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Old 09-20-2012, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin View Post
The capacitors are VERY suspicious looking
The appearance of old paper and electrolytic caps is not a good guide to their internal condition. (They can look great outside but be garbage inside.) They are so often bad that most restorers replace them without question. This article has info about recapping:

http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

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