[Groundhog74]

Final post on this never ending 42-380 project. Ordered the caps. Started replacing them and doing an ops check after each one was replaced. On the third from the last, the 6X5GT tube started glowing bright red and the 146 ohm resistor in the candhom smoked again. Put in a new resistor, replaced the tube in case it was a bad one, same. Searched throughout the set and replaced any wiring that even looked questionable. Same. Pulled every tube except the 6X5GT. Same. Finally I checked the two .01 micro farad caps inside the black plastic casing where the power cord attached. They checked open... so no shorts. I went ahead and changed them anyway (what a pain getting that "tar" out of there) and finally everything works great. I apparently got the power off before either of my 6X5 tubes were damaged as they both test fine and work in the radio. The radio picks up very well with the internal antenna. Volume is good and it has a nice sound to it. This radio was a real pain, but it was my second full meal deal refurb, and I learned quite a bit from working on it. That's worth the trouble. From now on I know future projects will be better. I'm hoping someday soon, I can get smart enough to post some pictures.

Just figured out the photo deal...here is a pic, but not a real good one.
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