[Arran]

Hi Arran, well I think problem is solved. Radio now is working fine agian. had it on for about 10 min. and no 6X5 tube blowing out. I checked some of the wires and there were two questionable as far as rubber insulation goes, both off tube 6X5, replaced them I checked pin #8 for continuity to ground and didn't read a thing. Only other thing I thought of was radio worked fine till I put in the dial bulbs. Looked the sockets over for dial light and the hot lead was bare where it comes out of the socket. that may have shorted to ground. (Don't know if that would cause problem or not.)
Or maybe new tube went bad. But seems unlikely original tube burned out as well as new one.
Anyway thanks for you help.
Bob

Well thank John Honeycutt as well, he actually pointed it out before I did, the only thing I had to add was that during the recapping you may have disturbed some wires causing the insulation to flake and the wire inside to short to ground. I would still do as Ron suggests and replace the rest of the rock hard wire, especially if it's coming out of the power transformer, if it's cloth covered it can stay as long as it isn't moved to much, even cloth wire can be a problem if it gets hard and stiff.
Regards
Arran