MaxVT:
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One of the windings has a capacitor between the 'red' contacts, with
one of the leads also soldered to the black contact, which seems to
have an effect of shorting a part of the winding.

Multiple windings on a transformer are many times jumpered (or shorted) to
produce desired voltages.
Is the "capacitor" really a MOV? .... or if it really is a capacitor or
not, you can unsolder one of the leads from the circuit and measure it to
see if it is indeed shorted...... brilliant idea..... huh?

In addition there are two resistors near the transformer, but when
measured they appear shorted, however there is no visible damage to
them.

If the resistors are very low ohm (did you "READ" the value on the
resistor?) they can appear on some meters to be just about a short.... or if
they are inductors or PICO fuses they can read almost a short. Again,
unsolder one of the leads so you won't be confused with the low resistance
of the transformer winding that it is connected to.

What could this mean?

I am th;inking here that you may want to call in one of your tech friends
with a little more electronics knowledge and repair experience to assist you
with this troubleshooting.

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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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