[Eric]

Thanks for all the replies. the pot looks original to me it has a brass shaft is 1.5" dia and 7/8" thick (big) and from off to full rotation is 3/4 turn of the shaft. I believe it has been repaired as the seam where it splits has been soldered in about 4 places and not very neatly. I decided to open it and it is a wire wound pot I cleaned it with qtips wet with alcohol and it seems to be operating better I measure 5k across 1 and 3 And the center (wiper) was all over the place but the more I cleaned ( gently) the better it has gotten will pick up a 5k pot as a backup