What is the voltage at the actual bulb sockets?

You could try rebuilding your power supply board along with its pins and connectors with a kit from Big Daddy Enterprises. Dim GI usually stems from worn out components and stressed connectors in this area. Make sure you also order the proper crimping tool if you don't already have one.

Someone has done some hacking on the power board. I dont know whats going on with the two rectifiers, that is funky.

GI just passes through the rectifier board and stays AC. Check voltage at the transformer, then the rectifier test point and then a socket. See where your voltage drop is coming from.

So what is the point of these two BRs?
To me they are doing nothing.

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Yeah that is what i am trying to understand chrisbee. Are they really rectifing the GI? I dont know the layout of that board enough to tell where the hackage is going.

Check the GI see if it is AC or DC voltage.

Looking at the schematic, barakandl is correct the GI lights are AC. Have you made changes to the jumpers on J1 (next to the Trannie with the fuse in the bracket)? Make sure the wiring is correct for your line voltage.Check the voltage at test piont 4 (6.5 VAC), if you are only getting 2 v there then Check the jumpers with the attached schematic.

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There not doing anything. Just 2 diodes apposing each other, a dead end.

Here is the test points for GI Lights

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I just re read his post. He said he found 2v DC at a GI lamp socket. I can not tell the orientation of those two bridges, but they must be rectifiying the AC for the GI.

Why in the heck you would do that is beyond me.

Some dope was trying to replace bridge rectifiers on this looks like....they mounted them to the metal plate to dissapate the heat from them better, so they ran jumpers to connect it to the power board... god.. >_<

Obviously they were too stupid to understand that all four points have to be connected, hello!

Too funny, i wonder why you would want to rectify the GI?