At the very least I'm going to remount the power transistor heat sink to the outer case with heat sink compound .. which it didn't have originally.
Waiting on the plastic tools from Amazon ... and no I didn't know that until I read it this week
I must have attempted repair of vintage audio equipment a dozen times in my life, this is the first time it worked. But then this is first time I had a schematic and parts list to use. Yes the personal reward was worth it ... cause the radio itself certainly isn't