[Ron Ramirez]

My dilemma is this: Do I take the whole d**n radio apart, rewire everything and put it all back together (something I'm terribly confident I can do well) or do I use the radio as parts and find another old radio?

No, and no!

I was thinking about something last night. The 42-327 requires a loop antenna. Is the loop antenna present, and connected, on your radio? If it is missing, or not connected, it could cause buzzing.

Forget about grounds. This being an AC/DC set, you do not want to ground the chassis at all, period.

What did you touch when you received the shock? You should not have received a shock from the chassis. If you did, something is miswired.

The Philco AC/DC sets of this era have the chassis isolated from B- (one side of the AC line) with a resistor and a capacitor, as I recall.

Where in Ohio are you located? I think you could use someone close by to help you out.

Finally, exactly where are you measuring 170 volts DC? Can you show a picture? You should not have that kind of voltage in this set at all.