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Originally Posted by toxcrusadr
Glad you got it sorted out!
Parts Express has Deoxit although Amazon may beat their price. Most people can't find stuff locally and have to mail order.
As for caps, there are a bunch of good sources out there. Audiokarma will have some 'cap source' threads if you search.
If you're going to fix up more radios in the future it's good to have things lined up.
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Thanks for the information on capacitor sources and an alternate source for Deoxit. I have several vintage radios here that could stand new capacitors, although right now they sound pretty good for their ages (several 1950s-'60s Zenith tube sets, two solid-state Zenith T/Os, and one 1980 Zenith 9-transistor AM-FM portable). Can never tell, however, when an electrolytic capacitor might short and damage the power transformer in sets so equipped (if the line fuse, if used, doesn't blow first) or if they might start humming (a dead giveaway that a filter capacitor is going bad), so it's probably best to replace the old capacitors in vintage radios and TVs as a matter of routine.
I am in that very situation you mention of having to get just about everything in the way of repair parts by mail order. I live in a very small town that doesn't have anything as far as electronics parts houses go; to make matters worse (!), the TV shop in the next town won't touch vintage radios or TVs, so I do have to order by mail or by UPS anything I need to repair and/or maintain my old radios. I don't have a workshop anymore, but I try my best to work on my sets within the space I have available in my apartment, which isn't much. There have been times when I have soldered connections on my old radios with the chassis sitting, upended, on my bed; a poor substitute for a workbench, but it works for me.