sargent wrote:
MISTAKE! I forgot to note
whether the variable capacitor driven by all this was at min
capacitance or max capitance when the shaft was in the full
counter-clockwise position.

I believe you are going to find the capacitor was at neither position,
but rather somewhere in the middle. They were looking for best linearity,
and that is never found near the ends of travel.

So what is you best guess? Should I try MIN
or MAX capacitance for the fully counter-clockwise rotation(lowest
frequency)? I can change it later if wrong, but I would like to save
all the disassembly and reassembly if I can.

What I would do, is power up the LMO, and adjust the capacitor to
the highest frequency, and then setup the stack for the correct
rotation direction. (which I don't recall). The LMO tunes 5.0-5.5 MHz,
though.

I went looking for LMO instructions, and found them first try using
google:

Heathkit LMO repair

The instructions are on the BAMA site.

-Chuck Harris