I decided to work on re-stuffing the existing E-Caps. After I took careful notes on the wires etc, I removed them. After I cleaned the contacts up I took them to my band saw and sawed off the bottom portion of each cap just above the mounting base. Then I used a deck screw and a heat gun to pull out their guts. More heat and a craft stick to gouge out the tar. Some acetone and a wire brush and they were clean. I then trued up the bases using my flat plate sanding bar. Then the tops were trued up using my disc sander and miter gauge.
I then used some 1" thin wall sprinkler pipe with the end trued up like the tops, then it was cutoff 1" long. Then another end trued up, then cut off at 1" again. This gave me 2 pieces of thin wall tubing 1" high with 1 end trued up that I'll use as sleeves. The trued up end will be epoxied to each base.
I cleaned up both bases and sleeves and epoxied them the sleeves to the bases using 15 minute epoxy. I carefully positioned each sleeve to be centered between the walls. The epoxy was applied only to the inside so the epoxy won't interfere with the tops when assembled.
When the epoxy is dry tomorrow I'll polish both tops and bases. It's easier to polish the base because I can grip the sleeve!
