercials. They are why I don't watch TV....