[captainclock1988]

OK, thanks I got the dial string taken care of now, I think that the speaker I had, may have been the original speaker after all because it said it was a 3.2 Ohm speaker, unfortunately the wiring harness on it (the part where the voice coil wires wire to) was broken so it was no longer usable also I think maybe it does actually have an output transformer, as i was looking at the wiring coming from the chassis and I think the output transformer is under the chassis rather than on the speaker like I though it should of been, thankfully its a permant magnet speaker so it shouldn't be too hard to locate a replacement speaker for the unit, I'll just see if I can find something on AES (Antique Electronic Supply) and go from there.

I did find a back cover for this radio on fleabay for $5 but it was missing its loop antenna so I think maybe I could see if I could find something over at AES (I think they sell some old style loop antennas there that are reproductions) that I could tack onto the back of the cover that I saw for sale on fleabay.

and then recap the unit and go from there.