Had a new CB shop open in town and took the radio to him to look at. He told me it appeared fine and wouldn't mess with until it stops working. He further told me he has seen some radios' power supply get hot just by plugging in the radio.
So yesterday I used it for a while. Even talk to a radio shop in IL, off of I70 on channel 8 on it. Later that night I talked to some locals when I noticed the received audio sounded OK but not that great. One of the locals was pushing a two on the meter, a three when he turned on the foot warmer and sounded a little muffled. Another local, who uses a beam antenna was strong as ever. As the night went on I noticed some hash in the background when any of them transmitted. I turned on the Washington and everyone sounded clear as can be.
FWIW I was trying out the audio mixer, studio mic with the radio at the time. When I switched back to a CB power mic they said I sounded about the same. My Washington uses a five pin mic so I couldn't try the mixer on it.