Restoration begins. Album Here:
http://imgur.com/a/fUMgt#0
Removed knobs, then front panel, while supporting the kinescope. Removed the kinescope. Removed the chassis from the metal case. Pulled all of the tubes and tested them, only need to replace a 6AU6 and 6AG5.
Dusted the chassis off, especially the pushbutton tuning section. It will be cleaned later, but I like starting off as fairly clean as I can.
I tilted the chassis up and did a count of all of the electrolytics, papers and suspect resistors that need replacing. An order will be placed with Just Radios.
For the electrolytics, they are going to be restuffed. This chassis is spacious and it should be possible to gut those without cutting wires.
The Micamold manufactured electrolytics - with the end wax cracked away from the paper tube - look especially easy to do this way. With a heat gun, I soften in the internal wax/tar enough to push the guts out. All three Micamold caps go easily. In fact, I didn't even have to cut the metal bands holding them in; the spot weld that holds the band together is small and weak. With a little prying, it pops.
The final electrolytic is on the lower corner of the chassis. A rivet needs to be drilled out to get it free. This cap does not spew its guts easily like the Micamolds, and I have to cut the leads to it, and dig out the wax by hand to get the guts free. With repeated scraping with a screwdriver, heating, and hits with a large bolt and mallet, the guts come out, and it is ready for restuffing.