Lilith CRT flyback failure

During preparation of the machine for VCFE i had a failure in the CRT's high voltage part. Yep, flyback burnt.. The high voltage winding was potted as a separate unit, enabled my to rewind the flyback's primary (was burnt). Then after replacing 2 transistors, 2 resistors and 1 diode I got a brief few seconds of live out of the display again. The hisses accompanying this would indicate the maybe the flyback HV isolation is not good anymore, however i did not see sparks flying... Current working assumption is that the secondary potted winding is also compromised. I will also replace the HV voltage diode, is the HV capacitor something that fails regularly ? It is a 17 inch white monochrome Ball HD17-type monitor. What are my options : repair again, looking for a generic flyback ( is there such a thing ?) , or dumping it into lake Zurich, which is my current mood.... I am not averse to putting some modern solution in place ( to generate the HV that is ) Jos