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Old 12-16-2008, 05:44 PM
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A set that old will definitely need to be recapped. Those electrolytics are undoubtedly bad. There are several techniques used to replace them, such as installing terminal strips under the chassis to mount new caps on or, restuffing the old cans, that involves cutting them open, boiling them in water suspended on a string and then pulling out the old guts and finally, installing new caps inside the can with the leads connected to the right leads coming out of the can. Then to replace all the paper/wax caps strewn about the chassis'. Until that is done, I wouldn't power it up. It would also be good to check all tubes including the CRT after the caps are done or in whatever order you want to do it. It would be very wise to get a Sams Photofact too, someone here has one or they can be ordered from the Sams website.
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