[Brad Winder]

Yes, this is the Canadian version of the 39-116. Minor differences in the way the set is built, mainly parts used (my estimate- 80% Canuck, 20% Yankee parts)

The parts built in Canada seem to all have cloth covered wire vs the U.S. parts which have the rubber covered wire. I'm glad that most of the wire used is cloth!

Thanks for the diagnostic help. Yes, the wire IS for the power for the preset station selector lights. Someone has snipped it off, and rerouted it through the chassis, bringing the wire out the top by the dial where the lamp wires come out. That's what confused me! Why didn't they just disconnect it under the chassis? The wire covering to the lamps is severely degraded, and so I assume that something shorted out, hence being disconnected. But by disconnecting and re-routing it the way they did...the wire was still live! And the covering on it isn't any better than the lamp wire.