Wg4961 Blown pcb trace

Johndarlo

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So I have a wg4961 that I am in the middle of a tube swap. The tube with the Zaxxon had a broken neck. Near as I can figure, it's going into High Voltage Shutdown after power has been applied for a few Minutes. Getting high voltage to the tube initially and then nada. No picture
I replaced most of the capacitors and thought I would plug it into the game board video output. Big Bang, blew an inch of trace off the 4961 main board where the green input enters , right before R231. This is my first go at repairing a game so any input would be appreciated.
The Zaxxon game board video is not working, just getting a green screen. It was not working before this incident, I had replaced most of the capacitors on the sound section before this happened. Any input is welcome.
 
Discovered Problem

Upon checking the wiring on the Power supply board, it turns out that the monitor power was not run through the isolation transformer by whomever owned it previously. Looks like the video wires shorted on the Monitor chassis and blew the trace and most likely fried some of the game board. Great.
 
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