Since were shooting in the dark, can you spare a pic of that area?
R53 is part of the SWR circuit - so it is getting fried may mean that the "sensor" (ferrite and coax feedthru) may be damaged.
LA111? YIKES that is by FET2 - that FET may have shorted - it can be replaced with any SK192 - 2nd IF Amp part of the IF strip.
C18 sits atop a POWER rail to the TX side towards the rear panel - if the SOLDERING job shorts out C18 - there goes the ballgame!
But before you start just dumping parts in, take a magnifying glass and go over those areas; SWR and it's coax section on the board - then over by L7 - locate the 100Ω ohm resistor R22 and also C18 - a tiny cap that feeds the 10.240 from the Xtal (main crystal X1) to make the IF generate it's 2nd stage of 455kHz IF after L7 into L8 and L9
Follow the power traces - make sure C18 is not a dead sh
With a problem like this where things just don't seem to line up you have to look for the seemingly unrelated things.
There is a good chance that it's not about L7 and has more to do with something that happened while replacing L7.
Time to get out the magnifying glass and a pc board layout showing the solder side.
Look for solder bridges and splashes.
Who knows what you might discover.
LC
Thanks for the tip, will look over the board and my work, I appreciate your input, enjoy your Wed.
ort which can kill the FET at FET2 and affect L7.