[klondike98]

Ron, I did order the 155C Hammond choke from RadioDaze and followed the advice of the fellow on ARF to make it fit into the chassis.  Pretty simple really, just opened up one of the two mounting holes since the mounting screw needs to go right where outside of the metal is located.  Then I added a small washer to hold it all down.  The new choke is smaller than the original.  Here's a pic of it mounted with the washer arrangement, but not yet wired in.

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and a final shot of the underside of the chassis...pretty much looking all original except for that new choke.  I thought about trying to fit it into the old housing but decided to leave well enough alone.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyimh4wvarjmzc....jpg?raw=1]

Its now aligned and playing.  Its a pretty good receiver, picking up more broadcast stations than I usually hear on the short 10' wire antenna I have in the shop.  Am also picking some SW on it.  It also picks up every bit of hash and static around.  I had to turn off my shop lights, which did cut the static a lot.  Most of the sets I've worked on were not as affected by those lights.  In doing this alignment I realized the new digital multimeter that I got only has a frequency counter that goes up to 500kHz.  I really need to calibrate my signal generator but have been using a multimeter counter (that died not too long ago) so never got around to it. That will be another project!

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbsalgks8nhs4s....jpg?raw=1]

The cabinet will get stripped this winter, but that's another thread...