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acblunden2 said:
My Windy II chassis is at PnL Video. Might have different results even if the flyback is dead. Will update you guys in about a week.
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So PnL Video got back to me and told me that my Windy II Chassis has a flyback issue. No replacement can be sourced. Dead in the water unforunately.

I think I have a back up solution in that I have some some Wagnam Maximum Tune 2 & 3 cabs that I can pull monitors from. Not all is lost. Will just sit on the Toshiba PB7534 chassis until a stash of flybacks pop up somewhere.
 
Not sounding good for my case either, but I think I'll probably finally eat the shipping costs and send mine off to Sharp or PNL just to verify it's the flyback on mine too. :-/
 
acblunden2 said:
acblunden2 said:
My Windy II chassis is at PnL Video. Might have different results even if the flyback is dead. Will update you guys in about a week.
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So PnL Video got back to me and told me that my Windy II Chassis has a flyback issue. No replacement can be sourced. Dead in the water unforunately.
I think I have a back up solution in that I have some some Wagnam Maximum Tune 2 & 3 cabs that I can pull monitors from. Not all is lost. Will just sit on the Toshiba PB7534 chassis until a stash of flybacks pop up somewhere.
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Your's too? This is at least 3 down so far.
 
I have attempted easy drop-in tube swaps with probably around 15 Toshiba TVs with the correct curvature and screen size, and never once found a compatible yoke. I got some partial success with yoke swapping, but getting the corner purity perfect was always just out of reach. Magnets do not really help, because the second the tube is turned to face another direction, the problems simply move.
 
acblunden2 said:
So PnL Video got back to me and told me that my Windy II Chassis has a flyback issue. No replacement can be sourced. Dead in the water unforunately.
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Man that suck. Not the kind of news I was hoping for. We are at the count of 3 bad flynack now? Can the flyback be swap out from another chassis?
 
acblunden2 said:
acblunden2 said:
My Windy II chassis is at PnL Video. Might have different results even if the flyback is dead. Will update you guys in about a week.
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So PnL Video got back to me and told me that my Windy II Chassis has a flyback issue. No replacement can be sourced. Dead in the water unforunately.
I think I have a back up solution in that I have some some Wagnam Maximum Tune 2 & 3 cabs that I can pull monitors from. Not all is lost. Will just sit on the Toshiba PB7534 chassis until a stash of flybacks pop up somewhere.
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Did PnL video charge you a diagnostic fee to look at it? If so, how much?

I just got off the phone with Sharp and they said if its unrepairable they charge $65 for the diagnosis.

I'll probably still send mine off to them this weekend, but curious how PNL's pricing compares.
 
kuze said:
acblunden2 said:
acblunden2 said:
My Windy II chassis is at PnL Video. Might have different results even if the flyback is dead. Will update you guys in about a week.
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So PnL Video got back to me and told me that my Windy II Chassis has a flyback issue. No replacement can be sourced. Dead in the water unforunately.I think I have a back up solution in that I have some some Wagnam Maximum Tune 2 & 3 cabs that I can pull monitors from. Not all is lost. Will just sit on the Toshiba PB7534 chassis until a stash of flybacks pop up somewhere.
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Did PnL video charge you a diagnostic fee to look at it? If so, how much?

I just got off the phone with Sharp and they said if its unrepairable they charge $65 for the diagnosis.

I'll probably still send mine off to them this weekend, but curious how PNL's pricing compares.
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Yeah, its 65 from sharp. They at least change and repair what they can with that.
 
XeD said:
Man that suck. Not the kind of news I was hoping for. We are at the count of 3 bad flynack now? Can the flyback be swap out from another chassis?
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I'll pull the flyback when it comes back from PnL. See if I can dig up a part number printed on it somewhere and post what I find here. Then we can scour the Earth until we find some. If we are lucky, it was commonly used in a popular consumer TV. If not, we will just need to await a barnyard find of flybacks. Barring this, the only options are:
  • Buy replacement "tested" "working" chassis from Yaton (in other words, play Russian roulette)
  • Swap chassis from another donor monitor
  • Full on monitor swap
I'm going with a full on monitor swap. Will cut masking if the bezels don't match the curve. Will make it work.
kuze said:
I'll probably still send mine off to them this weekend, but curious how PNL's pricing compares.
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Diagnostic fee is $30 at PnL.
 
DecepticonZero said:
So, what are some consumer model sets made around this time by Toshiba? Are there any more numbers on the outside of the flyback?
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I'd think if it were a flyback on common consumer TV models then PNL and Sharp would have a ton of them laying around.
 
Print out a label to throw in the box with your contact info, email address, and return address. Pack it good. Then give John at PnL Video: 626-337-9782 a call. He'll give you an address to send it to.

The address I have might be old. But his number should be current.

EDIT: Depends on how much work he has on hand. I have seen him send me an MS8 back in 3 days. My buddy's Windy II chassis took 1.5 weeks. This guy is good. Just don't expect an overhaul. He is a repair shop. Also, he quoted me $79 or $89 for the Windy II, provided it was not the flyback.
 
acblunden2 said:
EDIT: Depends on how much work he has on hand. I have seen him send me an MS8 back in 3 days. My buddy's Windy II chassis took 1.5 weeks. This guy is good. Just don't expect an overhaul. He is a repair shop. Also, he quoted me $79 or $89 for the Windy II, provided it was not the flyback.
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Right on, out of curiosity was your buddy's Windy II chassis from this group buy? Was it repairable? If so, what were the symptoms and what ended up being the issue?

I wouldn't mind an overhaul, but I wouldn't want them to go that far unless the flyback/HOT are tested good.
 
Wouldn't be posting in this thread if it didn't come out of this group buy.

Symptoms were: chirping coupled with horizontal collapse, image rebounding, then repeat for infinity. Issue turns out to be a failing flyback, so therefore is irreparable.
 
FWIW, I reread that gamestone uk thread. His monitor had been replaced with a blast city one. Seems like they were failing even back then.
 
acblunden2 said:
Wouldn't be posting in this thread if it didn't come out of this group buy.

Symptoms were: chirping coupled with horizontal collapse, image rebounding, then repeat for infinity. Issue turns out to be a failing flyback, so therefore is irreparable.
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Ah ok so you and your buddy both have Windy 2 cabs from this group buy and they both have dead flybacks? Or is it one and the same cab?
 
radiantsvgun said:
FWIW, I reread that gamestone uk thread. His monitor had been replaced with a blast city one. Seems like they were failing even back then.
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Yup his looks like it may have been done at the factory though?

You can definitely see from his pics that the neck card cables have been lengthened to make it from the MS2930 chassis to the neck.
 
kuze said:
Ah ok so you and your buddy both have Windy 2 cabs from this group buy and they both have dead flybacks? Or is it one and the same cab?
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Only one cab. My W2 cab/my buddy's W2 cab = same cab. He's not a forum member so I speak as his proxy.
 
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