Thanks for the encouragement. I have done quite a bit of work on tube amps. I took electronics way back in the day when we studied tubes (transistors were still unfamiliar to my teacher). I have a good soldering iron but I have a very basic (ie. cheap) Radio Shack analog meter that I bought almost 30 years ago. I should probably upgrade my meter regardless of what I decide to do with this project. Since this is not a critical project, I may just try to tackle it my self. I have already had it sitting in my "to do" pile for a few years now along with a 1954 Fender Deluxe, a 1955 White Higher Fidelity amp, and an early 1970's Sound City 120 head. I just need to decide if I want to spend the time and effort to fix this amp as opposed to spending the same time and effort on creating my music and art (I paint as well). Thanks again for your support. I will keep in touch.

Thanks. I was hoping it was something simple. I don't have a proper meter or ability to check the output devices. I think it's time to send it off to a trusted amp tech. After all, the amp was free so a reasonable bench charge still makes the amp a great value  :dbtu:

Here is the layout and schematic from Fender.

I do live in the US and the amp is a domestic 120v model. The transformer has 5 wires. On one side there is a black and a red wire. On the other is a black, red and yellow, and a red wire. I will attach a pic that shows how I have it connected. I choose this configuration based on the attached PC board layout diagram that I received from Fender. I still need to re-solder the speaker terminals so I have not tried to power the amp on yet. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

My band mate was having problems with his Deluxe 85 and asked me to check it out. I told him it might take a while to figure out the problem. He said to just forget it then and gave me the amp. (Yay for free amps!)

I determined the speaker was fried and the speaker connector lugs needed re-soldering on the circuit board. At some point the amp had been modified with an effects loop but that was removed and I assumed the amp had been returned to factory specs. However, the fuse keeps blowing as soon as I switch on the power.

The problem I have is that I don't know which transformer cables go to which connectors. I have the schematic and layout diagrams but it doesn't accurately describe the color of the wires.

Does anyone have a photo of a fully functioning circuit board with all wires connected? I would sure appreciate seeing one.
Thanks.