[Terry Judkins]

The wire just wraps around the terminal of the other section of the tuning cap. There is no connection other than the small capacitance . It is there mostly for neutralization on the short wave bands. There is a much more technical reason but I will leave that to the 'experts'.

As to the lamp cord I believe if you look closely the routing will be fairly evident. It slides on a guide and that is the reason for the wear and breakage. There are two versions of that radio. One, like yours, has a mechanical linkage with the cord to move the lamp. The other has an extra wafer on the band switch and a light for each band.