On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 10:52:07 AM UTC-7, badgolferman wrote:
wrote:

$200? Did you order from an appliance supply instead of from MCM
Electronics, Dalbani, Premium Parts, etc? It's possible you could
have bought another small microwave oven and taken parts from it
because many magnetrons are identical. The mechanical fit of
the magnetron must be exactly the same or strong microwaves can
leak where the magnetron seals against the chassis.

How many microwave ovens should I have bought before I found the one
that fits properly?

2, from stores that are good about returns, in case you got the
wrong parts. I would have checked the UL registration number
to improve the odds of getting something that uses similar parts.

The parts were bought from PartsDirect.com. In case you didn't notice,
I got them from there because they had a return policy and I could get
it next day air.

I remember them charging $3 for speaking with them and claiming
they warned me of this when actually they hadn't because their
website had issues with browsers that weren't Firefox.