[Niechcial,Steve]

Mike Barker is very experienced in rewinding these LOPTs, but I'm not sure that he is still working during Covid. Failure of the primary windings is common. Before you invest any more time and money it might be worth putting a tester on the tube, as if that is not up to much a replacement will be hard to source. It's also worth checking the primary of the filed output transformer for continuity as these sometimes go o/c. These are a nice set to restore and are reliable with a good picture once done. Everything is pretty accessible. Key thing is not too mess about with the RF deck too much else you will finish up having to re-align it which is tricky without experience and equipment. As Mark says, apart from perhaps valves there are only a couple of wax caps that should need changing. You will need to change all the wax/paper caps on the main chassis. If you want to maintain the authentic look you can empty out the inners of the caps and hide a modern replacement inside. Good luck with it