[Eliot Ness]

Yes, lucky find to have a spare IF in your warehouse 
Maybe you can repair the loose wire and cement the lower windings into proper placement and save the spare IF.

...the seller had told me that a previous owner had recapped this set but it then would not play. 

I don't think some people realize these radios are 80+ years old and wire gets brittle, glue hardens & fails, etc. so a recap doesn't always fix all that is wrong, and in some cases actually causes more problems from all the physical contact, sometimes in places we can't see like your IF.


Great work so far and good job on the Candohm!