[winston763]

Thank you for sharing your insights.   Now i understand.  Yes, i have continuity within the exact ohm ranges you listed. From 1 to 10, depending upon the coil. 

So i believe my issue is not in the coils.  However i can still only tune to higher frequencies and best at 1 strong station, 1280 to be exact. Comes in screaming loud to the neglect of any other station.  

I did replace the oscillation winding on the Osc/detector coil.  is this a symptom of winding it backwards/wrong direction?  I think i tried both directions with the same result (did this a few months ago).  

Anyway it's a good radio but plays only 1 station and nothing in the lower frequencies except squeels.   I followed the alignment starting at 175kc - but the  600kc low frequency alignment, again, is not loud but perceptible.

My guess is, you know exactly where this points to but I've been struggling with it for weeks/months off/on.