Delco 981968

[Cruiseomatic]

Fuse wouldn't work since the jumper wire caused the choke to smoke so a resistor is best. Or I would think? Could the transistor becoming weak which is causing low volume? If I put a fuse inline with the resistor, What value fuse would I use? It would almost have to be a small current one. I am getting around 12.5 VDC on both sides of the burnt resistor. As for the speaker, I was using a factory speaker from my '89 F150. Shouldn't of, But I assumed it was 8-ohm.

On the test, I must have read the directions wrong. I thouht the "broken" radio was the one that was to be affected. Either way, She got aligned (mostly) and she WAS working, Now just get the resistor replaced and she should be good. Although, When I was checking the resistors, All the caps under the board looked new. Only ones that were looking bad were ones on the volume and one in the back. Covered in wax, casing cracked but still worked. I did replace one cap, It is 1000 mfd. 35V and the solder I used has a ton of flux in it. Is it true I can use mineral spirits (paint thiner) to clean the flux up? Thanks for the help guys.