I'm, almost ready to stick the chassis in this thing and see what happens with this tube now.
I may have found a way to deal with the weak tuner, not sure if it will last
https://i.imgur.com/fus0tzQ.jpg
i noticed that it is clearer in " distant" and if i use an RF amp between the modulator and the input.
then I decided to change R60 from 47k to 120k, this made a major improvement, much more contrast, no more snow in picture, GAIN BOOST,
I have no doubt that R25 is WAY out of tol, but I can't get to it cause it's part of the tuner, the others were replaced ( in the AGC area ) so I will just have to run with this tweak.