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Old 11-11-2013, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm View Post
Check those brown drops first before replacing - the ones in your set look like CDE or Mallory replacements, same quality as the Orange Drops of the era. WMF/DME series (CDE) and PVC (Mallory) were made in Massachusetts by Sprague through the 80's, and are not the ElMenco (EM) brown drops. CDE and Mallory have merged film lines, and CDE recently bought the Orange Drop line from SBE, so if they are CDE, Mallory, or Sprague, I'd leave them be if they check good. Get rid of the wax types for sure, but take pause before replacing the brown-drops willy-nilly-fashion and wasting money.

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I will leave the brown drops in there before I replace them all, but I ordered replacement orange drops from just radios just in case.
I will probably stick the replacement lytics under the chassis when I get to them. I can get some pictures of the cabinet this evening. Also, I just learned that this set dubbed the "Lindale" by RCA..
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