Excellent!! I'm not 100% sure of the coil your speaking of although I've an idea.
I added the picture so you could confirm. If this is an issue and I've a strong feeling it is as you say, the amp might actually hit the numbers it did when close to new.
This amp has so little hours on it and the tubes are probably stronger than I initially thought.
My thought was 'low output, bad tubes" but this might not be the case.
I add a picture of the coil that's located under the amp. The one that goes from the driver tune to the load. Is this the one?[ATTACH=full]19600[/ATTACH] All I need to do is separate each one 1/16" from each other, correct? Re tune, check coil mesh to be 1/4"-1/3" and output after tuning. If necessary spread the coils a little further, yes?
Thanks for the information on the difference between the tubes with the dark colored caps. I thought there must be a reason the caps made the two types of 6lq6's different in some way.
I will not use the amp until I get around to separating the coil.
No soldering or test equipment needed = something I can do.
Leaving the original d&a's in there is important to me. It's actually nice to Keep it as original as possible. I thank you and all who've helped and continue to answer my sometimes verbosely ridiculous questions. ps Your explanation was excellent and anyone like myself with little to no knowledge about this will easily understand. The pictures you added will be an big help when determining if it's meshed correctly after final tuning. Thanks again.
