I will likely message you privately, but I just finished this mod. The VFO A turned out deaf, it gets the signal from my SG, which in B gets full bars (about -86dbm should yield that?).
Not sure what went wrong... I want to confirm what VFO corresponds to what side of filters. If the VFO A is the side with the IC486, or the other one.
A bit disappointed if I botched the job. VFO B is perfect.