Ok.....here is the info you asked me for..
With mirror board still in, AM chan 20, freq. cntr on TP3
16.50985 with mic gain off
16.586 and drifting with mic gain full open, no mod.
L43 peaks just fine and @ peak, the slug appears to be roughly 50% down the can.
I did change L35 to a 4 turn coil
L31 looks factory
L30 has be spread a bit ( not by me)
L29&28 look like they may have bit touched but not bad. (Again...not by me)
I am reading DC Volts on the mixer pins and the voltages I posted are what was read.
I will post my findings on R261 shortly
As for the alignment..... I thought I got thru it all really well.
They radio responded nice and everything on my scope and wattmeter looked good.
I'm by no means an expert on radios but I did buy this thing used and it didn't perform well at all.
It still doesn't perform well. Lol
But I am making progress with your help.
Thank you much so far