[RitchieMars]

Yeah, I think this could be an issue in both of my radios. I have every resistor on hand for my Admiral, and so far I've replaced 6 of them. I also have the mica capacitors. Haven't replaced any of those... wasn't sure if I needed to. What do you make of this higher heater voltage I'm getting? 7.9v? Could there be something wrong with my transformer? I'm worried about running it anymore this way because last time, my 6X5GT went out in a flash and I've looked into it and found that they shouldn't be operated above 7.5v. But... I've noticed that the two dial lamps are bridged between the two heater pins. One is the correct type 51, and the other is type 44 for some reason. Would this throw off the filament voltage?

I also think there's something up with my volume knob. I tested it using my analog meter and from the bottom up, the needle rises as it should, but about 3/4's of the way it slumps back down and rises slightly again. But, the volume itself does seem to increase as it should through the speaker, yet the static itself changes volume.