Thanks for the explanation.?
Last night I tested the voltage at the joint of the led wire. It was 1.45v when the led was working (fist time starting the radio after letting it sit for a few hours) then it dropped slowly all the way to 0v.
I tried to trace the what the led is connected to on the circuit board but it got a little bit confusing.
If I post a high resolution picture of the circuit board, will you be able to spot a bad joint??