[Patrick]

Now I'm even more puzzled. Wonder where the black wire went? The way yours is wired, there's only a .15 across the choke?

This 16L is a lot of fun. First, the field coil was open and not repairable (used a U3 with a 10W 300Ω in series - hope that works - U3 has a 1150Ω field coil, U2 has a 1450Ω coil), then the input transformer primary is open. But I disassembled it and found the broken wire, so I'll repair it. Now the minor cap problem. Wonder what's next?