Thanks for all the input! I pulled the filter off the PCB so I could
bypass it with a cap and then realized the first IF transistor gets
biased via the transformer inside the filter can. I put it back on
the board and the radio came back to life! It was a bad solder joint
the whole time! I sure wish they had cleaned the flux off the boards
when they built these radios. I might have been able to spot the
problem without all this fuss...

Now where did I put that can of flux remover?????

MR