Sears roadtalker 40 no tx

I have just installed an old Sears roadtalker 40 slant face. I started working on tuning the antenna and now I have no tx. Rx fine but when I key the mic, the meter blips up and back down to 0. Radio rx cuts when I key the mic still and will output thru p.a. also the RX light doesn't light up at all when I key the mic.

 

It has the 5 pin style connector. I don't have access to another of those offhand. Would rather not have to buy one and find out the radio is dead anyways. Radio was a freebie so I'm not losing so far trying to keep it that way. Are the pa and radio tx run off separate circuits inside the mic itself? I would think if it outputs sound to the p.a. it should be working? I'm a newb though so maybe not

 

Yes I am switching from cb to pa to talk thru pa and switching back to cb to transmit but got nothing. The meter blips when I key the mic but no tx or mod. light activating on the unit. Fearing blown finals? I opened it up after the problem occurred but they didn't appear blown or smell burnt. I guess I should put a meter across them and test for shorts on the final transistors legs...

 

No I had a speaker plugged in to the p.a. jack to test the mic. I just checked thef transistor and it's good, far as I can tell with the meter set to diode check it's checking out ok. Now I'm starting to think it is a mic problem... I have other cobra style 4 pin mics but idk. I see an adapter to convert 5 pin to 4 pin cobra but idk if that would work or not...

 

Pretty sure it was made by cobra from what I've been researching. The adapter is like $7 on amazon. Meh maybe I'll give it a shot. Most 5 pin mics I'm seeing are near $20 new and I'd rather get a new one than some used thing of questionable repute