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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
Its already been done, none of the electrolytics in the radio are original to the set, that was the first thing I did when I got this set, was replace the old electrolytics, which I left the old cans in place for aesthetics and wired in some new electrolytics which I installed onto some isolated terminal strips that I soldered ontop of the old electrolytic can's positive terminal (the terminal strip's attachment lug was isolated from the terminals so the original cans are still out of the circuit but are being used as an attachment point for the terminal strip for the new electrolytics without affecting the circuit, its a trick I learned from Mr. Carlson's Lab.)
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If the negative of the can is grounded you could alternately solder the terminal strip to the chassis so the mount lug of the strip can be used for a negative terminal...you need a powerful iron to do it that way but it can clean things up a bit in some cases.