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Well, the last couple of weeks I've had so much stuff going on that I haven't really had time to work on the set until this weekend. I decided to start with the can caps. There are two main PC boards that are joined together at the tops and bottoms with brackets that form a kind of A frame that fits over the neck of the CRT. Tucked in the middle underneath the neck is the can with a small PC board attached to it. The can is held in place by a metal clip (first picture). Everything comes apart pretty easy.
I wanted to try my hand at restuffing the can anyway, but with this I really had to reuse the can because the clip holds it in place and without the can the rest of it would just hang loose. I guess it's another example of engineering for economy and weight. It's an original GE four section can.
I followed bandersen's method and cut the can open at the shoulder. The foldover at the rim is very small and looks like it's recessed into a groove on the ring. I figured it would damage the ring trying to pry it up. The insides probably haven't seen the light of day since Kennedy was President. The paper was pretty dry on the outside and wasn't a lot of paste left. There wasn't much tar inside and it peeled off pretty easy too.
Mounted the new caps, shrink wrapped everything, and hot glued the can back together. Hopefully it will last a long time. There is only one other electrolytic and several paper caps to replace in the set.
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