88 thanks for the reply. I checked both caps and I am getting 5.2v at both and 1-5v ac at both. I double checked the bridge wiring and its good. I even swaped out the bridge with the old and got the same results. What should I look for next?
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. You did make sure to disconnect the ARIII, from the power block, right?
You should have more than 5.2V coming out of your big blue. It also sounds like you are getting too much AC on them as well.
Let's go one step further up the chain. Disconnect the wires that feed AC to your bridge rectifier. There should be 4 wires connected to the bridge rectifier; the ones I want you to disconnect are the ones that aren't connecting it to the big blue. Connect the wires you removed to your multimeter, and measure how much AC voltage is on them. Report back with that value.
What should be happening is this--stepped down AC from your transformer goes to your bridge rectifier. The bridge rectifier separates out the + and - phases, and the big blues are there to 'smooth out' the 'bumps' in the voltage, giving you (roughly) 10.3 VDC. Let's see what kind of AC you're feeding the bridge rectifier...
Also, while you have things taken apart, you should check the individual diodes on your bridge rectifier (may as well disconnect if from the circuit for this). The bridge rectifier is made of 4 diodes, which you can think of as one way current flow controllers.. they let current go in one direction but not the other under normal circumstances. Your multimeter may have a mode for diodes. Check and see that all of the diodes are working properly.