[ThomasE]

Thanks Geoff, The vanes are fine and not touching at all, doesn't look like the trimmers have been tampered with - it does have the Plessey caps that Poppydog mentioned (A-thank you) I am waiting on a capacitance tester - they do look a bit poorly so no doubt I will have to replace them. Transformers look A-OK as well.

The service manual is not clear as to what pin is which on the switch, I have attached a photo of the switch, have I got the pins numbered correctly? S6? is the red wire which comes directly from the battery. For reference, the yellow and blue are from the Longwave coil, and white and orange are from the medium wave coil.

I do not see any change in the resistance of either coil when I turn the waveband switch. I'm sure the longwave coil is broken but that,s no big deal, medium wave coil looks fine though.