I would still like to try bypassing the delay line, but the question is, how to go about doing it w/o disturbing anything, been thinking about this for a few days now.
I don't want to A) remove the chassis yet, or B) remove the cover of the IF section where the 1st/2nd video amp tube is, and this is what I'm thinking of doing, and I want to make sure it sounds right before I try it, IE, I don't want to let any magic blue smoke out.
https://imgur.com/fnlu7ZN
re-using old pic, ignore red circles.
Remove V4, wrap kapton tape around metal shield on tube, leaving space on bottom for ground tab, wire wrap piece of magnet wire to pin 3 of V4, secure magnet wire with kapton for safety, connect magnet wire to junction of of C25 & R66, bypass complete.
This also leaves out L13, 72uh coil, I could add in one of the extra coils I have laying around, but I'm not sure if it's really needed.
I'm pretty sure that doing this won't blow anything up, but I'm not %100 sure.
