ok, wanted to make sure i had my numbers right before i posted again.
please, please, please, no matter how strong the urge, DO NOT spread or compress L37 or L38.
these two coils are part of what is known as a "half wave filter" and their job is to filter out harmonics while maintaining the same impedance at their input as there is at their output.
messing with these coils in any way will mess this all up and create spurious emissions.
it may make it look to your wattmeter like the power out is being increased by playing with these coils, but to be sure, you are not increasing your wattage at 27mhz one bit.
you are increasing the output at the harmonic freqs, (54mhz, 108mhz, etc...)
your wattmeter is dumb and will just add all these different frequency outputs together, giving the false impression of increased power out, when all you have rreally done is increase the chances that you will bleed on TV's, phones, and computer speakers.
L39 is the 54mhz filter, and it is tuned at the factory for minimum output at 54mhz.
if you mess with this coil, you can only make it worse, because without a spectrum analyzer (very expensive!) you cant tell what is happening at the harmonic freqs.
here is a link to the service manual for the teaberry stalker XV which is nearly identical on the inside to your washington.
http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/teaberry/stalker_ix/graphics/teaberry_stalker_ix_xv_sm_pg01_20.pdf
this has the alignment procedure for the PLL, RX, and TX sections of the radio in it.
unless you have a freq counter that you KNOW is accurate, and a scope that you know how to use, dont mess with the PLL section.
to tune the TX section, set the mode to AM, channel 20, mike gain at max, and key the mic.
using your voice saying "ahhhh" into the mic (never use a whistle) or if you want you can find a 1khz tone on youtube that you can use by holding the mic to the speaker, tune these coils for maximum MODULATED power.
do not tune them for highest deadkey.
tune them in this order:
L26, L27, L28,L29,L36.
(L36 looks just like L39 but is right next to the final transistor 2SC1969)
after doing this, check the power output on channel 1 and then channel 40, if its not equal, then use L28 and L29 to balance the power out across all channels.
now set VR6 for whatever you want your deadkey to be. (no more than 5 watts, and if you are running an amp, 2 watts is perfect)
now go to SSB, turn the mic gain all the way down, and key the mic.
adjust VR5 for minimum deadkey. basically you are setting it for a "null".
i noticed in your pic that you have VR7 turned all the way up. this is a good way to blow your final transistor.
turn it all the way down, turn the mic gain all the way up, and modulate the radio in SSB using your voice or the tone.
while watching the wattmeter (PEP mode) slowly turn VR7 up just until turning it up doesnt increase the wattage anymore.
then back it off this adjustment just a hair.
if you want, i will go through the receiver section the same way i went through the TX section, but it wont be for a couple of days.
here are a couple more links to the teaberry:
http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/teaberry/stalker_ix/graphics/teaberry_stalker_ix_xv_sm_pcb_layout.pdf
http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/teaberry/stalker_xv/index.htm
good luck,
LC