[TheFightingHellfish]

    Thanks for the reply Arran, I am going to try to post the schematic for you to peek at.
Posts 6-7 are underlined in red, and on the antenna trans have continuity between them, so I figure the coil #8 is built in. (purple circle) Post 5 is underlined in blue/green.
I just don't see why anyone would link #7 to #5, even with a gimmic cap (edit; external antenna maybe?) -I also do not see where anything else comes off either of those two posts but lines to ground and/or the band selector switch -which are all replaced and accounted for.
Am I just seeing the work of some guy's half baked idea of fixing this thing 50 years ago here,(edit; or some wierd add on of some kind?) or am I completely missing something/being a noob? It's just that the wire was exactly like all the rest (although a bit gummy where twisted together) and the soldering was so perfect... just like every other blob of solder, except for the ones on a Sprague .003 cap that had obviously been replaced at one time and had a 'blob on a blob' if you follow.
Am I just going crazy over nothing on this part of my question?