[Ron Ramirez]

Well, this is the craziest thing!

Having to know if the fix would be simple or not, I took the receiver back to the bench and removed it from the case. I proceeded to undo the modification I had made to add the protective diodes.

After removing the mod, I hooked it up (out of the case), touched the terminal on the board where the tuning shaft wire connected and...the meter turned white as it should.

I then hooked the wires back to the terminals on the board (still out of the case) and...it worked perfectly.

I put the chassis back in the case and...it still worked perfectly.

Took it back upstairs, hooked it back up and...it worked once but when I touched the tuning knob again, the meter stayed green. It stopped working again!

I seem to recall reading about an instance where the tuning shaft itself had become dirty and was impeding the Auto Magic action. I wonder if that is the case here? Don't know what else to check...

But in the meantime, it sounds great hooked up to the Bozak E-300s.

Edit: Just now, I grabbed the tuning knob again and the meter turned white for about half a second, then turned green again. It sure seems like something is not making good contact.