[Jayce]

Thanks so far. I thought about taking the plastic dial scale off yesterday when working on the radio for better access, but all six screws are stripped and refuse to come out. A couple started to back out then just spun. Tried the old trick of gently prying on the dial scale while turning the screws to coax them out, but that failed and I didn't want to break anything. You can wiggle the dial scale, but those screws are STUCK! Getting the dial scale off would help me examine the situation a bit better. So far the radio works fine, but someday soon I want to recap it. My buddy said the good thing about these 60's FM-AM radios is that they are 'young' enough that they very well might have another ten years of life on them. All I know is that the Channel Master is sounding and working better than my 1962 Panasonic, which will be getting serviced soon.