[Nick3092]

You are saying you are powering now.
Have you finished the recap?
And all else that should be done prior to it? (tube testing, what not?)

Yes.  I finished the recap Monday afternoon.  All caps replaced except for the mica's up in the RF chassis.  I tested all tubes on my Hickok 533A when I first got the radio.  All were good except two tested a little weak on the Hickok.  I then tested those two on my Weston 981-1, and they tested good there.  I tend to trust the Weston a little more than the Hickok anyway.  Although with the issues I was having, I did swap one of them (one of the like 6 6k7's) with an NOS one.  No improvement.  Last night I also took the dremel wire wheel to the shields and bases.  No improvement.