[BillT52]

Thanks for the reminder on the button. Sometimes it is something very simple like a band switch on phono instead of broadcast which I have done. Not so lucky this time. I had the dial tuning button in. And yes I have learned to have all good tubes in before that first power up. I'm using a Jackson 648 tester and I try to have doubles that test good.
So I tried a signal generator hooked up to the antenna just to see if any sound came thru and got a slight buzz thru the output trans same as the weak reception I got before which was coming out of the output trans and not the speaker.First time I've ever experienced that. So I started checking continuity and ohms of the two I.F. transformers and did find one side open. Should have checked that while recapping since its under the button coil assembly so now I have to pull that out again. I've been doing this for about 9 years now and learn something on every one that I do. Thanks for leading me in the right direction and I'll pull out both I.F.'s and check them. Hopefully that is the only problem. I'll post my results.