first radio - suddenly quit working

Well now I feel silly. I had another look at the radio last night (I was having fun in Denver over the weekend so this was my first chance to get at it). Recall that I mentioned that there was an after market pot installed to the on/off circuit.

Well it is a push pull pot. I plugged in the radio, click the on/off switch on and pulled the pot switch to the out postion and guess what, the radio powered right up!

So this morning I took it apart, cleaned the radio case with dishsoap and water, blew out the chassis with compressd air (lots of dust bunnies flying out everwhere), ensured there were no faulty connections, inspected for evidence of a fire (there was none that I could tell), put it back together and it plays, works and sounds great!

I kinda thought it would be something simple as the radio worked the day I brought it home.

I guess I will go ahead and change out the caps later on but it doesn't hum and plays strong so I will put this off until winter sets in here in Montana.

My next project, have fun with an external antenna.

Thanks for all the input trying to help me, but I guess there is no helping dummies like me.