For those of you following along, I’ve been waiting for a package from Bob Roberts with monitor parts. The mailman came around 2:30, a bit early. My ears are trained to recognize the sound of his engine…I hear him coming a mile away.

Anyways, he usually has to come to the door whenever he has a package because my mail box isn’t gigantic. I hear him open the mailbox, shut it, and take off. I’m thinking the package didn’t come, but went out anyway…and what to my wondering eyes should appear?

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WTF! He crammed the box in there, defying the basic laws of physics. That thing was wedged in there like a fat guy in a little coat. It took me a good 10 minutes to get it out. I kept pulling on it, and thought I was going to rip the mailbox off the post. The only thing I can think of is he didn’t want to walk through my long grass and get ticks….especially wearing those USPS short shorts that they sport this time of year.

I did finally manage to get it out…here’s part of what was inside:

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Bob Roberts is a great guy to buy from. He ships super fast, and usually throws in freebies. This time around, I got a set of leg levers and a pen. In the bag with the pen was a horizontal width coil that I ordered.

OK…Here’s what I did. I replaced the old broken width coil:

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Then I put the new HOT and Flyback in. While doing all that, I noticed something was not quite right with the neck board.

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It was actually cracked in half! Someone had put jumper wires over the cracks and then covered the crack with a big glob of silicone. Here it is on the parts side:

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You can see the crack running down from the top right corner down to where my thumb is. I thought for sure maybe this would cause a problem. After getting it all back together, I hooked it up. No dice. I had no high voltage.

I took the chassis back out and poked around some more. It turns out one of the fuses (901) which tested OK before wasn’t now. After I messed with it a bit it would sometimes test OK, and sometimes not. I think what was happening is the wire inside broke but was still coming into contact with the other end. I changed the fuse, put it back in, and the damn thing came right up! :)

You can see its start up here and a bit of me playing it:

The ship won’t move up. The switch is making contact, so I’m not sure what the deal is. I’ll leave it for another day. I’m just glad to actually see it running. :)