Kevin:
Dude! I went to bed. I have month and year end books to close and taxes to do. After a while I just go backwards when i'm tired, taking hours to do what will takes minutes when I'm rested.
If it works then quits it may be a bad cap that is allowing DC to offset a transistor to the point of reaching the collector supply. It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to start referencing the schematic.