It sure is
I ran out to get some more rust remover and was surprised to get the 3rd degree. I had to produce photo ID, fill out a log book entry and sign it. I noticed other entries in the log seemed to be for roto-rooters
While I wait for more rust to dissolve, I took a look at the filter block.
There are 3 capacitors and a choke in here potted in wax I think.
Yep, it's probably beeswax. Very easy to melt out with a heat gun on low and smells rather nice. A nice change from the tar block I usually encounter.
My goal is to extracate the three caps without disturbing the choke.
I heated the cap side and drained out most of the wax but the caps were still wedged it very tight.
A corkscrew finally did the trick. The other two sections were then easily removed.
