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When someone has loosened the mounting hardware on those transistors. It means several things.


One, they swapped in  part to "try and see if it works"


Two - the radio may work with them in, so let's push it off to someone else that can take care of this.


Three - the radio is toxic...


Toxic means it's been exposed to and worked on by other people that don't know what they are getting into - and now it's transferred over to you.


It's like a patient that was in for a simple appendectomy - has now turned into a bleeder that needs a crash cart and 2 liters of blood to replace what the darn triage trainee left for you to fix. The Anesthesiologists just went outside for a cigarette and your left with a mess and nurses that are looking for a trash can to lose their cookies in...


Good luck Doctor.