[Sal T]

Ok, It's out! I see now why I couldn't lift the lid much. The insides had cooked a long time ago. Already short leads were melted together in the tar. Was barely able to snip away at the bundle, strands at a time, with a tiny pair of wire cutters. The whole block was wrapped in that wax paper. A few slices with a 1" putty knife and I was able to pull it out by the burned mass of wire using my linesman pliers.
Now that the dirty work is done it's time to start studying all this great info Chuck sent me and learn some radio theory. Thanks to everyone here, so far. I guess I should be moving this to the repair section. I was reading a few messages Ron has posted last night. Apparently, there may be a few techknuckleheads like me already driving him nuts. Don't want to upset the master of this great place!

Sal