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Originally Posted by HiFiCanada
Wow, I am sure glad that I posted a picture.
Yes, all the tubes are all in the wrong places and I would have never thought that the diagram was wrong. So now I can't trust the the schematics. I changed all the tubes around , according to the label underneath the cabinet and slowly turned the power back up with the variac and all the tubes light up.
Now I have a lot of hum, and if I just touch or tap the rectifier tube 35Z5 it almost sounds like I am taping a microphone. If I just tap it, the hum is louder and then just press on the tube, the hum gets a bit softer again.
The whole radio is recapped except two of the molded caps and I have not check the wiring to the schematic to see if it is all that it should be. I recapped the radio exactly to each capacitor what was in the radio, one by one, so I did not make a mistake unless it was wrong before.
I am getting zero radio reception and I may just try some other tubes from my stash.
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It just occured to me - long shot, but if I'm right it'll save hassle - the diagram is not wrong, you are aware, that the diagram on the bottom left is a BOTTOM view of the chassis. It looks exactly like the chassis in your picture, so double check again the tube locations.
You could still have the tubes in wrong and have them lighting up.