[Jayce]

Also my car after having nearly $1500 worth of work put into the front end. I sweated bullets getting the speaker back into the cabinet (The 38-116XX is actually easier to do speaker-wise.), but I got everything back together without breaking the radio or myself. So far the guy's rebuild is holding fine and the radio sounds good. He did warn me there were a couple caps he could NOT get to in the IF section even with the chassis apart. Since the radio was playing fine, he decided to let well enough alone up there as it would have meant two more days solid work to just get in there. Sounds like they are buried up under the coils like the two still in my 38-116 that made my late friend say several choice words. He could have made a sailor blush! Actually, no-one around here likes working on Philcos. This guy has worked on radios since his teens and is around 70 now, but still hates Philcos and my buddy and I had to coax him to work on the 37-116X. He said he'd rather work on another Scott!  
Anyways, everything seems to work fine except the fine tuning control. Perhaps something I can tackle in the future. Even though it is better than my 38-116, even the tuner on this has some slop in the gearing, so am thankful for the Magnetic Tuning feature, which actually works on this one. He took the extra time to replace the speaker wires, all the dial light wires (possibly sockets too) and even repainted the transformers on the chassis that were getting a bit rusty. Very pleasant radio to listen to. I only wonder if he checked that 6L7 tube. It checked a bit gassy on my checker and I forgot to pull it before taking the chassis up.