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Originally Posted by Kamakiri
Agreed. Just be thankful that you're not doing a 37-650. There are caps in that thing that I swear were installed before the chassis metal bending was finished. Between rotted rubber wiring and bakelite block condensers, mid 30s to early 40s Philcos generally STINK to work on!
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Ditto on the rubber wiring being a pain in the neck. Though I've always liked the block caps. The Philco Repair Bench site has a good deal of info on what is inside them, and the tar filled ones are a snap to rebuild...Just unsolder everything, pry the tar out with a flat edge screw driver, and stick the new caps in. You don't even need to refill them with wax/tar because the open end buts up against the chassis preventing any view inside in most cases.