alright. Well supposedly the Valve King has a fixed bias or something (like the 5150) and any 6l6 is supposed to work. But I am going to try the old tubes again. I do not really know how much of this works so I suppose it could still be a problem with the bias. I just hope this doesn't end up costing me a bunh of money.

could it be that I hooked the speaker up wrong when I put the leads back on it?

I couldn't remember how I put them on originally and I'm not sure it matters.