[jerryhawthorne]

Pith, I agree with Ron on close help, it is really hard to do here. Again, if you bypassed the choke and still didn't get any voltage on the 42 plates, there is just not a problem with the choke. Again, assuming you hooked the resistors across the choke and not somewhere else. Simple DC measurements across the choke should let you know. Measure from ground to one side then the other you should get some whapping DC voltage on both sides.
Jerry

Edit: Mike I should add a note here, Pith did PM me and indicated he added 20 watts of 50 ohms (what he had) across the choke. Again an assumption he got it in the right spot. No offence Pith. Still got nada on the 42 plates. If indeed he put that resistor in the right location, it would indicate to me that either nasty connections on the speaker plug or field coil problem. One reason why Pms are not the best way to communicate problems.