Yikes.
That's the wrong IF can if it has a grid cap lead coming out the top. It's the first IF. Probably a fine coil wire got broke.
All this while, I assumed we were talkin' about the second IF can, the one that has the detected audio lead coming out the bottom. Never assume. Lesson learned.
Edit:
If you find a broken wire in the 1st IF can, here's a handy-dandy way of stripping hair-fine wire that doesn't involve mechanical scraping. It really works. Scroll down to post# 26 -
http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=257295&page=2