[winston763]

Terry,
that's progress.  Re-coiled because the the wire was broken. I measured resistance within each coil and they're reasonable - below 30k and much less in most instances.  I followed the steps in the schematic and tuned the signal generator at 175 to the 24A mixer tuner - loud and clear.  however, when i try and tune 175 with the signal generator at the antenna and the tuning capacitor at 1400 i get the signal generator but i cannot  tune when both are at 600 plus there are no stations or hint of reception.  my problem must be at the beginning now near the antenna and volume control. Thanks Rich