Henry Kolesnik wrote:

I'm well aware of the black beauties lack of longevity..
Been there many times..
What I really need is a value on the melted resistor (Ididn't know those
blue would melt, they always looked like ceramic to me but I learn
something every day.) The circuits are a pain to trace as the wires are
bundle into woven tubing.
Thanks

But they *are* ceramic - which means a glass...
...which means they weer red hot for a while; good thing a fire did not
start...