[jcassity]

one thing to keep in mind,, and this may not make any sense.............

on that shielded pair of wires you have,,,
on my set i had no continuity at all, yet when i bypassed one of them with a wire, the set came back to life.

so...... the idea was that the insulation on the wire that is passing through that shield, there must be a crack somewhere and its arc flashing to the shield and grounding out when the set is powered on. over a short period of time the reception would go away.. in your case though, reception is not present but there is noise so..............