Dumont RA-110 from ETF

[Kamakiri]

Checked all the candohms and larger resistors (wirewounds). All in spec.

Brought me to thinking about the power relay under the chassis.

When I was cleaning up the mess of connections I discovered, there were 2 terminals on the relay that were bridged with a couple pieces of wire from the multistrand wire going to the relay. Thinking that it was just a sloppy job, I separated the wires, but now I find myself wondering if that was what caused the set to actually work in the first place.

One of the wires that was connected goes to pin 8 of the 5U4s, the others I can't see where they go, but I assume that those two complete that particular circuit. From what I can find, the relay should show 5000 ohms across the coil, I have 3800.

If this relay were dead, and with those strands of wire connected, could this have caused the set to work before, and not now?